The linear graphs illustrate the average temperature and mean hours of everyday sunshine in two popular coastal areas in Australia, namely, Melbourne and Darwin.
Overall, both Melbourne and Darwin manifest similar tendencies of rises and falls in temperature throughout the year. As for daily sunshine, Darwin observes more frequent sunny days compared to Melbourne.
Starting with the first chart, Melbourne’s temperature is lower than Darwin’s at the beginning of the year, with figures of 6 and 18, respectively. Both numbers continuously increase as the months pass, wherein the average temperature in Melbourne peaks in July, at 18, while August is hottest, at 30, in Darwin. Another notable feature is that both cities’ temperature plummets toward the end of the year; that is, Darwin’s temperature stands at 24 and Melbourne’s at an approximate of 8.
Meanwhile, Melbourne is sunnier with ten hours of sun rays in January than Darwin with six hours, but they similarly experience eight hours of sunshine in March and roughly nine sunny hours in mid-November. Noticeably, Darwin is more exposed to the sun from June to September (circa eleven hours) than Melbourne (six hours); however, by December, the former declines by roughly 3 hours, whereas the latter goes back to its original figure.