Coolcation

    Where it's cool in November

    La Paz, Bolivia 17°C · Colca Canyon, Peru 16°C · San Francisco, United States 18°C. Typical daytime highs in November, using the 2016 to 2025 record.

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    Curated by Hugo · Updated 23 September 2026

    Top 10 destinations in November

    1. 1.La Paz, Bolivia

      17°5° daily spread10 rain dayshiking
      Why La Paz, Bolivia?

      The historical record averages 17° in November, with a 6° daily-high spread and 10 average rain days.

    2. 2.Colca Canyon, Peru

      16°5° daily spread12 rain dayshiking
      Why Colca Canyon, Peru?

      The historical record averages 16° in November, with a 5° daily-high spread and 12 average rain days.

    3. 3.San Francisco, United States

      18°6 rain daysculture
      Why San Francisco, United States?

      The historical record averages 18° in November, with a 6° daily-high spread and 6 average rain days.

    4. 4.Lisbon, Portugal

      18°12 rain daysculture
      Why Lisbon, Portugal?

      The historical record averages 18° in November, with a 6° daily-high spread and 12 average rain days.

    5. 5.Montserrat, Spain

      18°6 rain dayshiking
      Why Montserrat, Spain?

      The historical record averages 18° in November, with a 7° daily-high spread and 6 average rain days.

    6. 6.Elba, Italy

      16°11 rain dayscouples
      Why Elba, Italy?

      The historical record averages 16° in November, with a 7° daily-high spread and 11 average rain days.

    7. 7.Dublin, Ireland

      10°12 rain daysculture
      Why Dublin, Ireland?

      The historical record averages 10° in November, with a 7° daily-high spread and 12 average rain days.

    8. 8.Goes, Netherlands

      11°13 rain daysculture
      Why Goes, Netherlands?

      The historical record averages 11° in November, with a 7° daily-high spread and 13 average rain days.

    9. 9.Mont Saint-Michel, France

      12°13 rain daysculture
      Why Mont Saint-Michel, France?

      The historical record averages 12° in November, with a 8° daily-high spread and 13 average rain days.

    10. 10.Ketchikan, United States

      7°21 rain daysculture
      Why Ketchikan, United States?

      The historical record averages 7° in November, with a 7° daily-high spread and 21 average rain days.

    More about November

    A coolcation, on this site, is anywhere with a mean daily high at or below 18°C. November gives you 74 of the 295 curated destinations with a ten-year record this month (of 497 curated in total). The ranking below is by low day-to-day swing, not by which is coldest.

    November coolcation options on the ten-year record: 74 of 295 curated destinations with ten-year daily records sit at or below 18°C mean daily high (of 497 curated in total; the remainder do not yet have a full ten-year series for November). The list below ranks them by day-to-day steadiness, not raw temperature.

    The coldest reading in the dataset for November is Fairbanks at -10°. The warmest still inside the cool band is San Carlos de Bariloche at 18°. Pack layers, not a coat.

    Coolcation is defined here as mean daily high at or below 18°C. That threshold is a firm number, chosen for room-temperature comfort with a light layer. Nothing on this page describes forecasts. The averages are climate.

    November cool with a small daily-high spread: San Francisco, averaging 18° with a p10 to p90 width of 6 degrees.
    The bowl of La Paz seen from El Alto in clear high-altitude light
    La Paz, Bolivia
    RODRIGO GONZALEZ / Unsplash License
    Yellow trams climbing the tiled streets of Lisbon's Alfama
    Lisbon, Portugal
    Aayush Gupta / Unsplash License
    Mont Saint-Michel across the causeway under a low winter sun
    Mont Saint-Michel, France
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    Average temperatures by destination

    Showing 80 of 80 destinations

    DestinationCountryAvg highSwingsRain days
    FairbanksUnited States-10°18° width3
    Kanas LakeChina-10°16° width12
    ChurchillCanada-7°16° width3
    IqaluitCanada-6°13° width6
    SvalbardSvalbard and Jan Mayen-7°18° width16
    IlulissatGreenland-3°14° width7
    LongyearbyenNorway-2°12° width13
    Abisko National ParkSweden-2°13° width11
    AnchorageUnited States-2°13° width5
    AstanaKazakhstan-2°16° width10
    Lake BaikalRussia-1°12° width11
    NuukGreenland-1°11° width11
    HarbinChina0°17° width5
    Mount PaektuNorth Korea0°17° width8
    High TatrasSlovakia1°13° width14
    KazanRussia1°11° width9
    Kizhi IslandRussia1°12° width14
    Yellowstone National ParkUnited States1°14° width10
    JasperCanada2°14° width6
    MoscowRussia2°12° width12
    QaqortoqGreenland2°13° width12
    TromsøNorway2°9° width15
    Valley of Geysers, KamchatkaRussia2°--
    Bran CastleRomania4°12° width12
    TadoussacCanada4°10° width8
    BamiyanAfghanistan4°12° width6
    LehIndia3°18° width7
    Quebec CityCanada4°12° width12
    VilniusLithuania4°11° width10
    VladivostokRussia4°16° width8
    WhistlerCanada4°8° width17
    Charyn CanyonKazakhstan5°16° width8
    Chernobyl Exclusion ZoneUkraine5°12° width10
    Jökulsárlón Glacier LagoonIceland5°8° width14
    Belovezhskaya Pushcha National ParkBelarus6°12° width8
    StockholmSweden6°10° width10
    Curonian SpitRussia7°10° width12
    KetchikanUnited States7°7° width21
    LvivUkraine7°13° width10
    Mount Everest North Base CampChina7°16° width1
    AalborgDenmark8°9° width12
    AlmatyKazakhstan7°18° width11
    BergenNorway8°10° width16
    Lake Issyk-KulKyrgyzstan8°8° width11
    Mogao Caves, DunhuangChina8°--
    Neuschwanstein CastleGermany7°13° width12
    ŚwinoujściePoland8°9° width9
    DresdenGermany9°11° width8
    Lake DistrictUnited Kingdom9°8° width16
    Mount ElbrusRussia8°12° width11
    Niagara FallsCanada9°15° width9
    SapporoJapan9°13° width14
    ViennaAustria9°11° width6
    BishkekKyrgyzstan9°18° width9
    DublinIreland10°7° width12
    Jiuzhaigou ValleyChina9°11° width10
    OdesaUkraine10°11° width6
    SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina10°13° width14
    TurinItaly10°8° width8
    TurpanChina10°14° width1
    GoesNetherlands11°7° width13
    Great Wall of China, MutianyuChina11°--
    KashgarChina11°14° width1
    PyongyangNorth Korea11°15° width6
    SeattleUnited States11°8° width14
    TurkistanKazakhstan11°16° width6
    Danube DeltaRomania12°13° width6
    Mont Saint-MichelFrance12°8° width13
    Mount FujiJapan12°23° width6
    Rila MonasteryBulgaria12°13° width9
    UshuaiaArgentina13°7° width16
    Yosemite National ParkUnited States12°16° width4
    CappadociaTurkey13°13° width4
    L'AquilaItaly13°9° width13
    LhasaChina13°10° width2
    BordeauxFrance14°9° width13
    PorečCroatia14°8° width12
    Xi'anChina14°10° width6
    BakuAzerbaijan15°9° width8
    BukharaUzbekistan15°15° width2

    Readings summarise observed daily weather from 2016 to 2025. They are a historical reference, not a forecast. Data: Visual Crossing global historical archive. How we compute this

    Frequently asked

    Where is reliably cool in November?
    The driest 12-18°C cool-comfort picks in November, all with a wider day-to-day spread, are: Lhasa (13°C, about 2 rain days, a 10° spread); Bukhara (15°C, about 2 rain days, a 15° spread); Isfahan (18°C, about 4 rain days, an 11° spread); Timgad (18°C, about 4 rain days, a 12° spread).
    What counts as a coolcation in November?
    On this site, a coolcation is anywhere with a mean daily high at or below 18°C. In November that filters 74 of 295 curated destinations with a ten-year record. The warmest in-band pick is San Carlos de Bariloche at 18°; the steadiest day-to-day is La Paz with a 5° spread.
    Is November the right month for a coolcation?
    It depends on where you go. In November the ten-year record puts 74 curated destinations at or below 18°C mean daily high. If that count is small, the northern hemisphere is warming and southern-hemisphere hill stations or high-latitude coasts do most of the work. If it is large, the reverse.

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