Queen Victoria Building
The Queen Victoria Building is a sandstone shopping center in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, featuring Romanesque Revival architecture. Commissioned by the City of Sydney and designed by George McRae, the building dates to 1898. It is one of the 62 sights in Australia on this site and is the 37th most looked-up sight in the country on English Wikipedia.
Planning a visit
The weather in Sydney changes monthly. The warmest months are January and February, with daily highs of 24 °C. February is the wettest month with 131 mm of rain, while March sees about 15 rainy days and 100 mm of rain. The coolest months are June, July, and August, with daily highs of 16 °C. September is the driest month, with 61 mm of rain.
The building is 9 km from Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport and 247 km from Canberra. The site is wheelchair accessible. It can be combined with visits to Sydney Tower (0.2 km), Hyde Park Barracks (0.6 km), St Mary's Cathedral (0.6 km), Darling Harbour (0.7 km), or the Art Gallery of New South Wales (1.0 km).
Weather by month
The warmest month is January, with an average high of 24 °C. Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 |
| Average low, °C | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
| Rainfall, mm | 90 | 131 | 100 | 119 | 112 | 103 | 76 | 72 | 61 | 81 | 94 | 80 |
| Rainy days | 14 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
