The graph and table below show the average monthly temperatures and the average number of hours of sunshine per year in three major cities. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph and table below show the average monthly temperatures and the average number of hours of sunshine per year in three major cities.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph illustrates the mean
temperature
per month,
whereas
the table demonstrates the
hours
of sunshine
in
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average in a year in
London
, New
York
and
Sydney
.
Overall
,
it is clear that
although
London
and New
York
become warmer
but
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the temperatures start to decrease near the end of the year, the opposite trend is true for
Sydney
. In January, the
temperature
in
London
is higher than
New
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York
with figures 8 and
around
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5 respectively. As the temperatures in both cities continue to rise, the
temperature
in New
York
becomes higher than
London
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in
middle
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of March; the figures go up gradually and reach peaks in July (just under 30 and around 23) before showing a downward trend until December with a lower
temperature
in New
York
than in
London
. Turning to
Sydney
, the
temperature
starts to decline from January to July and
then
rises back
in
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the end of the year with the lowest point just above 15. From the table, it is observed that New
York
has the highest number of
hours
exposed to the sunshine (2535
hours
) and that was slightly higher than that of
Sydney
(2473
hours
).
Total
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The total
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hours
of sunshine in
London
was the least and that was 1180
hours
.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words temperature, hours, london, york, sydney with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.

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