Climate averages 1991–2020
Darwin weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Darwin: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (721 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, 1.9°C cooler than Darwin, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Darwin ranks 1st of 32 for the warmest April highs and 32nd of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Darwin is 9.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 14 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
Darwin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 438 | 27.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 379 | 25.8 | 12.513 h |
| March | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 300 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| June | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| July | 30.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 31.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 33.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 16 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 76 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 180 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 31.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 323 | 24.9 | 12.813 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
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 Darwin) is explained once on the Darwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.