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Best time to visit

Best time to visit Sydney

Sydney is usually most comfortable in May, September and October: typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.

Best time of year

NASA POWER climatology (public domain)

Usually the most comfortable: May, September and October. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.

  1. January: warm, high 28°, low 19°, about 91 mm of rain, comfort 91 out of 100
  2. February: wet, high 27°, low 19°, about 136 mm of rain, comfort 83 out of 100
  3. March: pleasant, high 25°, low 17°, about 110 mm of rain, comfort 89 out of 100
  4. April: pleasant, high 23°, low 15°, about 74 mm of rain, comfort 93 out of 100
  5. May: pleasant, high 19°, low 12°, about 54 mm of rain, comfort 95 out of 100
  6. June: cool, high 16°, low 10°, about 86 mm of rain, comfort 81 out of 100
  7. July: cool, high 16°, low 8°, about 43 mm of rain, comfort 86 out of 100
  8. August: pleasant, high 17°, low 9°, about 43 mm of rain, comfort 90 out of 100
  9. September: pleasant, high 21°, low 11°, about 44 mm of rain, comfort 98 out of 100
  10. October: pleasant, high 23°, low 13°, about 66 mm of rain, comfort 95 out of 100
  11. November: pleasant, high 25°, low 16°, about 86 mm of rain, comfort 92 out of 100
  12. December: pleasant, high 27°, low 17°, about 80 mm of rain, comfort 93 out of 100

Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.

Month by month
Typical weather by month at this place
MonthFeelsHigh / lowRainComfort
JanuaryWarm28° / 19°91 mm91
FebruaryWet27° / 19°136 mm83
MarchPleasant25° / 17°110 mm89
AprilPleasant23° / 15°74 mm93
MayPleasant19° / 12°54 mm95
JuneCool16° / 10°86 mm81
JulyCool16° / 8°43 mm86
AugustPleasant17° / 9°43 mm90
SeptemberPleasant21° / 11°44 mm98
OctoberPleasant23° / 13°66 mm95
NovemberPleasant25° / 16°86 mm92
DecemberPleasant27° / 17°80 mm93

Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.

This page is typical weather, not a forecast. It does not include crowds, prices, humidity or festivals, and it is not the Travel Score. For the weather now, the safety report and what is on, open the live brief.