Melbourne vs Sydney weather, all year round

Melbourne's most comfortable months are January, February and March. Sydney's are April, October and December. Both score 70 or more out of 100 in February, November and December.

Melbourne's most comfortable month is March, Sydney's is October. The least comfortable month is July for both.

The lead in comfort score changes hands during the year: Sydney from early April to early December, then Melbourne from mid December to late March.

Melbourne and Sydney are about the same for comfort score (64/100 against 69/100).

Melbourne's average temperature is 2.9°C lower than Sydney's (15.0°C against 17.9°C).

Melbourne's hottest month is January, Sydney's is February. The coolest month is July in Melbourne and June in Sydney.

Melbourne's average daytime high is 2.6°C lower than Sydney's (19.8°C against 22.5°C).

Melbourne's average nighttime low is 3.1°C lower than Sydney's (10.7°C against 13.8°C).

Melbourne gets 26% more days above 30°C (86°F) than Sydney (30 days against 23 days).

Neither city has any days below freezing to speak of.

Melbourne's average feels-like temperature is 4.0°C lower than Sydney's (13.2°C against 17.2°C).

Melbourne's hottest feeling month is January, Sydney's is February. The coolest feeling month is July in Melbourne and June in Sydney.

Melbourne and Sydney are about the same for humidity (71% against 73%).

Melbourne's most humid month is July, Sydney's is January. The driest month is February in Melbourne and September in Sydney.

Sydney gets 64 muggy days a year. Melbourne gets almost none.

Melbourne gets 28% less rainfall than Sydney (770 mm against 1069 mm).

Melbourne gets 11% fewer rainy days than Sydney (117 days against 130 days).

Melbourne's wettest month is November, Sydney's is January. The driest month is February in Melbourne and October in Sydney.

Melbourne gets 5% less sunshine than Sydney (3379 h against 3559 h).

Both cities have their sunniest month in December. The dullest month is July in Melbourne and June in Sydney.

The lead in sunshine changes hands during the year: Melbourne from mid January to late March, then Sydney from early April to early January.

Melbourne and Sydney are about the same for wind (20 km/h against 21 km/h).

Melbourne gets 5% more windy days than Sydney (38 days against 36 days).

Melbourne's windiest month is September, Sydney's is October. The calmest month is May in Melbourne and June in Sydney.

Neither city has any snowfall to speak of.

Melbourne and Sydney are about the same for daylight (12 h against 12 h).