Meteo Sydney in dicembre
Sydney in dicembre: caldo, piovoso, con aria pulita — un periodo eccellente per andarci.
Aggiornato: settembre 2026 · medie climatiche dalla rianalisi ERA5
4º mese su 12 a Sydney · 239º su 1413 tra le destinazioni da visitare in dicembre · comfort 87/100 (tier A)
- Giorno
- 24°C
- Notte
- 19°C
- Giorni di pioggia
- 10
- Sole
- 11.2 h
- Umidità
- 72%
- Ore di luce
- 14 h

Com'è dicembre a Sydney
Summer and the holiday season: hot, occasionally smoky when there are bushfires inland, and the harbour at the centre of everything.
smokepeak
affidabilità: high
Note dei viaggiatori su Sydney in dicembre
Regulars split this month at its own midpoint: early December can be genuinely beautiful and not that humid, while the run-up to Christmas turns hotter and more crowded as the holiday hype builds - humidity itself does not peak until January. Our row averages across both halves at 23.5C reading as 25C, with 86.6mm of rain across 9.6 days. Their sea estimate runs warmer than our column - they say 25C and above, we read 20.4C - which is the early-summer gap between a beach that has not fully warmed and a forecast built on the season's later weeks; either way a coastal breeze keeps the humidity milder than the air temperature alone suggests. The record: humidity 72 percent, 11.2 hours of sun, a 19.1 kph wind and AQI 49.
Altri mesi a Sydney
Regulars call this a genuine favourite, still warm without summer's oppressive humidity, with the second half of the month specifically named as one of the best weather stretches of the year here. Our row backs the pleasant read, 22.6C over 16.8C nights, with 114.4mm of rain across 8.3 days. Regulars on the Northern Beaches say the sea stays fine for swimming through this month and is often warmer than it runs in spring, right on the cusp before the water properly cools. Evenings do turn cool enough for a light jacket over a thin layer, a real contrast to the warm afternoons. The sea sits at 21.7C. The record: humidity 74 percent, 9.2 hours of sun, a 14.2 kph wind and AQI 45.
The swimming season here opens on the first weekend of October and runs to the last of March, which makes this month the start rather than the middle - the water is about 17C by their reckoning and 19C by our column, swimmable if you are keen and cold if you are not. The weather is spring at its most variable: thirty degrees one day, barely twenty and raining the next, with fresh evenings either way. Our averages read 20.9C over 15.3C with 89.5mm across 8.5 days. The jacarandas begin mid-October and run to mid-November, with Kirribilli and the Woolwich ferry the streets people name. The record: humidity 69 percent, 10.2 hours of sun and AQI 45.
September is early spring in Sydney: cool-to-warm sunny days, low humidity, and sunshine reliable enough that it is the city's busy wedding month. The caveat regulars attach is that it is the first month of spring and notoriously unpredictable - summery or even hot one day, properly cold the next - so the packing is layered. Two September draws come with it: the jacarandas begin, with McDougall Street in Kirribilli the name everyone gives and the ferry to Woolwich the quieter alternative, and the whales are still passing, though one September report notes the wind on the boat was properly cold. The record: 20C days that feel like 19C, 13.2C nights, 6.6 precipitation days carrying 73.4mm and an 18.3C sea.
Sydney forum threads describe January as classic peak summer - typically sunny and hot, though posters were clear it can flip to overcast and humid with random bursts of rain, sometimes from the tail end of a tropical system further north. Temperatures were described as genuinely variable, with some days pushing toward 40C during a heat spell and others much milder and more comfortable, so no single 'typical' day captures the month. The other consistent theme: late January is the busiest stretch of the summer season here, since Australian school holidays run right up until the end of the month, meaning higher prices and accommodation booking up fast - posters recommended packing an umbrella despite the heat, since a sudden downpour is a real possibility even on an otherwise sunny day.
Le note valide tutto l'anno sono nella panoramica di Sydney. Aggiungi la tua nota dalla scheda di Sydney sulla mappa.
Medie climatiche di Sydney — dicembre
Medie mensili dalla rianalisi ERA5. L'AQI è l'indice di qualità dell'aria USA medio del mese.
Folla a Sydney in dicembre
Quanto è affollato il luogo in sé: vacanze scolastiche e ferie di massa, i mesi segnalati dalla redazione e quanto il clima li rende ambiti. Mai incluso nel punteggio di comfort.
Folla al massimoil mese di punta secondo la redazione, New Year's Eve fireworks, Summer holidays in Australia
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I mesi con il tempo migliore a Sydney
In classifica secondo il punteggio di comfort climatico di questa destinazione durante l'anno: una cosa diversa da quanta folla c'è (vedi Folla qui sopra).
Clima discretoA Sydney il tempo non cambia molto durante l'anno: il comfort resta abbastanza stabile in ogni mese.
Cosa c'è in programma a Sydney in dicembre
Eventi stagionali ricorrenti, spettacoli naturali, chiusure e festività: selezionati e con fonte.
- Rischio
Bushfire smoke risk
1 nov – 28 feb · di solitoStagione del fumoFires inland or on the coast can put smoke over the city for days in a bad summer; the fire service publishes a danger rating for the Sydney region daily. Fonte ↗
- Festival
New Year's Eve fireworks
31 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoAffollatoTwo displays off the bridge and the harbour, at nine and at midnight. The free vantage points fill from the morning and the parks close once they are full. Fonte ↗
Qui vicino c'è qualcosa in programma
Entro 300 km da Sydney, per una gita in giornata o un breve spostamento, con qualcosa in programma questo mese. Mai incluso nel punteggio di comfort.
Dove si trova Sydney?
Sydney in dicembre — domande frequenti
- È un buon momento per visitare Sydney in dicembre?
- Sydney in dicembre: caldo, piovoso, con aria pulita — un periodo eccellente per andarci. Per Sydney è il mese n. 4 su 12 secondo il punteggio di comfort di SeasonMap (87/100).
- Che tempo fa a Sydney in dicembre?
- In dicembre Sydney ha una massima media di 23.5°C e una minima di 18.8°C, con circa 86.6 mm di pioggia distribuiti in circa 9.6 giorni piovosi.
- Com'è la qualità dell'aria a Sydney in dicembre?
- In dicembre Sydney ha un indice di qualità dell'aria USA (AQI) medio di circa 49.
Entro 300 km: Katoomba: Canyoning season, 1 nov – 31 mar; Canberra: Christmas and Boxing Day, 24 dic – 1 gen.