Climate averages 1991–2020
Ballarat weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Ballarat: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (79 km away). In April its highs average 19.2°C, 1.7°C warmer than Ballarat, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Ballarat ranks 29th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Ballarat is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ballarat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 45 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| February | 24.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 40 | 5.0 | 13.514 h |
| March | 21.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 29 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 17.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| May | 13.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 45 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| June | 10.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 51 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| July | 10.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 49 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August | 11.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 66 | 12.4 | 10.711 h |
| September | 13.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 62 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| November | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 61 | 8.9 | 14.114 h |
| December | 22.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 52 | 7.0 | 14.715 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Geelong in AprilAustralia · 79 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Bendigo in AprilAustralia · 98 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Melbourne in AprilAustralia · 102 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Launceston in AprilAustralia · 515 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 524 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 536 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in AprilAustralia · 547 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Adelaide in AprilAustralia · 555 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ballarat) is explained once on the Ballarat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.