Climate · San Francisco

San Francisco in November

Mild and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in San Francisco is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.November in San Francisco is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
10h 05mon average

Is November a good time to visit San Francisco?


A good month, just outside San Francisco's best months, which run from July to October.

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 67°F in November, against 60°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in November, against 16°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in November, against 0% to 34% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in November, against 11% to 61% through the year.

Daylight

10h 05m in November, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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. October75°24°low 54°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. November67°19°low 49°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. December60°16°low 45°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where San Francisco sits, in November

America/Los Angeles

this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
6:49 AMsets 5:00 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Napa58 km north

The land around San Francisco, 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

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