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Sydney in July: every year compared

In July, Sydney averages highs of 17.2 °C and lows of 6.4 °C, with 35 mm of precipitation. The warmest July was 2016 (12.5 °C), the coldest 1971 (9.3 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 17.2 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 6.4 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 35 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 6

Day by day through July

Normal high and low for each day of July in Sydney.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every July in Sydney, ranked

86 months of July since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86 (+0.3 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 11.6 °C · +0.3 °C vs normal · rank 16 of 86

Warmest years

1201612.5 °C
2199312.2 °C
3202312.2 °C
4201912.1 °C
5198812.0 °C

Coldest years

119719.3 °C
219689.5 °C
319489.5 °C
419459.5 °C
519429.5 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Rainy days
2025	11.6 °C	17.1 °C	6.9 °C	76 mm	0 days	6 days
2024	11.8 °C	16.9 °C	7.6 °C	43 mm	0 days	11 days
2023	12.2 °C	19.8 °C	6.2 °C	15 mm	0 days	4 days
2022	11.8 °C	16.2 °C	8.2 °C	253 mm	0 days	15 days
2021	11.3 °C	17.3 °C	6.3 °C	24 mm	0 days	7 days
2020	12.0 °C	17.4 °C	7.7 °C	144 mm	0 days	10 days
2019	12.1 °C	18.9 °C	6.5 °C	12 mm	0 days	4 days
2018	11.8 °C	19.8 °C	5.4 °C	4 mm	2 days	1 day
2017	11.1 °C	18.6 °C	5.0 °C	6 mm	0 days	2 days
2016	12.5 °C	18.1 °C	7.9 °C	62 mm	0 days	4 days
2015	10.4 °C	16.3 °C	5.8 °C	29 mm	0 days	7 days
2014	11.7 °C	18.3 °C	6.5 °C	15 mm	0 days	2 days
2013	11.8 °C	18.1 °C	6.7 °C	16 mm	0 days	4 days
2012	11.2 °C	16.7 °C	7.1 °C	8 mm	0 days	2 days
2011	11.0 °C	16.3 °C	6.4 °C	44 mm	0 days	6 days
2010	11.6 °C	16.2 °C	7.7 °C	58 mm	0 days	13 days
2009	11.4 °C	17.2 °C	6.5 °C	22 mm	0 days	6 days
2008	10.7 °C	16.4 °C	5.8 °C	15 mm	0 days	5 days
2007	10.7 °C	16.2 °C	6.3 °C	10 mm	1 day	3 days
2006	11.6 °C	17.1 °C	7.1 °C	37 mm	0 days	8 days
2005	11.8 °C	18.0 °C	6.8 °C	8 mm	0 days	4 days
2004	11.4 °C	17.3 °C	6.4 °C	20 mm	0 days	6 days
2003	11.1 °C	16.8 °C	6.3 °C	22 mm	0 days	4 days
2002	10.6 °C	18.1 °C	4.3 °C	3 mm	1 day	1 day
2001	11.9 °C	17.2 °C	8.0 °C	65 mm	0 days	11 days
2000	11.0 °C	17.4 °C	5.9 °C	20 mm	0 days	4 days
1999	11.8 °C	17.1 °C	7.4 °C	87 mm	0 days	9 days
1998	11.1 °C	15.7 °C	6.8 °C	60 mm	0 days	7 days
1997	10.7 °C	16.2 °C	6.1 °C	60 mm	0 days	10 days
1996	10.8 °C	16.3 °C	6.1 °C	47 mm	0 days	5 days
1995	10.3 °C	16.1 °C	5.3 °C	3 mm	1 day	2 days
1994	10.5 °C	17.7 °C	4.6 °C	4 mm	0 days	2 days
1993	12.2 °C	17.1 °C	7.8 °C	64 mm	0 days	13 days
1992	11.2 °C	17.7 °C	5.8 °C	13 mm	0 days	3 days
1991	11.0 °C	15.8 °C	6.8 °C	78 mm	0 days	12 days
1990	11.1 °C	16.5 °C	6.6 °C	52 mm	0 days	6 days
1989	10.5 °C	15.6 °C	6.3 °C	19 mm	0 days	6 days
1988	12.0 °C	17.8 °C	7.6 °C	84 mm	0 days	3 days
1987	10.0 °C	16.2 °C	5.4 °C	30 mm	1 day	7 days
1986	10.8 °C	16.5 °C	6.2 °C	33 mm	1 day	5 days
1985	10.8 °C	16.4 °C	6.3 °C	23 mm	0 days	4 days
1984	10.5 °C	15.4 °C	6.7 °C	82 mm	0 days	9 days
1983	10.0 °C	15.9 °C	5.6 °C	17 mm	0 days	5 days
1982	10.0 °C	16.0 °C	5.7 °C	5 mm	0 days	1 day
1981	10.5 °C	16.5 °C	5.9 °C	34 mm	0 days	4 days
1980	10.5 °C	16.4 °C	6.0 °C	19 mm	0 days	6 days
1979	10.0 °C	17.0 °C	4.9 °C	12 mm	0 days	2 days
1978	9.6 °C	15.9 °C	4.3 °C	22 mm	5 days	3 days
1977	9.8 °C	15.7 °C	5.2 °C	4 mm	1 day	2 days
1976	9.7 °C	15.8 °C	5.1 °C	72 mm	0 days	8 days
1975	10.3 °C	16.6 °C	5.0 °C	64 mm	0 days	4 days
1974	10.5 °C	15.3 °C	6.6 °C	16 mm	0 days	5 days
1973	11.7 °C	16.1 °C	7.9 °C	48 mm	0 days	11 days
1972	10.2 °C	16.6 °C	5.1 °C	8 mm	0 days	4 days
1971	9.3 °C	15.1 °C	4.5 °C	24 mm	1 day	7 days
1970	9.6 °C	17.3 °C	3.8 °C	2 mm	2 days	1 day
1969	10.8 °C	16.6 °C	5.7 °C	18 mm	0 days	4 days
1968	9.5 °C	15.4 °C	4.7 °C	17 mm	1 day	3 days
1967	10.5 °C	16.4 °C	6.0 °C	16 mm	0 days	4 days
1966	9.8 °C	15.5 °C	5.1 °C	10 mm	0 days	2 days
1965	10.0 °C	15.7 °C	5.5 °C	36 mm	0 days	5 days
1964	10.9 °C	16.5 °C	6.3 °C	16 mm	0 days	3 days
1963	10.5 °C	15.6 °C	6.6 °C	16 mm	0 days	6 days
1962	10.9 °C	16.5 °C	6.2 °C	32 mm	0 days	5 days
1961	10.5 °C	16.1 °C	6.1 °C	14 mm	0 days	1 day
1960	11.2 °C	16.6 °C	6.9 °C	58 mm	0 days	7 days
1959	10.7 °C	15.8 °C	7.1 °C	40 mm	0 days	7 days
1958	10.1 °C	15.5 °C	5.6 °C	10 mm	0 days	2 days
1957	10.0 °C	15.8 °C	5.3 °C	24 mm	0 days	7 days
1956	10.0 °C	15.8 °C	5.3 °C	48 mm	0 days	7 days
1955	10.1 °C	16.1 °C	5.2 °C	11 mm	1 day	4 days
1954	10.8 °C	16.5 °C	6.1 °C	34 mm	0 days	7 days
1953	10.2 °C	17.0 °C	4.7 °C	16 mm	0 days	3 days
1952	10.7 °C	15.9 °C	6.3 °C	67 mm	0 days	9 days
1951	10.1 °C	16.6 °C	5.0 °C	6 mm	0 days	3 days
1950	11.3 °C	15.4 °C	8.0 °C	105 mm	0 days	18 days
1949	10.1 °C	16.0 °C	5.3 °C	17 mm	0 days	3 days
1948	9.5 °C	15.5 °C	4.5 °C	6 mm	0 days	2 days
1947	10.2 °C	15.5 °C	5.7 °C	7 mm	0 days	4 days
1946	10.6 °C	17.4 °C	5.0 °C	1 mm	0 days	0 days
1945	9.5 °C	14.5 °C	5.0 °C	33 mm	0 days	9 days
1944	10.0 °C	15.8 °C	5.1 °C	19 mm	0 days	5 days
1943	9.6 °C	16.1 °C	4.2 °C	15 mm	0 days	4 days
1942	9.5 °C	14.7 °C	4.9 °C	15 mm	1 day	4 days
1941	9.6 °C	15.6 °C	4.4 °C	2 mm	1 day	1 day
1940	11.3 °C	16.8 °C	6.8 °C	16 mm	0 days	4 days

July records

Hottest day

26.4 °C

July 30, 2017 estimate

Nearby station: 27.0 °C on July 22, 2016 measured

Coldest night

-1.8 °C

July 15, 1978 estimate

Nearby station: -0.1 °C on July 23, 1943 measured

Wettest day

86 mm

July 26, 2020 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Sydney in July?

Highs average 17.2 °C and lows 6.4 °C. A typical July brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Sydney in July?

About 35 mm falls in July, over some 6 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest July was 2022 (253 mm), the driest 1946 (1 mm).

What was the warmest July in Sydney?

2016, with a mean temperature of 12.5 °C. The coldest was 1971 (9.3 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86.