The globe opens over Sydney (33.9° S, 151.2° E) with the latest satellite clouds and rain radar, and Sydney's place card open: its local time, current weather, sunrise and sunset, the Moon, and any alerts near it.
Below, as the page is served, are the alerts near Sydney and which sources were checked for them, its weather now and over the next day, its air quality, then its day on its own clock (Australia/Sydney): sunrise, sunset and the length of the day, golden and blue hour, the Moon's phase and when it's up, the coming week's sunsets, and the next full Moon and eclipses seen from Sydney; then what might cross its sky.
Alerts near Sydney
Nothing active near Sydney at GMT+11 from what was checked: tropical cyclones, tsunami bulletins, earthquakes, GDACS disaster alerts, satellite fire detections and air quality. Sydney's national weather warnings aren't carried here, so check its national weather service too. This page is not a warning service: in an emergency, follow your local authorities.
Weather over Sydney
- Nowlight drizzle, 14°C, feels 9°C · wind SSW 27 km/h · 43% cloud cover
- Next 24 hourshigh 18°C around , low 11°C around · rain likeliest around , a 76% chance
- Hour by hour 14°C, light drizzle, 28% chance of rain · 13°C, light drizzle, 67% chance of rain · 12°C, mainly clear, 68% chance of rain · 11°C, mainly clear, 26% chance of rain · 15°C, clear · 18°C, mainly clear · 18°C, clear · 17°C, clear
- Air qualitygood, US AQI 21 · modeled for the area by Copernicus CAMS, not measured by a monitor
From Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), as of GMT+11. A forecast, not a warning: for warnings, see the alerts above and your local authorities.
Sun and Moon over Sydney, Sun Nov 8
- Sunrises in the ESE, sets in the WSW, 73° up at its highest at · 13 h 41 min of daylight, 1 min 46 s longer than yesterday
- Golden hourmorning to , evening to
- Blue hourmorning to , evening to
- Twilightfirst light , last light
- Moonnew Moon, 1% lit: rises in the ESE, sets in the WSW
- Next Moonsnew Mon Nov 9 at , full Wed Nov 25 at
- Sunsets aheadMon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun
- Next solar eclipse hereJul 22, 2028, total: the Sun fully covered at , 29° up
- Next lunar eclipse hereJul 7, 2028, partial: at its deepest at , 32° up
Times on Sydney's clock (GMT+11), worked out with astronomy-engine as this page was served.
Over Sydney
- Next ISS pass you can seenone in the next three days · every pass
- Southern lightsnot expected within sight, forecast for · aurora forecast
How to read it
Bushfire smoke in summer and the southerly busters that break its hot afternoons are what Sydney watches for. Bondi and the eastern beaches are the place for sunrise over the Tasman Sea, and the harbor's western reaches for sunset behind the bridge.
Sydney's longest day, around December 22, has 14 hours 25 minutes of daylight, and its shortest, around June 22, has 9 hours 54 minutes.
Sunset in Sydney comes earliest around June 10, at about 16:52, and latest around January 1, at about 20:09. That earliest sunset comes about 11 days before Sydney's shortest day, because the Sun's noon drifts against the clock through the year. Sydney's clocks change twice a year, so its sunset jumps by an hour on each of those days.
Sydney's evening golden hour, the Sun from 6° up to 4° below the horizon, lasts about 50 minutes around the equinoxes; at midsummer about 55 minutes.
Questions
What time is sunset in Sydney today?
The list on this page gives it, worked out for today on Sydney's clock, with the coming week's. Through the year Sydney's sunset moves between about 16:52 and about 20:09.
When is golden hour in Sydney today?
The list gives Sydney's morning and evening golden hours, when the Sun is low and its light warm and long-shadowed, and the blue hours just outside them, on Sydney's clock.
When is the next full Moon in Sydney?
The list gives the date and time on Sydney's clock, with today's phase and when the Moon rises and sets there. It's full at the same moment everywhere on Earth, so what differs in Sydney is only the clock and when the Moon is up.
Are there any alerts near Sydney right now?
This page lists what's active near Sydney as it's served, with who issued it, and says which sources it checked and when, and which it couldn't. It's no warning service: in an emergency in Sydney, follow your local authorities.
What's the weather doing over Sydney right now?
This page gives Sydney's conditions now and its next day hour by hour, with the chance of rain or snow, from Open-Meteo. The globe shows the latest satellite clouds and rain radar over Sydney: drag it to see what's coming.
What is the air quality in Sydney today?
This page gives Sydney's US AQI as it's served, with the EPA's word for its band. It comes from Copernicus's CAMS forecast through Open-Meteo: a model for the area around Sydney rather than a monitor's reading, so a station nearby can differ.
Are the southern lights ever visible from Sydney?
Only in the rarest, strongest storms, as in May 2024, low on Sydney's southern horizon and faint from inside the city. This page says what NOAA's OVATION forecast gives for Sydney over the next hour or so.
