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Sydney in July

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Sydney is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Sydney is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
10h 09mon average

Is July a good time to visit Sydney?

July sits outside Sydney's best months, which run in two parts: March to May, or September to December. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 63°F in July, against 63°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in July, against 17°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in July, against 23% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

32% cover in July, against 27% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

10h 09m in July, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. June65°18°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. July63°17°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. August66°19°low 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Sydney sits, in July

Australia/Sydney
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:58 AMsets 5:04 PM
Above the sea
60 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Canberra250 km south-west

The land around Sydney, shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Sydney

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sydney. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (60 m) against the climate model's (8 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (60 m) against the climate model's (8 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.