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Detroit in November

Cool and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Detroit is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Detroit is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
9h 43mon average

Is November a good time to visit Detroit?

November sits outside Detroit'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 36°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in November, against 2°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in November, against 27% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in November, against 37% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

9h 43m in November, against 9h 08m to 15h 13m 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 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. November52°11°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. December41°5°low 28°low -2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Detroit sits, in November

America/Detroit
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
7:22 AMsets 5:12 PM
Above the sea
180 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Chicago382 km west

The land around Detroit, 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 Detroit

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Detroit. 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.