Statistics agency IBGE said output rose 1.4% from the previous month, compared with the median estimate in a Reuters poll of economists for a 1.7% rise. April's figure was revised to a 1.5% fall from a 1.3% decline.
The European Union's statistics office, Eurostat, said industrial output in the 19 countries sharing the euro rose 2.5% in November against October for a 0.6% year-on-year decline.
Industry continues to recover from the first wave, despite all of the second-wave problems that the economy is currently facing.
Industrial production rose 3.2 percent month-on-month, federal statistics agency Destatis said, driven by a strong performance in Germany's key car industry.