United States
Nashville in November
🍂 AutumnCool and some showers.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings
Why November scores 8.8What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort8.2
- !Cool (16°C highs / 2°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 3°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~85 mm rain)
- Air quality9.7
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~7 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| Nov | Oct | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.8 Excellent | 9.2 Excellent |
| Season | 🍂 Autumn | 🍂 Autumn |
| High / low | 16° / 2° | 22° / 8° |
| Rain | 85 mm | 85 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 3° | dew pt 9° |
| PM2.5 | 7 µg/m³ | 7 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Old Hickory Dam weather-station normals. Rainfall: Old Hickory Dam, TN weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsNovember 2026
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
Other public holidays: Veterans Day (11 Nov) · Thanksgiving Day (26 Nov)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore NashvilleEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyTennessee's capital and the centre of the US country music industry, known for live music, honky-tonks, music museums and hot chicken.
No major events on our calendar for November.
Coming up later
CMA FestDate variesUsually early June
A four-day country music festival with stadium concerts and free daytime stages.
Why go: Downtown hotels sell out; book early.
Where: Nissan Stadium and downtown stages
Fourth of JulyEvery year4 July every year
A free concert and one of the largest fireworks shows in the US.
Why go: Downtown is extremely crowded; arrive early.
Where: Riverfront and Broadway
Tomato Art FestivalDate variesUsually August
A quirky neighbourhood festival celebrating the tomato with art, music and costumes.
Why go: A local, family-friendly event.
Where: Five Points, East Nashville
Lower Broadway
A strip of honky-tonk bars with free live music from late morning until late night.
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
A large museum on the history of country music.
Ryman Auditorium
A former tabernacle and longtime home of the Grand Ole Opry, still a top concert venue.
Grand Ole Opry
The long-running live country music radio show, held at the Opry House.
The Parthenon
A full-scale replica of the Athens Parthenon in Centennial Park, housing an art museum and a giant Athena statue.
RCA Studio B
A historic recording studio where Elvis Presley and many others recorded, visited by tour from the Hall of Fame.
Hot chicken
Fried chicken coated in a cayenne-based spicy paste, served on white bread with pickles.
💡 Prince's Hot Chicken Shack is the long-standing originator
Meat-and-three
A plate of one meat and three Southern sides.
Biscuits
Southern buttermilk biscuits, often with gravy or country ham.
Barbecue
Smoked pork and brisket in the Tennessee style.
Goo Goo Cluster
A candy bar of marshmallow nougat, caramel, peanuts and chocolate, made in Nashville since 1912.
Cowboy boots
Western boots, widely sold on and around Broadway.
Goo Goo Clusters
Nashville's own candy bar.
💡 The Goo Goo shop downtown and local stores
Records
Vinyl from Nashville's independent record stores.
Tennessee whiskey
Whiskey from Tennessee distilleries, some in and around Nashville.
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