Climate averages 1991–2020
Sydney, Canada weather
by month.
See how the year changes. August has the highest average daily maximum; July has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Sydney, Canada averages a daytime high of 9.8°C and a nighttime low of 4.1°C, with about 1,291 mm of precipitation on roughly 143 days. August is the warmest month (average high 22.0°C) and February the coolest (-1.2°C). December is the wettest month with 139 mm; July is the driest with 85 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Sydney
Monthly precipitation
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, Canada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 118 | 12.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | -1.2°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 111 | 11.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 108 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 5.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 106 | 12.3 | 13.514 h |
| May | 11.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 86 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 16.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 89 | 11.0 | 15.716 h |
| July | 21.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 85 | 10.5 | 15.415 h |
| August | 22.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 89 | 10.9 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 104 | 10.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 131 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.4°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 124 | 12.7 | 9.510 h |
| December | 2.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 139 | 14.2 | 8.79 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
Nearby cities
- DartmouthCanada · 311 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 1,258 mm rain a year
- HalifaxCanada · 313 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 1,258 mm rain a year
- MonctonCanada · 356 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 1,095 mm precipitation a year
- Saint JohnCanada · 466 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 1,315 mm precipitation a year
- St. John'sCanada · 590 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 1,149 mm precipitation a year
- QuébecCanada · 847 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 1,222 mm precipitation a year
- MontréalCanada · 1040 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 1,106 mm precipitation a year
- OttawaCanada · 1204 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 1,024 mm precipitation a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC-4, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 46.10°, -60.20° (4 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.3°C for the difference between the city's elevation (6 m) and the cell's (53 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 46.25°, -60.25°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.