The coolest places in the world in November: ranked by average high temperature

Yakutsk tops the list at -22 °C in November. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in November: Yakutsk (-22 °C) , Nizhnevartovsk (-9.3 °C) , Surgut (-9.2 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 20 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Yakutsk Russia -22 °C -22 °C -29 °C 9 mm 3 104 h
2 Nizhnevartovsk Russia -9.3 °C -9.3 °C -15 °C 38 mm 10 49 h
3 Surgut Russia -9.2 °C -9.2 °C -15 °C 36 mm 9 52 h
4 Daxing’anling China -8.3 °C -8.3 °C -18 °C 13 mm 3 202 h
5 Bratsk Russia -6.8 °C -6.8 °C -12 °C 20 mm 7 114 h
6 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen -6.8 °C -6.8 °C -12 °C 48 mm 10 0 h
7 Komsomolsk-on-Amur Russia -6.3 °C -6.3 °C -14 °C 29 mm 6 189 h
8 Nuuk Greenland -6.2 °C -6.2 °C -12 °C 79 mm 11 69 h 1.5 °C
9 Tomsk Russia -5.9 °C -5.9 °C -12 °C 49 mm 12 72 h
10 Chita Russia -5.8 °C -5.8 °C -15 °C 5 mm 1 206 h
11 Blagoveshchensk Russia -5.7 °C -5.7 °C -14 °C 13 mm 3 208 h
12 Hulunbuir China -5.7 °C -5.7 °C -15 °C 6 mm 2 217 h
13 Kemerovo Russia -4.7 °C -4.7 °C -11 °C 52 mm 12 87 h
14 Berezniki Russia -4.7 °C -4.7 °C -9.4 °C 56 mm 12 51 h
15 Krasnoyarsk Russia -4.7 °C -4.7 °C -11 °C 31 mm 9 95 h
16 Novosibirsk Russia -4.6 °C -4.6 °C -11 °C 45 mm 11 83 h
17 Ulan-Ude Russia -4.5 °C -4.5 °C -13 °C 10 mm 3 199 h
18 Angarsk Russia -4.5 °C -4.5 °C -13 °C 10 mm 3 183 h
19 Tyumen Russia -4.4 °C -4.4 °C -10 °C 30 mm 8 92 h
20 Nizhny Tagil Russia -4.2 °C -4.2 °C -9.3 °C 30 mm 8 83 h
21 Bei’an China -4.1 °C -4.1 °C -12 °C 13 mm 3 217 h
22 Khabarovsk Russia -4.1 °C -4.1 °C -11 °C 24 mm 5 202 h
23 Omsk Russia -4.0 °C -4.0 °C -10.0 °C 30 mm 8 89 h
24 Prokop’yevsk Russia -4.0 °C -4.0 °C -11 °C 52 mm 12 98 h
25 Syktyvkar Russia -4.0 °C -4.0 °C -8.5 °C 43 mm 11 31 h
26 Yekaterinburg Russia -3.9 °C -3.9 °C -9.0 °C 28 mm 8 91 h
27 Ulan Bator Mongolia -3.8 °C -3.8 °C -14 °C 6 mm 2 239 h
28 Irkutsk Russia -3.7 °C -3.7 °C -12 °C 13 mm 4 185 h
29 Zlatoust Russia -3.7 °C -3.7 °C -9.6 °C 31 mm 8 99 h
30 Petropavl Kazakhstan -3.6 °C -3.6 °C -9.3 °C 29 mm 8 95 h
31 Novokuznetsk Russia -3.5 °C -3.5 °C -10 °C 62 mm 13 100 h
32 Perm Russia -3.5 °C -3.5 °C -8.2 °C 47 mm 11 58 h
33 Barnaul Russia -3.5 °C -3.5 °C -10 °C 49 mm 11 107 h
34 Yichun China -3.2 °C -3.2 °C -12 °C 17 mm 5 207 h
35 Kamensk-Ural’skiy Russia -3.2 °C -3.2 °C -8.6 °C 29 mm 7 100 h
36 Kurgan Russia -3.2 °C -3.2 °C -9.0 °C 27 mm 7 104 h
37 Murmansk Russia -3.1 °C -3.1 °C -7.2 °C 30 mm 8 12 h
38 Kokshetau Kazakhstan -2.9 °C -2.9 °C -8.8 °C 22 mm 6 109 h
39 Miass Russia -2.9 °C -2.9 °C -8.8 °C 23 mm 6 113 h
40 Chelyabinsk Russia -2.8 °C -2.8 °C -8.5 °C 25 mm 7 118 h
41 Kirov Russia -2.6 °C -2.6 °C -6.8 °C 48 mm 11 47 h
42 Abakan Russia -2.5 °C -2.5 °C -8.6 °C 20 mm 6 136 h
43 Biysk Russia -2.4 °C -2.4 °C -9.6 °C 49 mm 11 123 h
44 Anchorage United States -2.4 °C -2.4 °C -6.9 °C 80 mm 12 99 h 4.2 °C
45 Hegang China -2.4 °C -2.4 °C -11 °C 16 mm 4 214 h
46 Izhevsk Russia -2.3 °C -2.3 °C -6.8 °C 48 mm 11 64 h
47 Arkhangel’sk Russia -2.2 °C -2.2 °C -6.1 °C 44 mm 11 28 h
48 Astana Kazakhstan -2.2 °C -2.2 °C -8.8 °C 27 mm 6 123 h
49 Pavlodar Kazakhstan -2.2 °C -2.2 °C -8.5 °C 19 mm 6 124 h
50 Temirtau Kazakhstan -2.1 °C -2.1 °C -9.3 °C 27 mm 6 139 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. Khartoum 38 °C
  2. Wad Medani 38 °C
  3. Kassala 38 °C
  4. Mopti 38 °C
  5. Tahoua 37 °C

Full ranking for October

December: top 5

  1. Yakutsk -34 °C
  2. Daxing’anling -17 °C
  3. Komsomolsk-on-Amur -17 °C
  4. Hulunbuir -16 °C
  5. Blagoveshchensk -16 °C

Full ranking for December

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in November, lowest 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 the world with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering 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.