Every Australian capital city recorded more rain in 2020 than they did in 2019.

Last year was Australia's driest year on record. This year has seen better rainfall returning to many parts of the country, aided by the influence of La Nina during the last few months.

While rainfall has still been below average in some parts of Australia this year, much of the country has registered over 100 percent of their usual annual rain.

Image: Percentage of the annual average rainfall observed during 2020. Source: Bureau of Meteorology

This includes every Australian capital city. Here are the annual totals from the last two years in each state's capital:

Sydney

2020: 1551.6* (wettest year since 1998)

2019: 851.8

Melbourne

2020: 786.8 (wettest year since 2011)

2019: 374.4

Brisbane

2020:1088 **

2019: 654.6

Darwin

2020: 1740.2

2019: 1074.0

Adelaide

2020: 471.2

2019: 374.0

Canberra

2020: 790.0 (wettest year since 2010)

2019: 358.6

Hobart

2020: 656.2 (wettest year since 2016)

2019: 385.0

Perth

2020: 673.4

2019: 590.2 ***

* Annual total from the new Observatory Hill site. This figure does not include any rain that fell in Sydney during the 24 hours to 9am on September 12th, a day when the city's Observatory Hill rain gauge had a blockage. It's estimated that 5-10mm fell on this day.

** Brisbane had an equipment outage in March, so that month's rainfall total is unknown. The Bureau of Meteorology estimated that 83mm of rain fell in the city during the month, which is the value used in this figure.

*** Exact total for Perth in 2019 is unknown due to a rain gauge blockage on October 5. This figure was estimated by the Bureau of Meteorology.