Alberton weather in November

In November, Alberton sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 100 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of November to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Alberton's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alberton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
4th warmest
Overnight low
14°
9th coldest
Rainfall
100 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:13 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
53%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Alberton is town in Gauteng, South Africa.

Density
1,575/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical November day in Alberton reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

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Alberton weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 16°13216.313.55.9
Feb25° / 15°1101412.96.1
Mar24° / 14°8912.712.26.7
Apr22° / 11°457.311.47.4
May20° / 172.910.78.1
Jun18° / 81.310.47.9
Jul18° / 30.810.58.0
Aug21° / 10211.18.5
Sep24° / 10°233.711.88.5
Oct25° / 13°7510.712.67.0
Nov25° / 14°1001413.36.2
Dec26° / 15°13818.113.65.6

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26436
36535
46436
56436
66436
76337
86238
96238
106139
116040
125941
135842
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Alberton gets around 100 mm of rain over 14 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 47% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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842
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Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of November feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, November lands in the dry band about 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
182180
281190
379201
478211
577221
676231
775241
874251
972271
1071281
1170291
1268302
1367312
1466322
1564333
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2554415
2652426
2752426
2851436
2950446
3049456

Wind in November

Winds average 12 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512calm
612calm
712calm
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912calm
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of November to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:21 AM to 5:11 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:216:21
213.05:206:22
313.15:196:23
413.15:196:23
513.15:186:24
613.15:186:25
713.15:176:26
813.25:176:26
913.25:166:27
1013.25:166:28
1113.25:156:28
1213.25:156:29
1313.35:146:30
1413.35:146:31
1513.35:146:31
1613.35:136:32
1713.35:136:33
1813.35:136:34
1913.45:136:34
2013.45:126:35
2113.45:126:36
2213.45:126:37
2313.45:126:37
2413.45:126:38
2513.55:126:39
2613.55:126:39
2713.55:116:40
2813.55:116:41
2913.55:116:42
3013.55:116:42

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in December across the year — November's 6.74 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Alberton

In seasonPeak

In November, Alberton sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Alberton's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is November a good time to visit Alberton?

Our two travel scores rate November for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Alberton for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alberton in November

From November's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In November, Alberton sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Alberton in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alberton peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 13UV 14Jun 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug7Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Alberton in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where November falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Alberton is worst in June — around 283 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (January, 50 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210240270300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyJun 19282 µg/m³Jan 1251 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb72Unhealthy
Mar119Unhealthy
Apr177Very unhealthy
May261Very unhealthy
Jun283Very unhealthy
Jul275Very unhealthy
Aug213Very unhealthy
Sep156Very unhealthy
Oct99Unhealthy
Nov70Unhealthy
Dec55Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Alberton?

Alberton sits at 26.3°S, 28.1°E, 1,574 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Germiston, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Alberton

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alberton.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alberton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m around an average of 1,599 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 827 m.

The land around Alberton is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (48%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
178 m
16 km
330 m
80 km
827 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
November weather nearby: Germiston 7.0 km · Tokoza 10 km · Johannesburg 11 km · Edenvale 14 km · Boksburg 15 km · Alexandra 18 km · Benoni 22 km · Randburg 23 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / M / N
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,598
2025
Happiness
5.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
68%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
43.7
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
22.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 602
Religion
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alberton (-26.2679°, 28.1223°, elevation 1,574 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).