Chicago in November
In November, Chicago has 61.5 mm (2.42 in) of rain, a daily high of 9.1 °C (48.4 °F) and a daily low of 1.2 °C (34.2 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Chicago: November misses our rule: days are 6.9 °C under our 16 °C and nights are 6.8 °C under our 8 °C. Expect days that shorten by 58 min.
What November is like in Chicago
- A massive spruce lights up in Millennium Park at the city's Christmas tree lighting in November. A countdown and fireworks end the night. Source: Choose Chicago (official tourism site), checked .
- Michigan Avenue's trees light up for the season at the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival in late November. A night parade and fireworks come with it. Source: Choose Chicago (official tourism site), checked .
- Visitors add notes and drawings to the shared ofrenda at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Its yearly Day of the Dead show stays up into late November. Source: National Museum of Mexican Art, checked .
Key figures
Weather in November, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 9.1 °C (48.4 °F)
- Daily low
- 1.2 °C (34.2 °F)
- Rain
- 61.5 mm (2.42 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- no data
U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, NOAA. Checked .
Measured at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, 28 km north-west of the city centre point.
How we define and convert these figures
Notes. Daily high and low: changed: source gives °F; converted to °C, rounded to 0.1. Rain: changed: source gives inches; converted to mm (x 25.4), rounded to 0.1. Sunshine: the NOAA U.S. monthly normals have no sunshine measure.
Daylight on 15 November 2026
- Sunrise
- 06:40 local time
- Sunset
- 16:30 local time
- Day length
- 9 h 49 min
Day length 1-30 November: 10 h 21 min to 9 h 23 min, -58 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday 1 November 2026 at 02:00 (UTC-5 to UTC-6); in 2027 on 7 November.
Source: tz database 2026d, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | November | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 9.1 °C | 5th coldest |
| Daily low | 1.2 °C | 5th coldest |
| Rain | 61.5 mm | 4th driest |
| Sunshine | no data | no data |
| Day length | 9 h 49 min | 3rd shortest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | General Election Day (Illinois state holiday) |
| Wednesday | Veterans Day opm.gov |
| Thursday | Thanksgiving Day opm.gov |
| Friday | Thanksgiving (Illinois state holiday: the day after Thanksgiving Day) |
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Thursday | Veterans Day opm.gov |
| Thursday | Thanksgiving Day opm.gov |
| Friday | Thanksgiving (Illinois state holiday: the day after Thanksgiving Day) |
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
Source: Official public holiday list (cms.illinois.gov), checked .
Same month in 20 cities
Chicago is warmer than 4 of our 20 cities in November by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in November: Munich (0.9 °C apart), Berlin (1.3, equal), Prague (1.3, equal).
| City | Gap from Chicago, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago (this page) | — | 9.1 | 1.2 | 61.5 | no data |
| Munich (closest) | 0.9 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 58.4 | 74.0 |
| Berlin (closest) | 1.3 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 41.7 | 54.5 |
| Prague (closest) | 1.3 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 30.2 | 51.9 |
| Vienna | 1.4 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 46.0 | 67.7 |
| Amsterdam | 2.1 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 85.3 | 66.8 |
| Paris | 3.5 | 11.1 | 6.2 | 54.3 | 69.0 |
| London | 3.7 | 11.6 | 6.1 | 65.7 | no data |
| New York | 3.8 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 90.9 | no data |
| Madrid | 4.9 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 52.2 | no data |
| Rome | 7.6 | 16.9 | 8.5 | no data | no data |
| Tokyo | 7.6 | 16.7 | 8.8 | 96.3 | 149.8 |
| Hiroshima | 8.2 | 17.7 | 8.9 | 69.3 | 153.3 |
| Barcelona | 8.8 | 17.9 | 9.9 | 47.5 | 119.7 |
| Osaka | 8.9 | 17.8 | 10.2 | 72.5 | 152.6 |
| Seville | 9.9 | 20.1 | 10.0 | 72.2 | 205.3 |
| Los Angeles | 12.1 | 22.7 | 11.7 | 19.8 | no data |
| Buenos Aires | 15.9 | 26.0 | 16.1 | 117.6 | 246.0 |
| Hong Kong | 17.3 | 24.5 | 20.3 | 39.3 | 172.3 |
| Singapore | 22.8 | 31.2 | 24.6 | 252.3 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- Attribution: Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/wck8-er13. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
- IANA Time Zone Database, read through the PyPI tzdata package. Attribution: IANA Time Zone Database. Licence: Public-domain data. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Chicago in November: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/united-states/chicago/november/. Last updated 5 November 2026.