Climate averages 1991–2020
Rockhampton weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th 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 Rockhampton: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bundaberg (249 km away). In April its highs average 26.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Rockhampton, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Rockhampton ranks 3rd of 32 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Rockhampton is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 29 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
Rockhampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 99 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 122 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 75 | 7.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 37 | 4.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 29 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 29 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| July | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 24 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 22 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 20 | 2.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 35 | 4.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 50 | 6.1 | 13.213 h |
| December | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 85 | 9.5 | 13.514 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
- Bundaberg in AprilAustralia · 249 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Mackay in AprilAustralia · 283 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AprilAustralia · 447 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Caloundra in AprilAustralia · 463 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AprilAustralia · 487 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Brisbane in AprilAustralia · 520 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Logan City in AprilAustralia · 541 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Gold Coast in AprilAustralia · 591 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 73 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 Rockhampton) is explained once on the Rockhampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.