San José weather in November

In November, San José has daytime highs averaging 23 °C, nights around 18 °C, with 26 wet days. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

  1. Jan 20°
  2. Feb 20°
  3. Mar 21°
  4. Apr 21°
  5. May 21°
  6. Jun 21°
  7. Jul 20°
  8. Aug 20°
  9. Sep 20°
  10. Oct 20°
  11. Nov 20°
  12. Dec 20°

Daily temperatures through November

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Daily high Daily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 23.8 °C and lows bottom out at 17.3 °C.

How November develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

Days Avg high Avg low Chance of rain
1–10 November 23.3 °C 17.7 °C 89 %
11–20 November 23.4 °C 17.6 °C 85 %
21–30 November 23.2 °C 17.5 °C 83 %
0% 50% 100% 1 5 10 15 20 25 30
Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in November. Wettest date over the 30 years: November 1, at 97 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure Typical November Share of the month
Days above 25 °C 1.8 of 30 6 %
Days above 30 °C 0 of 30 0 %
Days below 0 °C 0 of 30 0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain 26 of 30 85 %

Conditions in November

MeasureAverage
Mean temperature 20 °C
Record high (1991–2020) 26 °C
Record low (1991–2020) 13 °C
Relative humidity 90 %
Wind speed 8.9 km/h
Cloud cover 84 %

November compared with the months around it

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 24.5 °C 95 mm 53 %
September 24.1 °C 400 mm 90 %
October 23.6 °C 432 mm 91 %
November 23.3 °C 319 mm 84 %
December 23.7 °C 163 mm 63 %

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QuestionsNovember in San José, answered

How warm is San José in November?

Daily highs average 23 °C and nights fall to about 18 °C, a spread of 5.7 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes November the 11th warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in San José in November?

November averages 319 mm of rain, spread over about 26 of the 30 days — 85 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 84 % of the sky.

How long are the days in November?

San José averages 12 hours between sunrise and sunset in November. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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