Ottawa is typically cool in November.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +13°C to +6°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +4°C to -2°C.

Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

Take a look at how November is compared to other months in Ottawa:

November weather is still as ok as in October. It’s getting colder in November. From +13°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +6°C. As November arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 89 mm to 54 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 76%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during November, staying around 3 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 3 sunny days in October to 2 in November.

December brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

Here’s how November is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:

The climate in Ottawa in November has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+10°C) and the highest in 2024 (+14°C). The driest year was 1985 with only 469 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2017 with 1378 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Ottawa, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.