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Chicago in November

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Chicago is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Chicago is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
9h 45mon average

Is November a good time to visit Chicago?

November sits outside Chicago's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 52°F in November, against 35°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in November, against 2°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in November, against 32% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in November, against 36% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

9h 45m in November, against 9h 11m to 15h 10m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with November shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. October66°19°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. November52°11°low 40°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. December41°5°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Chicago sits, in November

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
6:39 AMsets 4:31 PM
Above the sea
175 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dubuque259 km west

The land around Chicago, shaded by its typical high in November, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in November

high · low · wet days
See November on the planning mapThe whole year in Chicago

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Chicago. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.