Climate averages 1991–2020
Hobart weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Hobart: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Launceston (161 km away). In April its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Hobart, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Hobart ranks 32nd of 32 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Hobart is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 44 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
Hobart climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.915 h |
| February | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| March | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 45 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 47 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| June | 12.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.19 h |
| July | 11.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.5 | 9.39 h |
| August | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| September | 14.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 14.515 h |
| December | 19.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 58 | 9.8 | 15.315 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
- Launceston in AprilAustralia · 161 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Geelong in AprilAustralia · 583 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Melbourne in AprilAustralia · 598 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Ballarat in AprilAustralia · 660 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Bendigo in AprilAustralia · 729 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 1057 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Adelaide in AprilAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AprilAustralia · 1173 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 86 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 Hobart) is explained once on the Hobart year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.