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Nelson in November

sweet spot · the best month to go

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  11. Nelson in November: sweet spot
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November at Nelson is 19°C by day and 11°C at night, with 9 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. 19C max, 9 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high19°C
Nightly low11°C
Feels like, afternoon19°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more9 · 100 mm
Humidity76%
Sunshine11.2 h/day
Daylight14.4 h/day
Crowds94 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

November: about usual. Busiest from December to February; quietest from April to October.

Nelson in pictures

What to pack

  • Warm layers for the evenings, which drop to about 11°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 9 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 76%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

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