Climate averages 1991–2020
Sydney weather
in June.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Sydney: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Central Coast (51 km away). In June its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Sydney, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sydney ranks 20th of 32 for the warmest June highs and 27th of 32 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 32 cities is 17.0°C; Sydney is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Central Coast in JuneAustralia · 51 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Wollongong in JuneAustralia · 68 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JuneAustralia · 83 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JuneAustralia · 117 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Maitland in JuneAustralia · 130 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Canberra in JuneAustralia · 247 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JuneAustralia · 261 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in JuneAustralia · 436 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 81 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.