Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 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 Canberra: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In April its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks joint 27th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Canberra is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 28 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
Canberra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 52 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 52 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 49 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 56 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 8.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 6.9 | 14.514 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
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 16 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Wollongong in AprilAustralia · 187 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AprilAustralia · 206 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 247 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Central Coast in AprilAustralia · 291 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AprilAustralia · 358 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Maitland in AprilAustralia · 361 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Bendigo in AprilAustralia · 466 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 31 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 Canberra) is explained once on the Canberra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.