Places with the best weather in Africa in November: ranked by comfort score

Harar tops the list at 98 /100 in November. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in November: Harar (98 /100) , Jalālābād (98 /100) , Tripoli (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 6.5 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Harar Ethiopia 98 /100 24 °C 13 °C 25 mm 4 334 h
2 Jalālābād Afghanistan 98 /100 21 °C 12 °C 15 mm 3 283 h
3 Tripoli Libya 98 /100 22 °C 16 °C 24 mm 5 278 h 23 °C
4 Mek'ele Ethiopia 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 12 mm 3 334 h
5 Gonder Ethiopia 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 15 mm 3 332 h
6 Az Zāwīyah Libya 97 /100 23 °C 15 °C 22 mm 4 277 h 23 °C
7 Agadir Morocco 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 46 mm 3 295 h 19 °C
8 Bahir Dar Ethiopia 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 14 mm 3 332 h
9 Shashamane Ethiopia 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 27 mm 4 340 h
10 Damietta Egypt 96 /100 23 °C 17 °C 8 mm 2 289 h 23 °C
11 Alexandria Egypt 96 /100 23 °C 17 °C 14 mm 3 288 h 23 °C
12 Hosa’ina Ethiopia 96 /100 22 °C 9.5 °C 46 mm 5 338 h
13 Ait Melloul Morocco 96 /100 24 °C 14 °C 37 mm 3 297 h 19 °C
14 New Cairo Egypt 96 /100 23 °C 13 °C 2 mm 1 295 h
15 Ouargla Algeria 96 /100 22 °C 10 °C 4 mm 1 289 h
16 Sodo Ethiopia 96 /100 24 °C 12 °C 47 mm 6 336 h
17 6th of October City Egypt 96 /100 24 °C 13 °C 2 mm 1 298 h
18 Suez Egypt 95 /100 25 °C 15 °C 2 mm 1 299 h
19 Idkū Egypt 95 /100 23 °C 16 °C 19 mm 4 288 h 23 °C
20 Zliten Libya 95 /100 23 °C 15 °C 17 mm 4 279 h 23 °C
21 Awasa Ethiopia 95 /100 24 °C 13 °C 37 mm 5 339 h
22 Minya Egypt 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 308 h
23 Port Said Egypt 95 /100 24 °C 17 °C 6 mm 1 292 h 23 °C
24 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 95 /100 24 °C 13 °C 2 mm 1 294 h
25 Cairo Egypt 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 2 mm 1 296 h
26 Arīsh Egypt 95 /100 23 °C 14 °C 6 mm 2 295 h 24 °C
27 Biskra Algeria 95 /100 20 °C 10 °C 12 mm 2 272 h
28 Jijiga Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 14 mm 2 333 h
29 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 7 mm 1 287 h
30 Misratah Libya 95 /100 22 °C 16 °C 14 mm 3 280 h 23 °C
31 Al Fayyum Egypt 95 /100 26 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 301 h
32 El Oued Algeria 95 /100 21 °C 10 °C 8 mm 1 279 h
33 Damanhur Egypt 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 8 mm 2 288 h
34 Ismailia Egypt 94 /100 25 °C 14 °C 2 mm 1 285 h
35 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 94 /100 21 °C 8.4 °C 10 mm 2 340 h
36 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 94 /100 24 °C 17 °C 9 mm 2 290 h 23 °C
37 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 94 /100 22 °C 15 °C 9 mm 2 284 h 23 °C
38 Bishoftu Ethiopia 94 /100 23 °C 9.6 °C 6 mm 1 342 h
39 Al Mansurah Egypt 94 /100 25 °C 14 °C 6 mm 1 287 h
40 Sousse Tunisia 94 /100 21 °C 13 °C 34 mm 5 270 h 21 °C
41 Benghazi Libya 94 /100 22 °C 15 °C 18 mm 4 275 h 23 °C
42 Mallawī Egypt 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 308 h
43 Zagazig Egypt 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 287 h
44 Béchar Algeria 93 /100 20 °C 9.2 °C 14 mm 2 290 h
45 Settat Morocco 93 /100 21 °C 11 °C 49 mm 7 273 h
46 Sfax Tunisia 93 /100 21 °C 14 °C 21 mm 3 275 h 22 °C
47 Cape Town South Africa 92 /100 22 °C 14 °C 25 mm 4 377 h 16 °C
48 Somerset West South Africa 92 /100 23 °C 14 °C 42 mm 6 375 h 17 °C
49 Assiut Egypt 92 /100 26 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 313 h
50 Marrakesh Morocco 92 /100 22 °C 7.8 °C 35 mm 5 284 h

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

October: top 5

  1. Mazār-e Sharīf 97 /100
  2. Mek'ele 97 /100
  3. Djelfa 97 /100
  4. Asmara 96 /100
  5. Tébessa 96 /100

Full ranking for October

December: top 5

  1. Harar 98 /100
  2. Esna 97 /100
  3. Shashamane 97 /100
  4. Sodo 97 /100
  5. Mek'ele 97 /100

Full ranking for December

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in November, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

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: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.