Climate averages 1991–2020
Townsville weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Townsville: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cairns (283 km away). In April its highs average 27.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Townsville, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Townsville ranks 2nd of 32 for the warmest April highs and 17th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Townsville is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 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
Townsville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 208 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 219 | 17.7 | 12.713 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 127 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 49 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.511 h |
| September | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.8 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 22 | 5.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 47 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 30.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 88 | 12.5 | 13.313 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
- Cairns in AprilAustralia · 283 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Mackay in AprilAustralia · 324 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Rockhampton in AprilAustralia · 597 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in AprilAustralia · 1043 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Toowoomba in AprilAustralia · 1061 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Brisbane in AprilAustralia · 1111 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Logan City in AprilAustralia · 1131 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Gold Coast in AprilAustralia · 1182 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 Townsville) is explained once on the Townsville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.