Weather in Canterbury-Bankstown

Calculated from weather data of Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (YSSY) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.6	27.6	25.6	26.6	27.0	28.1
February	26.7	27.3	27.1	26.0	25.1	26.6
March	25.5	26.3	27.6	23.6	24.3	24.6
April	23.4		22.1	22.8	23.1	24.0
May	20.2		19.3	20.3	20.1	19.3
June	17.6		18.6	17.1	17.6	17.8
July	18.2		19.5	16.3	17.6	17.1
August	18.9		19.1	18.8	19.6	18.6
September	21.5		23.1	19.1	21.6	22.1
October	23.3		24.6	22.1	23.0	23.5
November	24.4		24.1	23.1	21.8	26.3
December	26.6		27.3	23.0	24.8	25.6
Average	23.3	27.1	23.2	21.5	22.1	22.8

89th highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.0	22	20	21	20	21
February	20.6	21	21	20	20	20
March	19.1	20	20	19	18	18
April	16.0		15	16	15	16
May	12.4		11	13	13	12
June	10.0		10	9	10	10
July	9.8		10	10	10	10
August	10.2		11	11	10	10
September	12.6		13	13	12	14
October	15.5		15	16	15	16
November	17.1		18	16	17	18
December	19.1		20	16	19	19
Average	15.9	20.6	15.2	14.9	14.8	15.3

35th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	11	25	5	10	26
25 °C or warmer	58	104	62	82	104
20 °C or warmer	90	248	204	233	232
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.2	12	17	15	16	14
February	12.5	6	10	29	11	16
March	16.5	4	9	36	23	23
April	10.2		16	26	2	10
May	9.1		6	20	12	12
June	12.0		7	1	17	11
July	10.3		5	32	10	12
August	7.1		7	10	5	8
September	7.2		2	13	8	10
October	11.9		9	18	9	11
November	10.1		13	3	20	7
December	8.7		9	8	9	14
Average	10.3	7.3	9.2	18.2	11.8	12.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.0	27	28	26	26	26
February	26.1	25	27	24	27	24
March	24.1	22	23	25	25	24
April	20.6		23	20	18	21
May	20.6		23	18	20	24
June	21.3		21	24	20	20
July	21.2		19	26	22	21
August	24.1		20	25	21	23
September	25.6		22	26	28	24
October	26.6		28	24	26	26
November	27.2		26	29	27	27
December	27.3		26	30	28	27
Average	24.6	24.8	24.1	24.9	24.2	23.9

3rd highest wind speed of Australia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	E	SE	E	E	E
February	SE	E	SE	SE	E
March	E	E	SE	SE	SE
April		S	S	S	NW
May		SW	W	SW	SW
June		W	W	W	SW
July		W	S	W	SW
August		S	W	W	W
September		NE	SE	SW	N
October		E	NE	SE	E
November		E	NE	SE	E
December		E	S	SE	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Canterbury-Bankstown weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Canterbury-Bankstown?

The warmest month is January with an average temperature of 28 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Canterbury-Bankstown?

The coldest month is June with an average daytime temperature of 18 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Canterbury-Bankstown?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 16.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Canterbury-Bankstown?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 7.2 %.