Where to go in November
The last honest warmth of the year, and you have to go looking for it. Far south still means shirtsleeves; anywhere mid-country means bare trees, low light, and a coat you’ll actually wear.
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Beach warm
12 places
- Kahului (Maui) HI 86° / 68° The rain returns, the mountains go green, the rates drop.
- Kailua-Kona HI 84° / 72° Fewest rainy days all year; the trades soften noticeably.
- Honolulu HI 84° / 72° Wetter, softer, greener — and the big waves come home.
- Miami FL 81° / 68° Dry season lands, and the whole city eats outside.
- Fort Myers FL 81° / 62° Sun, breeze, and no reason to check the radar.
- Naples FL 81° / 63° Dry, golden, and quiet — the month locals guard.
- Lihue (Kauai) HI 81° / 71° Wet season proper — trade your itinerary for flexibility.
- Key West FL 81° / 72° Trade winds, dry sky, and elbow room on Duval.
- Fort Lauderdale FL 81° / 68° Warm ocean, low rain, nobody here yet.
- Hilo HI 80° / 68° The wettest month — plan indoors and be pleasantly wrong.
- South Padre Island TX 80° / 61° Sweater weather only after sunset, and only just.
- Sarasota FL 80° / 60° The calm before the northern plates arrive.
Genuinely warm
22 places
- Tampa FL 79° / 61° The month the air finally feels weightless.
- Palm Springs CA 79° / 53° Warm sun, cold stars, and the town filling back up.
- Orlando FL 78° / 58° Warm days, crisp evenings — Florida's version of fall.
- Death Valley CA 77° / 51° Blue days, cool nights, the park at its kindest.
- Clearwater FL 77° / 61° Low sun, soft air, the beach nearly empty.
- Phoenix AZ 77° / 54° Peak Phoenix: warm sun, cool evenings, everyone eating outside.
- Daytona Beach FL 76° / 58° The beach reverts to the people who live here.
- Corpus Christi TX 76° / 56° Light jacket at breakfast, sleeves rolled by lunchtime.
- Tucson AZ 75° / 48° Cool starts, easy middays, and street festivals after dark.
- St. Augustine FL 75° / 58° Sweater weather with a bright, low-slung sun.
- Anaheim CA 74° / 51° Shirtsleeves at noon, a fleece by the time you leave.
- Panama City Beach FL 73° / 50° Autumn arrives, and the beach turns into a walk.
- Los Angeles CA 73° / 53° Sweatshirt weather arrives, and the daylight quits before dinner.
- Houston TX 73° / 52° The reward month — cool, bright, and easy to be outside.
- Galveston TX 72° / 59° Cool wind, mild sun, and the season winding down.
- Destin FL 72° / 53° Fall lands properly — sweaters, sunsets, empty sand.
- Pensacola FL 72° / 51° Sweater season, blue skies, and jets overhead.
- San Antonio TX 72° / 50° Mild, easy, and the light turns soft on limestone.
- Austin TX 72° / 51° Cool mornings, warm afternoons, and nobody competing for a table.
- San Diego CA 71° / 55° Mild, quiet, and the first storms testing the door.
- Savannah GA 70° / 48° Still mornings, warm middays, the year's gentlest stretch.
- Gulf Shores AL 70° / 49° Sweatshirt-and-shorts season, with the beach mostly to yourself.
Mild
33 places
- New Orleans LA 70° / 56° Sweater in the morning, sleeves by noon, oysters all day.
- Hilton Head Island SC 69° / 48° Short sleeves at noon, real jacket at sunset.
- Santa Barbara CA 69° / 44° Mild, low-slung light, and the first rain of the season.
- Las Vegas NV 67° / 47° Mild afternoons, early dark, and unusually easy crowds.
- Charleston SC 67° / 53° Clear, dry, and unhurried — the reward for surviving August.
- El Paso TX 67° / 42° Cool, calm, and settled, with the star lit above town.
- Sedona AZ 67° / 41° Short days, low sun, and the town finally breathing.
- Santa Cruz CA 67° / 43° Wet weeks begin, and the forest above town smells alive.
- Dallas TX 67° / 46° Cool, clear, and the trees actually turn for a week.
- Myrtle Beach SC 66° / 46° The town starts closing up; the beach gets beautiful.
- Monterey CA 65° / 46° Off-season starts, and so does the serious rain.
- Napa CA 65° / 40° Harvest is done, the storms are back, everyone exhales.
- Atlanta GA 64° / 44° Late leaf color, early dark, and a real coat at night.
- Zion National Park UT 64° / 37° Cool, quiet, and gold along the river bottom.
- San Francisco CA 64° / 51° The rains come back and the days shut down early.
- Charlotte NC 63° / 40° Peak leaf color downtown, and frost on the windshield.
- Memphis TN 63° / 43° Jacket weather with the odd afternoon that forgets to be.
- Outer Banks NC 61° / 48° The islands go quiet and the wind takes over.
- Nashville TN 61° / 39° Crisp, brown, and comfortable in a proper coat.
- Virginia Beach VA 61° / 42° Jacket weather with the best beach walks of autumn.
- Williamsburg VA 61° / 41° Cold enough for a fire, clear enough to walk.
- Branson MO 59° / 38° Crisp, patriotic, and lit up before Thanksgiving arrives.
- Asheville NC 59° / 37° The crowds leave, the frost arrives, the views open up.
- Washington, DC DC 58° / 42° Bare trees, bright light, and no line anywhere.
- Gatlinburg TN 58° / 34° Bare ridges, sharp air, and the lights switch on.
- Ocean City MD 58° / 39° Beach walks in a windbreaker, and the lights go up.
- Albuquerque NM 57° / 34° Sharp mornings, generous afternoons, and the crowds gone home.
- Moab UT 57° / 30° Cool, still, and the desert finally left alone.
- Atlantic City NJ 57° / 37° Grey and windswept — bring a hat that stays on.
- Reno NV 57° / 31° First real cold — everybody starts watching the mountain passes.
- Yosemite Valley CA 56° / 33° Bare trees, wet stone, and hardly anyone else around.
- Philadelphia PA 56° / 39° Sharp air, bare trees, first serious coat of winter.
- St. Louis MO 56° / 37° Jacket weather that behaves itself, and no crowds anywhere.
Crisp
28 places
- Denver CO 55° / 26° Bare trees, cold shadows, and afternoons that still feel generous.
- New York City NY 54° / 42° Dark by dinnertime, but the light before it's extraordinary.
- Santa Fe NM 54° / 27° Brown, quiet, and holding out for the first snow.
- Portland OR 54° / 41° Wet, dim, and quietly the coziest month here.
- Cape Cod MA 54° / 37° The season ends abruptly — check what's open before you drive out.
- Grand Canyon AZ 53° / 25° Cold, clear, quiet — the best light and fewest people.
- Colorado Springs CO 53° / 26° Quiet, dry, and cold in a way that doesn't bite.
- Newport RI 53° / 38° Quiet, bracing, and the mansions light up for Christmas.
- Flagstaff AZ 52° / 23° Grey, sharp, and waiting on the mountain to open.
- Seattle WA 52° / 41° Rain settles in for the season and gets comfortable.
- Boston MA 52° / 38° Raw more often than cold — the dampness is the problem.
- South Lake Tahoe CA 51° / 23° The waiting month — cold, damp, and hoping for storms.
- Salt Lake City UT 51° / 33° Cold moves in, and the first lifts start turning.
- Durango CO 51° / 21° Brown, still, and waiting for the mountain to open.
- Park City UT 50° / 21° First real storms, and the town shakes off its nap.
- Bend OR 49° / 28° Off-season proper: cold, muddy, and priced to move.
- Boise ID 49° / 32° Squeeze in the last hikes; winter is loading.
- Portland, Maine ME 48° / 32° Grey, raw, and the first real snow usually turns up.
- Chicago IL 48° / 34° Gray sets in; this is when the museums get good.
- Bar Harbor ME 48° / 33° Everything has closed and the rain keeps coming.
- Niagara Falls NY 47° / 32° The lake-effect machine switches on and the sky closes over.
- Burlington VT 46° / 32° Bare, grey, and the between-seasons month locals just endure.
- Traverse City MI 44° / 30° The peninsulas empty out and the first squalls arrive.
- Mackinac Island MI 44° / 27° The season is over; the island belongs to its residents again.
- Door County WI 42° / 29° Half the county is shut, and rooms cost half as much.
- Bozeman MT 42° / 22° Cold arrives properly and the mountains start stacking up.
- Minneapolis MN 42° / 28° Dark before dinner; the sauna season starts in earnest.
- Aspen CO 42° / 19° Waiting weather — grey, cold, and building toward opening day.
Deep winter
7 places
- Lake Placid NY 40° / 25° The dead month: leaves gone, snow not yet trustworthy.
- Yellowstone WY 39° / 19° Everything shut, everything silent, and the roads gone for winter.
- Juneau AK 38° / 29° Rain turns to snow and back again, sometimes hourly.
- Jackson Hole WY 38° / 16° Frozen and half-shut, with the snow stacking up daily.
- Anchorage AK 29° / 18° Winter settles in properly; headlamps become normal equipment.
- Denali National Park AK 18° / 2° The light shrinks daily and the cold digs in.
- Fairbanks AK 12° / -4° Real cold arrives early and the dark arrives faster.