Climate averages 1991–2020
Newcastle, Australia weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Newcastle, Australia: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Maitland (30 km away). In April its highs average 22.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Newcastle, Australia, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Newcastle, Australia ranks 18th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 28th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Newcastle, Australia is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 94 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
Newcastle, Australia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 76 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 98 | 9.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 98 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 21.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 86 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 10.8 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 113 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 73 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| August | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 56 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 53 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 63 | 8.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 81 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 70 | 9.8 | 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
- Maitland in AprilAustralia · 30 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Central Coast in AprilAustralia · 67 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 117 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AprilAustralia · 160 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Wollongong in AprilAustralia · 185 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AprilAustralia · 319 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 358 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 372 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 Newcastle) is explained once on the Newcastle, Australia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.