Average Annual Number of Wet Days and Rainfall
With abundant sunshine during all seasons, Sydney encourages outdoor recreational pursuits such as golf, sailing, going to the beach and bushwalking. Sydney has sunshine on an average 342 days per year and the range of its average temperatures between the hottest and coldest months is less than 11 degrees Celsius. Snow falls in the higher altitudes of New South Wales’ southern tablelands, where a number of ski resorts operate during winter.
Average Annual Number of Wet Days and Average Annual Rainfall (mm)
| City |
Wet days |
City |
Rainfall (mm) |
| Kuala Lumpur |
195 |
London |
593 |
| Singapore |
179 |
Beijing |
619 |
| Manila |
159 |
Melbourne |
657 |
| London |
153 |
New York |
1,086 |
| Melbourne |
147 |
Brisbane |
1,187 |
| Sydney |
138 |
Sydney |
1,223 |
| Taipei |
129 |
Seoul |
1,250 |
| New York |
125 |
Bangkok |
1,397 |
| Jakarta |
125 |
Tokyo |
1,565 |
| Brisbane |
122 |
Jakarta |
1,799 |
| Seoul |
112 |
Manila |
2,085 |
| Hong Kong |
110 |
Taipei |
2,129 |
| Tokyo |
107 |
Hong Kong |
2,169 |
| Bangkok |
88 |
Singapore |
2,415 |
| Beijing |
66 |
Kuala Lumpur |
2,443 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology and World Weather Guide, Helicon Publishing.