Climate averages 1991–2020
Sydney weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Sydney: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Central Coast (51 km away). In July its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Sydney, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sydney ranks 19th of 32 for the warmest July highs and joint 24th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Sydney is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Central Coast in JulyAustralia · 51 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Wollongong in JulyAustralia · 68 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JulyAustralia · 83 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JulyAustralia · 117 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Maitland in JulyAustralia · 130 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 247 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 261 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in JulyAustralia · 436 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 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.