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Sydney vs Charleston, South Carolina Climate

85%match

Sydney and Charleston are a 85% climate match. Compared with Sydney, Charleston has 9°F (5°C) hotter summer days, 6°F (4°C) colder winter nights and more rain in summer.

Sydney gets 45 in (1134 mm) of rain a year and Charleston 51 in (1304 mm). Sydney's warmest month is January, at 81°F (27°C); Charleston's is July, at 90°F (32°C).

Charleston is in the Northern Hemisphere, so its seasons are flipped: Sydney's July is most like Charleston's January.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJFMAMJJASOND
Sydney
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJFMAMJJASOND
Charleston

Climate fingerprints: ring color = average temperature, thickness = rain. January at the top.

Month by month

Highs and lows (°F)

SydneyCharleston (6 months later)solid = high, dashed = low

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASONDSydney Jan: 81°Sydney Feb: 80°Sydney Mar: 78°Sydney Apr: 74°Sydney May: 69°Sydney Jun: 65°Sydney Jul: 64°Sydney Aug: 66°Sydney Sep: 70°Sydney Oct: 73°Sydney Nov: 76°Sydney Dec: 78°Sydney Jan: 66°Sydney Feb: 66°Sydney Mar: 64°Sydney Apr: 58°Sydney May: 53°Sydney Jun: 49°Sydney Jul: 47°Sydney Aug: 48°Sydney Sep: 52°Sydney Oct: 57°Sydney Nov: 60°Sydney Dec: 64°Charleston (6 months later) Jan: 90°Charleston (6 months later) Feb: 89°Charleston (6 months later) Mar: 85°Charleston (6 months later) Apr: 78°Charleston (6 months later) May: 69°Charleston (6 months later) Jun: 62°Charleston (6 months later) Jul: 59°Charleston (6 months later) Aug: 62°Charleston (6 months later) Sep: 69°Charleston (6 months later) Oct: 76°Charleston (6 months later) Nov: 82°Charleston (6 months later) Dec: 87°Charleston (6 months later) Jan: 74°Charleston (6 months later) Feb: 73°Charleston (6 months later) Mar: 69°Charleston (6 months later) Apr: 59°Charleston (6 months later) May: 48°Charleston (6 months later) Jun: 42°Charleston (6 months later) Jul: 40°Charleston (6 months later) Aug: 42°Charleston (6 months later) Sep: 48°Charleston (6 months later) Oct: 55°Charleston (6 months later) Nov: 64°Charleston (6 months later) Dec: 71°

Rain (in per month)

SydneyCharleston (6 months later)

02.557.5JFMAMJJASONDSydney Jan: 4.3Sydney Feb: 5.5Sydney Mar: 5.2Sydney Apr: 3.9Sydney May: 3.3Sydney Jun: 4.9Sydney Jul: 2.8Sydney Aug: 2.7Sydney Sep: 2.6Sydney Oct: 2.8Sydney Nov: 3.5Sydney Dec: 3.2Charleston (6 months later) Jan: 6.5Charleston (6 months later) Feb: 7.5Charleston (6 months later) Mar: 5.8Charleston (6 months later) Apr: 3.4Charleston (6 months later) May: 2.5Charleston (6 months later) Jun: 3.4Charleston (6 months later) Jul: 3.3Charleston (6 months later) Aug: 3.0Charleston (6 months later) Sep: 3.6Charleston (6 months later) Oct: 3.3Charleston (6 months later) Nov: 3.2Charleston (6 months later) Dec: 5.9

Monthly averages

Average monthly highs, lows and rain in Sydney and Charleston
MonthHighLowRain
SydneyCharlestonSydneyCharlestonSydneyCharleston
Jan81°F(27°C)59°F(15°C)66°F(19°C)40°F(4°C)4.3 in(110 mm)3.3 in(83 mm)
Feb80°F(27°C)62°F(17°C)66°F(19°C)42°F(6°C)5.6 in(141 mm)3.0 in(75 mm)
Mar78°F(26°C)69°F(20°C)64°F(18°C)48°F(9°C)5.2 in(132 mm)3.6 in(91 mm)
Apr74°F(23°C)76°F(24°C)58°F(15°C)55°F(13°C)3.9 in(98 mm)3.3 in(83 mm)
May69°F(21°C)82°F(28°C)53°F(12°C)64°F(18°C)3.3 in(83 mm)3.2 in(81 mm)
Jun65°F(18°C)87°F(31°C)49°F(10°C)71°F(22°C)4.9 in(125 mm)5.9 in(151 mm)
Jul64°F(18°C)90°F(32°C)47°F(8°C)74°F(23°C)2.8 in(70 mm)6.5 in(165 mm)
Aug65°F(19°C)89°F(32°C)47°F(9°C)73°F(23°C)2.7 in(69 mm)7.5 in(190 mm)
Sep70°F(21°C)85°F(29°C)52°F(11°C)69°F(21°C)2.6 in(67 mm)5.8 in(148 mm)
Oct73°F(23°C)78°F(25°C)56°F(14°C)59°F(15°C)2.8 in(70 mm)3.4 in(86 mm)
Nov76°F(24°C)69°F(21°C)60°F(16°C)48°F(9°C)3.5 in(88 mm)2.5 in(64 mm)
Dec78°F(26°C)62°F(17°C)64°F(18°C)42°F(6°C)3.2 in(81 mm)3.4 in(87 mm)

1991–2020 averages, by calendar month.

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