Climate averages 1991–2020
Coffs Harbour weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Coffs Harbour: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gold Coast (257 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Coffs Harbour, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Coffs Harbour ranks 17th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 27th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Coffs Harbour is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 74 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
Coffs Harbour climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 166 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 163 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 78 | 12.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 81 | 7.4 | 10.210 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| August | 19.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 45 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 88 | 10.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 131 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 150 | 15.8 | 14.114 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
- Gold Coast in AprilAustralia · 257 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Logan City in AprilAustralia · 295 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Maitland in AprilAustralia · 309 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Brisbane in AprilAustralia · 315 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AprilAustralia · 319 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AprilAustralia · 324 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Central Coast in AprilAustralia · 385 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Caloundra in AprilAustralia · 388 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 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 Coffs Harbour) is explained once on the Coffs Harbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.