Bilbao weather in November

In November, Bilbao sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 135 mm of precipitation across 15.6 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of November to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Bilbao's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bilbao's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 135 mm; 15.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 8:13 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 10th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Bilbao is city in Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1300

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical November day in Bilbao reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 4°C cooler than October and about 2°C warmer 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)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Bilbao weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 6°	112	14.8	1	9.2	2.4
Feb	12° / 6°	100	13.6	1.5	10.2	2.6
Mar	13° / 7°	98	13.5	0.6	11.6	3.5
Apr	15° / 9°	97	15.2	0	13.2	3.8
May	17° / 11°	84	14.2	0	14.5	5.0
Jun	20° / 14°	69	11.4	0	15.1	6.0
Jul	22° / 16°	60	10.4	0	14.9	6.6
Aug	23° / 16°	55	10.3	0	13.8	6.8
Sep	21° / 15°	65	11.8	0	12.3	6.2
Oct	18° / 12°	97	13.9	0	10.8	5.4
Nov	14° / 9°	135	15.6	0.1	9.5	3.5
Dec	12° / 7°	105	14.4	0.4	8.9	2.8

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	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 (%)	39	37	37	37	36	36	34	34	34	34	33	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	31
Cloudier (%)	61	63	63	63	64	64	66	66	66	66	67	65	65	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Bilbao gets around 135 mm of rain and snow over 15.6 wet days in November, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 52% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	53	53	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	54

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

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 97% 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 (%)	88	89	90	92	93	94	95	96	96	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	12	11	10	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in November

Winds average 14 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of November to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 7:54 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:33 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)	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:54	5:57
2	10.0	7:55	5:56
3	10.0	7:56	5:54
4	9.9	7:57	5:53
5	9.9	7:59	5:52
6	9.8	8:00	5:51
7	9.8	8:01	5:50
8	9.8	8:03	5:49
9	9.7	8:04	5:48
10	9.7	8:05	5:47
11	9.6	8:07	5:46
12	9.6	8:08	5:45
13	9.6	8:09	5:44
14	9.5	8:10	5:43
15	9.5	8:12	5:42
16	9.5	8:13	5:41
17	9.4	8:14	5:40
18	9.4	8:15	5:39
19	9.4	8:17	5:39
20	9.3	8:18	5:38
21	9.3	8:19	5:37
22	9.3	8:20	5:37
23	9.2	8:22	5:36
24	9.2	8:23	5:35
25	9.2	8:24	5:35
26	9.2	8:25	5:34
27	9.1	8:26	5:34
28	9.1	8:27	5:33
29	9.1	8:28	5:33
30	9.1	8:29	5:33

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 1.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — November's 1.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.0	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.6	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.5	Dim
30	1.5	Dim

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Bilbao?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bilbao.

What to pack for Bilbao in November

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

In November, Bilbao sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 16 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Bilbao in November

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in November — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 11 to Sep 21 — about 2.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	13	15	18	21	22	20	18	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Bilbao in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bilbao peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	5	6	6	8	9	8	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bilbao?

Bilbao sits at 43.3°N, 2.9°W, 20 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Santutxu, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Bilbao

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bilbao has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 405 m around an average of 109 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 994 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,670 m.

The land around Bilbao is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

405 m

trees 49%

16 km

994 m

trees 68%

80 km

1,670 m

trees 41%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

November weather nearby: Santutxu 1.0 km · Basauri 4.0 km · Erandio 6.0 km · Barakaldo 6.0 km · Galdakao 8.0 km · Sestao 8.0 km · Leioa 9.0 km · Portugalete 10 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Bilbao (43.2627°, -2.9253°, elevation 20 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. 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	16	11
2	16	11
3	16	11
4	16	10
5	16	10
6	15	10
7	15	10
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	13	9
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	13	8
25	13	8
26	13	8
27	13	8
28	13	8
29	13	8
30	13	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0