Top 12 of 25 skiing destinations scored for November · ERA5 reanalysis 2015-2024 · updated monthly
November opens the season at Whistler and closes it at Valle Nevado and Portillo. Of the 25 skiing destinations in the dataset, 6 score 68 or better in November and 1 reach the prime band above 80, one of the leaner months of the year.
Whistler leads on 83 at 156 cm base. Across the top ten the spread is Europe (6), North America (2), South America (2). The month belongs to the northern hemisphere: 8 of the ten best sit above the equator.
Ranked by score out of 100. Each strip shows all twelve months, so you can see whether November is the spot's peak or its shoulder.
1. Whistler British Columbia, Canada
83
Prime
Monthly score for Whistler, January to December. November is highlighted.
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0%days with working wind
4 knmean daily max wind
178 cmsnowfall this month
1.4 °Cair temperature
Nov-Aprbest run of months
Whistler works in November — 83 against a peak of 92 in March — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base reaches 156 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. It is also the wet end of the year: 342 mm against a monthly average of 182 mm. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Valle Nevado, January to December. November is highlighted.
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78
32
0%days with working wind
5 knmean daily max wind
18 cmsnowfall this month
3.9 °Cair temperature
Jun-Novbest run of months
Valle Nevado works in November — 78 against a peak of 90 in October — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base is 184 cm, but a mean temperature of 3.9 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The season is turning over here — the months before this one score better.
Monthly score for Tignes, January to December. November is highlighted.
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86
0%days with working wind
4 knmean daily max wind
96 cmsnowfall this month
-2.6 °Cair temperature
Nov-Maybest run of months
Tignes works in November — 74 against a peak of 91 in April — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base reaches 109 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Zermatt, January to December. November is highlighted.
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73
83
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4 knmean daily max wind
91 cmsnowfall this month
0.7 °Cair temperature
Nov-Aprbest run of months
Zermatt works in November — 73 against a peak of 90 in March — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base reaches 99 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Val Thorens, January to December. November is highlighted.
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70
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4 knmean daily max wind
81 cmsnowfall this month
-3.2 °Cair temperature
Nov-Maybest run of months
Val Thorens works in November — 70 against a peak of 90 in April — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base reaches 98 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Portillo, January to December. November is highlighted.
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4 knmean daily max wind
41 cmsnowfall this month
4.9 °Cair temperature
Jun-Novbest run of months
Portillo works in November — 70 against a peak of 90 in September — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base is 138 cm, but a mean temperature of 4.9 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The season is turning over here — the months before this one score better.
Monthly score for Livigno, January to December. November is highlighted.
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66
77
0%days with working wind
5 knmean daily max wind
57 cmsnowfall this month
-2.0 °Cair temperature
Dec-Maybest run of months
November is a shoulder month here: 66, where April reaches 89. The melt-adjusted base reaches 80 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for St. Anton, January to December. November is highlighted.
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83
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64
83
1%days with working wind
5 knmean daily max wind
78 cmsnowfall this month
1.9 °Cair temperature
Dec-Aprbest run of months
November is a shoulder month here: 64, where March reaches 91. The melt-adjusted base reaches 68 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Revelstoke, January to December. November is highlighted.
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63
79
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2 knmean daily max wind
84 cmsnowfall this month
2.2 °Cair temperature
Dec-Marbest run of months
November is a shoulder month here: 63, where February reaches 88. The melt-adjusted base is 65 cm, but a mean temperature of 2.2 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Verbier, January to December. November is highlighted.
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62
80
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3 knmean daily max wind
70 cmsnowfall this month
1.1 °Cair temperature
Dec-Aprbest run of months
November is a shoulder month here: 62, where March reaches 90. The melt-adjusted base reaches 60 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Mammoth Mountain, January to December. November is highlighted.
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19%days with working wind
8 knmean daily max wind
58 cmsnowfall this month
-5.0 °Cair temperature
Dec-Junbest run of months
November is a shoulder month here: 59, where May reaches 91. The melt-adjusted base reaches 66 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Gudauri, January to December. November is highlighted.
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58
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0%days with working wind
4 knmean daily max wind
46 cmsnowfall this month
-3.2 °Cair temperature
Dec-Maybest run of months
November is a shoulder month here: 58, where April reaches 90. The melt-adjusted base reaches 58 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Whistler, Canada scores highest in November at 83/100, based on ten years of ERA5 climatology scored for skiing. Its best run of months is Nov-Apr.
Is November a good month to ski?
November is one of the harder months — only 1 destinations reach the prime band, and the shoulder options below are worth reading before booking.
These scores are climatology, not a forecast. They are computed from ten years of
ERA5 reanalysis (2015-2024) and answer which month and which spot to book — not
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