Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Gold Coast: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks 13th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Gold Coast is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 97 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
Gold Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 150 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 116 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 23.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 97 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 94 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 9.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.1 | 13.914 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 · 51 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Brisbane in AprilAustralia · 71 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Caloundra in AprilAustralia · 137 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AprilAustralia · 153 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AprilAustralia · 153 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AprilAustralia · 257 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Bundaberg in AprilAustralia · 365 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Maitland in AprilAustralia · 556 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 51 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 Gold Coast) is explained once on the Gold Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.