Climate averages 1991–2020
Sydney weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Sydney: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Central Coast (51 km away). In November its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Sydney, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sydney ranks 22nd of 32 for the warmest November highs and joint 18th of 32 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 32 cities is 24.2°C; Sydney is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Central Coast in NovemberAustralia · 51 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Wollongong in NovemberAustralia · 68 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in NovemberAustralia · 83 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in NovemberAustralia · 117 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Maitland in NovemberAustralia · 130 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Canberra in NovemberAustralia · 247 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in NovemberAustralia · 261 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in NovemberAustralia · 436 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 131 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.