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Climate

 
Sydney's climate is subtropical, with average maximum temperatures ranging from 16 degrees Celsius in winter to 26 degrees in summer. Average relative humidity varies from 60% to 71%. Sydney does not suffer the harsher winters of London, New York, Tokyo and Beijing, and benefits from more comfortable summer temperatures and humidity than Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong and Bangkok.

The seasons in New South Wales are generally defined as: spring from September through to November, summer from December to February, autumn from March to May and winter from June to August.

Average Temperatures (1) and Relative Humidity (RH) (2)

January April July October
  Temperature RH Temperature RH Temperature RH Temperature RH
City min max % min max % min max % min max %
Tokyo -2 8 73 8 17 81 21 28 91 13 21 88
Taipei 12 19 91 17 25 92 24 33 91 19 27 90
Sydney 19 26 70 15 22 71 8 16 70 14 22 60
Singapore 23 30 82 24 31 77 24 31 79 23 31 78
Seoul -9 0 78 5 17 83 21 29 91 7 19 88
New York -4 3 72 6 14 68 19 28 77 9 21 76
Melbourne 14 26 60 11 20 71 6 13 80 9 20 62
Manila 21 30 89 23 34 85 24 31 91 23 31 92
London 2 6 86 6 13 71 14 22 71 8 14 85
Kuala Lumpur 22 32 97 23 33 97 23 32 95 23 32 96
Jakarta 23 29 95 24 31 94 23 31 92 23 31 90
Hong Kong 13 18 77 19 24 87 26 31 87 23 27 75
Brisbane 21 29 66 17 26 70 10 21 67 16 26 59
Beijing -10 1 50 7 21 46 21 31 72 6 20 59
Bangkok 20 32 91 25 35 90 24 32 91 24 31 93


Footnotes:
1: Degrees celsius.
2: Early morning (6:00 - 9:00) except Beijing which is 'all hours'.

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology and World Weather Guide, Helicon Publishing.