Climate averages 1991–2020
Brisbane weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Brisbane: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (21 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Brisbane, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Brisbane ranks 7th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Brisbane is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 60 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
Brisbane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 122 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 128 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 93 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 8.4 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 60 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 52 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 36 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 72 | 8.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 9.7 | 13.513 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 110 | 11.4 | 13.814 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
- Logan City in AprilAustralia · 21 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Gold Coast in AprilAustralia · 71 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Caloundra in AprilAustralia · 74 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AprilAustralia · 90 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AprilAustralia · 106 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Bundaberg in AprilAustralia · 297 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AprilAustralia · 315 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Rockhampton in AprilAustralia · 520 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 37 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 Brisbane) is explained once on the Brisbane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.