Climate averages 1991–2020
Mackay weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mackay: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockhampton (283 km away). In April its highs average 27.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Mackay, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Mackay ranks 6th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 29th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Mackay is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 54 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
Mackay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 225 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 28.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 117 | 11.6 | 13.413 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
- Rockhampton in AprilAustralia · 283 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Townsville in AprilAustralia · 324 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Bundaberg in AprilAustralia · 526 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Cairns in AprilAustralia · 591 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AprilAustralia · 730 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Caloundra in AprilAustralia · 746 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AprilAustralia · 766 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 1428 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 Mackay) is explained once on the Mackay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.