Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuggeranong weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the 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 Tuggeranong: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canberra (16 km away). In April its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Tuggeranong, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Tuggeranong ranks joint 27th of 32 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Tuggeranong is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 34 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
Tuggeranong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 9.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 34 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 58 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 57 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 75 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 84 | 10.4 | 14.014 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 81 | 9.6 | 14.514 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
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 16 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Wollongong in AprilAustralia · 200 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AprilAustralia · 222 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 261 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Central Coast in AprilAustralia · 306 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AprilAustralia · 372 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Maitland in AprilAustralia · 376 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Melbourne in AprilAustralia · 453 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 46 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 Tuggeranong) is explained once on the Tuggeranong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.