Sydney
Elevation 6 m33.87° S, 151.21° E
When to go?
Mean 24 °C, 9 rain days in the month (98 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 23 °C, 9 rain days in the month (118 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 22 °C, 11 rain days in the month (118 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 19 °C, 9 rain days in the month (99 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 16 °C, 8 rain days in the month (97 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 9 rain days in the month (113 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 8 rain days in the month (82 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 14 °C, 7 rain days in the month (74 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 6 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 8 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 8 rain days in the month (81 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 8 rain days in the month (67 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are September–February, April–May. Ideal for the sea: January–April.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Tasman Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Tasman Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Tasman Sea (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.6 °C; in the last ten years by +0.9 °C. Warmest year: 2019 (+1.3 °C), coldest: 1976 (−0.6 °C).
September and July warmed the most (+1.0 and +0.9 °C), April the least (+0.2 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 18 °C) begins 13 days earlier and ends 2 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.7 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990