Newcastle
City in Australia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Newcastle - aerial images (3) (7445134654): Doug Beckers from Avoca Beach, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Newcastle is a city in Australia, in New South Wales. About 508,437 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Australia in our atlas.
It lies at 32.93° S, 151.78° E, about 48 m (157 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Australia/Sydney time zone.
Location
Red dot: Newcastle. Green dots: other major cities of Australia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Newcastle has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 26°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 12°C (54°F). Around 993 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in AustraliaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Central Coast · 67 km
- Sydney · 117 km
- Canberra · 360 km
- Gold Coast · 568 km
- Logan City · 600 km
- Brisbane · 617 km
- Sunshine Coast · 707 km
- Melbourne · 835 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2155472 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q57278 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Newcastle - aerial images (3) (7445134654): Doug Beckers from Avoca Beach, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stockton Beach - southern end: AussieLegend, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Newcastle Art Gallery, April 2026: Aliceinthealice, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- NEC Outside: Broadmeadow-Newcastle, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- VictoriaTheatre2007: User:Seahamnsw2324, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Newcastle Civic Theatre: User:Seahamnsw2324, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Newcastle Museum, NSW, Australia, April 2018: Gerson008, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium: OzRocky, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 217 - Nesca House (5045739b2): Bill Nethery, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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