Derry weather in November

In November, Derry sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 90 mm of precipitation across 16.7 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of November to 7 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Derry's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Derry's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
8th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Precipitation
90 mm
16.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:13 AM – 4:16 PM
Cloud cover
79%
5th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Derry is city in Northern Ireland.

Density
216/km²
people per km²
Founded
~501 CE

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

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical November day in Derry reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 3°C cooler than October and about 2°C warmer than December.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How November really feels in Derry

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Derry weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8716.427.50.8
Feb / 7514.91.99.31.0
Mar / 7515.61.211.41.6
Apr11° / 7415.40.313.82.4
May14° / 7815.10.115.83.4
Jun16° / 10°8715.50174.1
Jul17° / 12°9316.8016.54.5
Aug17° / 12°9416.7014.74.5
Sep16° / 10°7514.2012.54.1
Oct13° / 8815.50.110.22.9
Nov10° / 9016.70.38.11.6
Dec / 9015.81.271.0

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
22080
32080
41981
51981
62080
72080
82080
92080
102080
112179
122278
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242377
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302080

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitationSnow

Derry gets around 90 mm of rain and snow over 16.7 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 56% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1561
2561
3571
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7571
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9571
10571
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
41000
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Wind in November

Winds average 17 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of November to 7 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 7:43 AM to 8:38 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 3:59 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.07:434:43
28.97:454:41
38.97:474:39
48.87:494:37
58.77:514:35
68.77:534:33
78.67:554:31
88.57:574:29
98.57:594:28
108.48:014:26
118.48:034:24
128.38:054:22
138.28:074:21
148.28:094:19
158.18:114:18
168.18:134:16
178.08:154:15
187.98:174:13
197.98:194:12
207.88:214:10
217.88:224:09
227.78:244:08
237.78:264:07
247.68:284:05
257.68:304:04
267.58:314:03
277.58:334:02
287.48:354:01
297.48:364:00
307.48:383:59

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 0.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.42 kWh/m² to a high of 4.84 kWh/m² in May across the year — November's 0.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
40.9Dim
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Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Derry?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Derry.

What to pack for Derry in November

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

In November, Derry sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Derry in November

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 42 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
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Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
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Dec10Bracing

UV index in Derry in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Derry peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Derry?

Derry sits at 55.0°N, 7.3°W, 24 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Londonderry County Borough, 0.0 km away.

BallymenaAntrimPortadownCraigavon

Topography around Derry

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Derry has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 481 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 706 m.

The land around Derry is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), grassland (29%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
481 m
80 km
706 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
November weather nearby: Londonderry County Borough 0.0 km · Letterkenny 28 km · Coleraine 44 km · Omagh 44 km · Ballymena 68 km · Antrim 77 km · Portadown 85 km · Craigavon 85 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 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 Derry (54.9981°, -7.3093°, 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. 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).