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BAYSIDE

ARMIDALE

CENTRAL COAST

EDWARD RIVER

FEDERATION

GEORGES RIVER

COOTAMUNDRA-GUNDAGAI

HILLTOPS

INNER WEST

MURRAY RIVER

MURRUMBIDGEE

QUEANBEYAN-PALERANG

SNOWY MONARO

SNOWY VALLEYS

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN

NORTHERN BEACHES

THE HILLS

CUMBERLAND

PORT MACQUARIE-

HASTINGS

MID-COAST

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BAYSIDE

ARMIDALE

CENTRAL COAST

EDWARD RIVER

FEDERATION

GEORGES RIVER

COOTAMUNDRA-GUNDAGAI

HILLTOPS

INNER WEST

MURRAY RIVER

MURRUMBIDGEE

QUEANBEYAN-PALERANG

SNOWY MONARO

SNOWY VALLEYS

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN

NORTHERN BEACHES

THE HILLS

CUMBERLAND

PORT MACQUARIE-

HASTINGS

MID-COAST

Daly River

Kulgera

Yulara

Hermannsburg

Yuendumu

Tanami

Alice Springs

Harts Range

Tennant Creek

Daly Waters

Elliot

Top Springs

Lajamanu

Timber Creek

Borroloola

Cape CrawfordRoadhouse

Katherine

Ngukurr

Pine Creek

Jabiru

Oenpelli

Nguiu

Nhulunbuy

Adelaide River

Minjilang

Climate Zones

KILOMETRES

0 100 200

Local Government Area boundaryZone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

Zone 5

Zone 6

Zone 7

Zone 8

DARWIN

WEST ARNHEM

ROPER GULF

EAST ARNHEM

KATHERINE

VICTORIA - DALY

CENTRAL DESERT

BARKLY

MacDONNELL

ALICE SPRINGS

TIWI ISLANDS

DARWIN RATES ACT AREA

WAGAITBELYUEN

COOMALIE

LITCHFIELD

PALMERSTON

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New South WalesAustralian Capital Territory

Climate zone map

Climate zone map: New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

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Australian Capital TerritoryClimate zone map

Table 1 NCC climate zones for thermal design: Australian Capital Territory

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Australian Capital Territory 7, 8

Jervis Bay 6

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Climate zone map

Table 2 NCC climate zones for thermal design: New South Wales (excluding Sydney urban and surrounds)

Local Government Area Climate zone/s Armidale 6, 8

Ballina 2

Balranald 4

Bathurst 7

Bega Valley 6

Bellingen 2

Berrigan 4

Bland 4

Blayney 7

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Local Government Area Climate zone/s Blue Mountains 6

Bogan 4

Bourke 4

Brewarrina 4

Broken Hill 4

Byron 2

Cabonne 4

Carrathool 4

Central Coast 5

Central Darling 4

Cessnock 5

Clarence Valley 2

Cobar 4

Coffs Harbour 2

Coolamon 4

Coonamble 4

Cootamundra-Gundagai 4

Cowra 4

Dubbo 4

Dungog 5

Edward River 4

Eurobodalla 6

Federation 4

Forbes 4

Gilgandra 4

Glen Innes Severn 6, 8

Goulburn Mulwaree 7

Greater Hume 4

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Local Government Area Climate zone/s Griffith 4

Gunnedah 4

Gwydir 4

Hawkesbury 6

Hay 4

Hilltops 4

Inverell 4

Junee 4

Kempsey 2

Kiama 5

Kyogle 2

Lachlan 4

Lake Macquarie 5

Leeton 4

Lismore 2

Lithgow 7

Liverpool Plains 4

Lockhart 4

Maitland 5

Mid Western 6

Mid-Coast 5, 8

Moree Plains 4

Murrumbidgee 4

Murray River 4

Muswellbrook 6

Nambucca 2

Narrabri 4

Narrandera 4

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Local Government Area Climate zone/s Narromine 4

Newcastle 5

Oberon 7, 8

Parkes 4

Port Macquarie-Hastings 5

Port Stephens 5

Queanbeyan-Palerang 7

Richmond Valley 2

Shellharbour 5

Shoalhaven 6

Singleton 6

Snowy Monaro 7, 8

Snowy Valleys 7, 8

Tamworth 4

Temora 4

Tenterfield 6, 8

Tweed 2

Upper Hunter 6, 8

Upper Lachlan 7

Uralla 6

Wagga Wagga 4

Walcha 6, 8

Walgett 4

Warren 4

Warrumbungle 4

Weddin 4

Wentworth 4

Wingecarribee 6

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Local Government Area Climate zone/s Wollondilly 6

Wollongong 5

Yass Valley 6

For further information, refer to the National Construction Code (ncc.abcb.gov.au).

Table 3 NCC climate zones for thermal design: Sydney urban (

Local Government Area Climate zone/s Bayside 5

Burwood 5

Canada Bay 5

Canterbury-Bankstown 5

Georges River 5

Hunters Hill 5

Inner West 5

Lane Cove 5

Mosman 5

North Sydney 5

Randwick 5

Strathfield 5

Sydney 5

Waverley 5

Willoughby 5

Woollahra 5

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Climate zone map: New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

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Table 4 NCC climate zones for thermal design: Sydney surrounds

Local Government Area Climate zone/s Blacktown 6

Camden 6

Campbelltown 6

Cumberland 6

Fairfield 6

Hornsby 5

Ku-Ring-Gai 5

Liverpool 6

Northern Beaches 5

Parramatta 6

Penrith 6

Ryde 5

Sutherland 5

The Hills 6

For further information, refer to the National Construction Code (ncc.abcb.gov.au).