Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Launceston: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In April its highs average 16.7°C, about as warm as Launceston, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks 30th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Launceston is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 60 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in AprilAustralia · 161 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Geelong in AprilAustralia · 436 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Melbourne in AprilAustralia · 444 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Ballarat in AprilAustralia · 515 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Bendigo in AprilAustralia · 576 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 690 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 706 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 915 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 77 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.