Climate averages 1991–2020
Maitland weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Maitland: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle, Australia (30 km away). In April its highs average 21.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Maitland, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Maitland ranks joint 15th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 18th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Maitland is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 47 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
Maitland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 66 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 8.0 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.210 h |
| August | 18.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 7.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 72 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| December | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 71 | 10.0 | 14.314 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
- Newcastle, Australia in AprilAustralia · 30 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Central Coast in AprilAustralia · 79 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 130 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AprilAustralia · 158 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Wollongong in AprilAustralia · 198 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AprilAustralia · 309 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 361 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 376 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 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 Maitland) is explained once on the Maitland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.