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Where to go in November
24 vetted destinations are at their best in November, across 12 countries. Each one is rated from ten years of daily temperature and rainfall recorded at that city's own coordinates — so this is a weather answer, not a popularity ranking, and the figure beside every place is the actual average it earns that rating on.
A rating of “ideal” means the month lands in that destination's comfortable band for both heat and rain. It says nothing about crowds or prices, which move on school holidays rather than on the weather — a city can be at its climatic best and still be at its busiest, and several here are both.
- Tokyo · JapanComfortable days around 18°C, and little rain (80mm rain).
- Istanbul · TürkiyeComfortable days around 17°C, and little rain (90mm rain).
- Santorini · GreeceComfortable days around 21°C, and little rain (24mm rain).
- Barcelona · SpainComfortable days around 18°C, and little rain (58mm rain).
- Delhi · IndiaComfortable days around 27°C, and little rain (12mm rain).
- Lisbon · PortugalComfortable days around 18°C, and little rain (71mm rain).
- Mexico City · MexicoComfortable days around 24°C, and little rain (15mm rain).
- Hanoi · VietnamComfortable days around 26°C, and little rain (65mm rain).
- Grand Canyon · United StatesComfortable days around 17°C, and little rain (24mm rain).
- Venice · ItalyComfortable days around 13°C, and little rain (135mm rain).
- Nice · FranceComfortable days around 17°C, and little rain (135mm rain).
- Locarno · SwitzerlandComfortable days around 13°C, and little rain (143mm rain).
- Kyoto · JapanComfortable days around 17°C, and little rain (71mm rain).
- Cappadocia · TürkiyeComfortable days around 14°C, and little rain (25mm rain).
- Athens · GreeceComfortable days around 19°C, and little rain (65mm rain).
- Madrid · SpainComfortable days around 14°C, and little rain (50mm rain).
- Udaipur · IndiaComfortable days around 27°C, and little rain (18mm rain).
- Sintra · PortugalComfortable days around 17°C, and little rain (100mm rain).
- Oaxaca · MexicoComfortable days around 26°C, and little rain (6mm rain).
- Ha Long Bay · VietnamComfortable days around 26°C, and little rain (34mm rain).
- San Francisco · United StatesComfortable days around 16°C, and little rain (42mm rain).
- Sicily · ItalyComfortable days around 17°C, and little rain (123mm rain).
- Bordeaux · FranceComfortable days around 15°C, and little rain (91mm rain).
- Osaka · JapanComfortable days around 18°C, and little rain (78mm rain).
Where to skip in November
These are worth going to — just not now. The same ten-year record puts each of them outside its comfortable band this month, and every one has a better window on its own guide.
- Zermatt · SwitzerlandCold, around 3°C (128mm rain).
- Dubrovnik · CroatiaVery wet — 434mm rain across the month (17°C).
- Hoi An · VietnamVery wet — 378mm rain across the month (27°C).
- Phuket · ThailandVery wet — 275mm rain across the month (29°C).
- San Sebastián · SpainVery wet — 267mm rain across the month (16°C).
- Yellowstone · United StatesCold, around -1°C (52mm rain).
- Corfu · GreeceVery wet — 326mm rain across the month (19°C).
- Naples · ItalyVery wet — 258mm rain across the month (18°C).