Kingsford weather in July

In July, Kingsford sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 59 mm of rain across 8.2 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kingsford's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kingsford's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 8:02 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Kingsford is suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kingsford reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

Kingsford weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 20°	75	9	14	7.2
Feb	24° / 21°	93	10.5	13.3	6.8
Mar	23° / 20°	83	12.1	12.3	6.7
Apr	21° / 17°	78	10.5	11.2	6.6
May	19° / 15°	84	9.9	10.3	6.3
Jun	17° / 13°	100	10.5	9.8	5.5
Jul	16° / 12°	59	8.2	10	5.5
Aug	17° / 12°	55	6.9	10.7	6.0
Sep	18° / 14°	50	6.8	11.8	6.6
Oct	19° / 15°	61	8.3	12.9	6.6
Nov	21° / 17°	72	9.4	13.8	6.6
Dec	22° / 19°	58	8.8	14.2	7.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	71	71	71	71	71	73	73	73	73	75	75	75	75	76	76	77
Cloudier (%)	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	27	27	27	27	25	25	25	25	24	24	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kingsford gets around 59 mm of rain over 8.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 27% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23
31	23

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in July

Winds average 19 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
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23	19	light breeze
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25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:05 AM to 7:53 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:05	8:05	8:05	8:05	8:05	8:05	8:05	8:05	8:05	8:04	8:04	8:04	8:03	8:03	8:03	8:02	8:02	8:01	8:01	8:00	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:53
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:05	5:51
2	9.8	8:05	5:52
3	9.8	8:05	5:52
4	9.8	8:05	5:53
5	9.8	8:05	5:53
6	9.8	8:05	5:54
7	9.8	8:05	5:54
8	9.8	8:05	5:55
9	9.8	8:05	5:55
10	9.9	8:04	5:56
11	9.9	8:04	5:56
12	9.9	8:04	5:57
13	9.9	8:03	5:57
14	9.9	8:03	5:58
15	9.9	8:03	5:58
16	9.9	8:02	5:59
17	10.0	8:02	6:00
18	10.0	8:01	6:00
19	10.0	8:01	6:01
20	10.0	8:00	6:02
21	10.0	8:00	6:02
22	10.1	7:59	6:03
23	10.1	7:59	6:04
24	10.1	7:58	6:04
25	10.1	7:58	6:05
26	10.1	7:57	6:06
27	10.2	7:56	6:06
28	10.2	7:55	6:07
29	10.2	7:55	6:08
30	10.2	7:54	6:09
31	10.3	7:53	6:09

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kingsford

In seasonPeak

None of Kingsford's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kingsford sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Kingsford?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Kingsford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kingsford in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Kingsford sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Kingsford in July

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in August near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Nov 13 to Jun 7 — about 6.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	23	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	19	20	21
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	23	Refreshing
Feb	23	Refreshing
Mar	23	Refreshing
Apr	22	Refreshing
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	20	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	18	Cool
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	20	Refreshing
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Kingsford in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kingsford peaks around January 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	12	9	6	4	2	3	4	5	8	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	5	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Kingsford?

Kingsford sits at 33.9°S, 151.2°E, 29 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Kensington, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Kingsford

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kingsford.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kingsford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 898 m.

The land around Kingsford is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, water (52%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

85 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

135 m

water 52%

80 km

898 m

trees 47%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

← June Kingsford year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Kensington 1.0 km · Randwick 2.0 km · Coogee 3.0 km · Maroubra 3.0 km · Mascot 3.0 km · Surry Hills 5.0 km · Sydney 7.0 km · Sydney Central Business District 7.0 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kingsford (-33.924°, 151.2275°, elevation 29 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2