Sydney, Australia: population, climate, map and landmarks

Overview

Sydney is a city in Australia, in New South Wales. About 5.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Australia in our atlas.

It lies at 33.87° S, 151.21° E, about 58 m (190 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Australia/Sydney time zone.

Location

Red dot: Sydney. Green dots: other major cities of Australia. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Sydney has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 12°C (53°F). Around 887 mm (35 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

Sydney Opera HouseMulti-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australian MuseumMuseum in Sydney, Australia

Sydney Football StadiumFormer sports venue in Sydney, Australia

Taronga ZooZoo in Australia

Art Gallery of New South WalesPublic art gallery and museum in Sydney, Australia

Sydney Cricket GroundCricket stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Museum of Contemporary Art AustraliaArt museum in Sydney, Australia

Sydney Football Stadium IIFootball stadium built 2022 in Moore Park, Sydney

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

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Sources

Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2147714 (CC BY 4.0)
Wikidata Q3130 (CC0)
Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology

Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.

Photo credits

00 3178 Sydney, Australia: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Sydney Opera House Sails: No machine-readable author provided. Roybb95~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
AustralianMuseum: J Bar at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Allianz Stadium from above: Arturo Pardavila, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Sydney taronga zoo: Jan Derk, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
NSWAG: Siegfried Nugent (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Sydney Cricket Ground (24509044622): Marc Dalmulder from Hamlyn Terrace, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
SydneyMuseumContemporaryArt gobeirne: Photograph by Greg O'Beirne, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
SydneyFootballStadium Aug2022 Pre-open: Frigginawesomeimontv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)