Mooi River weather in November

In November, Mooi River sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 108 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of November to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Mooi River's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mooi River's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 108 mm; 17 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:01 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Mooi River is town in South Africa.

Founded: 1852

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

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical November day in Mooi River reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 1°C warmer than October and about 1°C cooler than 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
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28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

Mooi River weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 15°	137	18.2	13.7	5.4
Feb	26° / 15°	117	15.2	13	5.7
Mar	25° / 14°	94	14	12.2	6.4
Apr	22° / 11°	52	8.3	11.3	7.1
May	20° / 8°	20	3.7	10.6	7.8
Jun	18° / 4°	15	2.5	10.2	7.6
Jul	18° / 4°	18	2.5	10.3	7.6
Aug	20° / 7°	24	4.4	11	7.7
Sep	23° / 9°	33	6.8	11.8	7.5
Oct	23° / 11°	77	13.8	12.7	6.3
Nov	24° / 13°	108	17	13.5	5.7
Dec	25° / 14°	124	19.9	13.8	5.3

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 61%.

	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 (%)	42	42	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	38	39	39	38
Cloudier (%)	58	58	58	58	58	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	62	61	61	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Mooi River gets around 108 mm of rain over 17 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 58% and peaks near 63% 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 (%)	50	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	53
7	53
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	56
12	57
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19	60
20	61
21	61
22	61
23	61
24	61
25	61
26	61
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	63

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 60% 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 (%)	73	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	61	61	60	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	54	52	51
Comfortable (%)	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	43
Humid (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	71	27	2
3	70	28	2
4	69	29	2
5	68	30	2
6	67	31	2
7	66	32	2
8	65	32	3
9	64	33	3
10	63	34	3
11	61	35	4
12	61	35	4
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	37	5
16	58	37	5
17	58	37	5
18	57	37	6
19	57	37	6
20	57	37	6
21	57	37	6
22	57	37	6
23	56	38	6
24	56	38	6
25	55	39	6
26	55	40	5
27	54	41	5
28	54	41	5
29	52	42	6
30	51	43	6

Wind in November

Winds average 10 km/h in November, the windiest month of the year.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of November to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:41 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)	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:03	5:02	5:02	5:01	5:01	5:01	5:00	5:00	5:00	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:58
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:09	6:18
2	13.2	5:08	6:19
3	13.2	5:08	6:20
4	13.2	5:07	6:20
5	13.2	5:06	6:21
6	13.3	5:06	6:22
7	13.3	5:05	6:23
8	13.3	5:05	6:23
9	13.3	5:04	6:24
10	13.4	5:03	6:25
11	13.4	5:03	6:26
12	13.4	5:02	6:27
13	13.4	5:02	6:27
14	13.4	5:01	6:28
15	13.5	5:01	6:29
16	13.5	5:01	6:30
17	13.5	5:00	6:31
18	13.5	5:00	6:32
19	13.5	5:00	6:32
20	13.6	4:59	6:33
21	13.6	4:59	6:34
22	13.6	4:59	6:35
23	13.6	4:59	6:36
24	13.6	4:58	6:36
25	13.6	4:58	6:37
26	13.7	4:58	6:38
27	13.7	4:58	6:39
28	13.7	4:58	6:39
29	13.7	4:58	6:40
30	13.7	4:58	6:41

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in December across the year — November's 5.86 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)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
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29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Mooi River

In seasonPeak

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

Mooi River'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 Mooi River?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Mooi River for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mooi River in November

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

In November, Mooi River sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Mooi River in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mooi River peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	14	13	11	7	6	4	4	6	8	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Mooi River 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 Mooi River is worst in July — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (December, 17 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)	17	21	27	37	51	57	71	58	49	28	25	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	51	Poor
Jun	57	Unhealthy
Jul	71	Unhealthy
Aug	58	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mooi River?

Mooi River sits at 29.2°S, 30.0°E, 1,403 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Estcourt, 25 km away.

Topography around Mooi River

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mooi River has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 1,420 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,183 m.

The land around Mooi River is covered by grassland (62%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

140 m

grassland 62%

16 km

499 m

grassland 67%

80 km

3,183 m

grassland 56%

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

November weather nearby: Estcourt 25 km · Wembesi 27 km · Howick 38 km · Mpophomeni 44 km · Pietermaritzburg 60 km · Greytown 60 km · Ladysmith 75 km · Richmond 79 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 Mooi River (-29.2082°, 29.9946°, elevation 1,403 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	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	13
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16	24	13
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18	24	13
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20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	53
7	53
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	56
12	57
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	59
17	60
18	60
19	60
20	61
21	61
22	61
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24	61
25	61
26	61
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	71	27	2
3	70	28	2
4	69	29	2
5	68	30	2
6	67	31	2
7	66	32	2
8	65	32	3
9	64	33	3
10	63	34	3
11	61	35	4
12	61	35	4
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	37	5
16	58	37	5
17	58	37	5
18	57	37	6
19	57	37	6
20	57	37	6
21	57	37	6
22	57	37	6
23	56	38	6
24	56	38	6
25	55	39	6
26	55	40	5
27	54	41	5
28	54	41	5
29	52	42	6
30	51	43	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	13
11	24	13
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25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	53
7	53
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	56
12	57
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	59
17	60
18	60
19	60
20	61
21	61
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23	61
24	61
25	61
26	61
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	71	27	2
3	70	28	2
4	69	29	2
5	68	30	2
6	67	31	2
7	66	32	2
8	65	32	3
9	64	33	3
10	63	34	3
11	61	35	4
12	61	35	4
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	37	5
16	58	37	5
17	58	37	5
18	57	37	6
19	57	37	6
20	57	37	6
21	57	37	6
22	57	37	6
23	56	38	6
24	56	38	6
25	55	39	6
26	55	40	5
27	54	41	5
28	54	41	5
29	52	42	6
30	51	43	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	53
7	53
8	54
9	54
10	55
11	56
12	57
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	59
17	60
18	60
19	60
20	61
21	61
22	61
23	61
24	61
25	61
26	61
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	71	27	2
3	70	28	2
4	69	29	2
5	68	30	2
6	67	31	2
7	66	32	2
8	65	32	3
9	64	33	3
10	63	34	3
11	61	35	4
12	61	35	4
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	37	5
16	58	37	5
17	58	37	5
18	57	37	6
19	57	37	6
20	57	37	6
21	57	37	6
22	57	37	6
23	56	38	6
24	56	38	6
25	55	39	6
26	55	40	5
27	54	41	5
28	54	41	5
29	52	42	6
30	51	43	6