Yala weather in November

In November, Yala sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 290 mm of rain across 25.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in November, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of November to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Yala's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
290 mm
25.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:09 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Yala is city in Yala province, Thailand.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 15.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,924/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 30°C through the month.

A typical November day in Yala reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 1°C cooler than October and on par with December.

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How November really feels in Yala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in November is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Yala weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°7811.311.74.6
Feb32° / 22°42711.84.1
Mar34° / 23°8611.9123.0
Apr34° / 24°12417.212.12.3
May34° / 24°15122.612.32.1
Jun34° / 24°11119.412.42.3
Jul34° / 24°11419.112.32.4
Aug34° / 24°12520.212.22.3
Sep33° / 23°16022.8122.4
Oct31° / 23°26828.111.92.5
Nov30° / 23°29025.811.73.0
Dec29° / 23°23621.311.63.8

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5793
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Yala gets around 290 mm of rain over 25.8 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 rain averages around 86% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the oppressive band about 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in November

Winds average 5 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of November to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:055:51
211.86:065:51
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411.86:065:51
511.76:065:51
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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in March across the year — November's 3.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Yala

In seasonPeak

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

Yala sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Yala's rainy season runs September–December, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is November a good time to visit Yala?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yala.

What to pack for Yala in November

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

In November, Yala sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Yala in November

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 39 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Yala 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 Yala peaks around February 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 20 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 14Nov 20UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Yala 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 Yala is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (February, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Yala's WHO annual average of 15.5 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1622 µg/m³Feb 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yala?

Yala sits at 6.5°N, 101.3°E, 24 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Pattani, 37 km away.

Pokok SenaSu-ngai Kolok

Topography around Yala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 793 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,495 m.

The land around Yala is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
793 m
80 km
1,495 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
November weather nearby: Pattani 37 km · Yaring 38 km · Ra-ngae 56 km · Narathiwat 61 km · Betong 88 km · Tak Bai 91 km · Pokok Sena 94 km · Su-ngai Kolok 95 km

Thailand travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,057
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Buddhist 93%Muslim 5%Christian 1%other 1%

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 Yala (6.54°, 101.2813°, elevation 24 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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. 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).