Belfast weather in November

In November, Belfast sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 122 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 Belfast's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belfast's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 122 mm; 15.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:07 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Belfast is town in South Africa.

Founded: 1890

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical November day in Belfast reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
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17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	12
29	23	13
30	23	13

How November really feels in Belfast

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

November sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Belfast weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	140	17	13.4	5.9
Feb	24° / 14°	102	12.3	12.9	6.4
Mar	23° / 12°	97	11.8	12.2	6.7
Apr	21° / 10°	47	6.6	11.4	7.2
May	19° / 6°	14	2.5	10.8	7.8
Jun	17° / 3°	5	0.9	10.4	7.2
Jul	17° / 3°	6	0.8	10.6	7.2
Aug	19° / 5°	11	1.9	11.1	8.2
Sep	23° / 9°	22	4.2	11.8	8.2
Oct	23° / 11°	77	11.8	12.6	6.8
Nov	23° / 12°	122	15.6	13.3	5.9
Dec	24° / 13°	155	18.9	13.6	5.6

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	57	57	56	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	51	50	48	48	46	45	45	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	40
Cloudier (%)	43	43	44	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	49	50	52	52	54	55	55	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Belfast gets around 122 mm of rain over 15.6 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 52% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	46	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	55	55	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	51
12	52
13	53
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	55
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56

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 69% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	85	84	83	81	80	78	77	76	75	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	60	59	58	58
Comfortable (%)	15	16	17	19	20	22	23	24	25	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	41	41
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	15	0
2	84	16	0
3	83	17	0
4	81	19	0
5	80	20	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	75	25	0
10	73	27	0
11	72	28	0
12	71	29	0
13	70	30	0
14	69	31	0
15	68	32	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	65	35	0
19	64	35	1
20	63	36	1
21	63	36	1
22	63	36	1
23	62	37	1
24	62	37	1
25	61	38	1
26	61	38	1
27	60	39	1
28	59	40	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1

Wind in November

Winds average 11 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

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 5:14 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:14	6:13
2	13.0	5:13	6:14
3	13.0	5:13	6:14
4	13.0	5:12	6:15
5	13.1	5:11	6:16
6	13.1	5:11	6:16
7	13.1	5:10	6:17
8	13.1	5:10	6:18
9	13.1	5:09	6:18
10	13.2	5:09	6:19
11	13.2	5:09	6:20
12	13.2	5:08	6:21
13	13.2	5:08	6:21
14	13.2	5:07	6:22
15	13.3	5:07	6:23
16	13.3	5:07	6:23
17	13.3	5:07	6:24
18	13.3	5:06	6:25
19	13.3	5:06	6:26
20	13.3	5:06	6:26
21	13.4	5:06	6:27
22	13.4	5:05	6:28
23	13.4	5:05	6:29
24	13.4	5:05	6:29
25	13.4	5:05	6:30
26	13.4	5:05	6:31
27	13.4	5:05	6:31
28	13.5	5:05	6:32
29	13.5	5:05	6:33
30	13.5	5:05	6:34

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in December across the year — November's 6.28 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Belfast

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is November a good time to visit Belfast?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Belfast for sightseeing.

What to pack for Belfast in November

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

In November, Belfast sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Belfast 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 Belfast peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 6 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	13	8	7	6	6	8	10	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Belfast 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 Belfast is worst in August — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	11	13	16	21	24	30	32	27	18	13	9
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Belfast?

Belfast sits at 25.7°S, 30.0°E, 1,873 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Carolina, 43 km away.

Topography around Belfast

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belfast has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 1,882 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,596 m.

The land around Belfast is covered by grassland (58%) within 3 km, grassland (71%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

grassland 58%

16 km

440 m

grassland 71%

80 km

1,596 m

grassland 63%

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← October Belfast year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Carolina 43 km · Middelburg 58 km · Hendrina 61 km · Breyten 68 km · Lydenburg 78 km · Emalahleni 83 km · Nhlazatje 85 km · Lukwatini 89 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

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 Belfast (-25.6899°, 30.035°, elevation 1,873 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	12
29	23	13
30	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	51
12	52
13	53
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	55
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	15	0
2	84	16	0
3	83	17	0
4	81	19	0
5	80	20	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	75	25	0
10	73	27	0
11	72	28	0
12	71	29	0
13	70	30	0
14	69	31	0
15	68	32	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	65	35	0
19	64	35	1
20	63	36	1
21	63	36	1
22	63	36	1
23	62	37	1
24	62	37	1
25	61	38	1
26	61	38	1
27	60	39	1
28	59	40	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	12
29	23	13
30	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	51
12	52
13	53
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	55
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	15	0
2	84	16	0
3	83	17	0
4	81	19	0
5	80	20	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	75	25	0
10	73	27	0
11	72	28	0
12	71	29	0
13	70	30	0
14	69	31	0
15	68	32	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	65	35	0
19	64	35	1
20	63	36	1
21	63	36	1
22	63	36	1
23	62	37	1
24	62	37	1
25	61	38	1
26	61	38	1
27	60	39	1
28	59	40	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	12
29	23	13
30	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	48
7	49
8	49
9	50
10	51
11	51
12	52
13	53
14	53
15	54
16	55
17	55
18	55
19	55
20	55
21	55
22	55
23	55
24	54
25	54
26	54
27	54
28	55
29	55
30	56

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	15	0
2	84	16	0
3	83	17	0
4	81	19	0
5	80	20	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	75	25	0
10	73	27	0
11	72	28	0
12	71	29	0
13	70	30	0
14	69	31	0
15	68	32	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	65	35	0
19	64	35	1
20	63	36	1
21	63	36	1
22	63	36	1
23	62	37	1
24	62	37	1
25	61	38	1
26	61	38	1
27	60	39	1
28	59	40	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1