Climate averages 1991–2020
Bendigo weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Bendigo: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ballarat (98 km away). In April its highs average 17.5°C, 2.5°C cooler than Bendigo, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Bendigo ranks 23rd of 32 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Bendigo is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 39 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
Bendigo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 38 | 4.4 | 14.414 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 33 | 3.8 | 13.513 h |
| March | 24.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 26 | 3.8 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 20.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 31 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 39 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| June | 12.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 46 | 8.3 | 9.710 h |
| July | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 8.4 | 9.910 h |
| August | 12.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 8.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 19.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 45 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| November | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 47 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| December | 25.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 43 | 4.9 | 14.615 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
- Ballarat in AprilAustralia · 98 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Melbourne in AprilAustralia · 132 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Geelong in AprilAustralia · 155 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 455 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 466 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in AprilAustralia · 543 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Adelaide in AprilAustralia · 551 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Launceston in AprilAustralia · 576 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 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 Bendigo) is explained once on the Bendigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.