Climate averages 1991–2020
Melbourne weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 mild month in Melbourne: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (65 km away). In April its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Melbourne, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Melbourne ranks 24th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Melbourne is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 43 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
Melbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.514 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 44 | 5.7 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 19.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 61 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.715 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
- Geelong in AprilAustralia · 65 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Ballarat in AprilAustralia · 102 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Bendigo in AprilAustralia · 132 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Launceston in AprilAustralia · 444 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 453 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 466 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Hobart in AprilAustralia · 598 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in AprilAustralia · 646 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 33 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 Melbourne) is explained once on the Melbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.