Climate averages 1991–2020

Sydney, Canada weather
in February.

A freezing month with heavy precipitation: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -1.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low -7.9°C Night-time mean, February

Precipitation 111 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a freezing month in Sydney, Canada: daytime highs average -1.2°C and nights cool to about -7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 111 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes February a month with heavy precipitation (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dartmouth (311 km away). In February its highs average -0.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sydney, Canada, with 101 mm of precipitation.

Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sydney, Canada ranks joint 43rd of 86 for the warmest February highs and 74th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Sydney, Canada is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 111 mm to 108 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sydney, Canada, 1991–2020
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, selected	-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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Sydney

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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 limits

How 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, Canada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.