Climate averages 1991–2020
Sydney weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Sydney: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Central Coast (51 km away). In February its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Sydney, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sydney ranks 26th of 32 for the warmest February highs and joint 15th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Sydney is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sydney climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 25.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 93 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 81 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 77 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 79 | 9.6 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 97 | 10.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 56 | 7.8 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.1°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 53 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 22.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 72 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Central Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 51 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Wollongong in FebruaryAustralia · 68 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in FebruaryAustralia · 83 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 117 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Maitland in FebruaryAustralia · 130 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 247 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 261 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in FebruaryAustralia · 436 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 166 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sydney) is explained once on the Sydney year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.