Climate averages 1991–2020
Wollongong weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 6th 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 Wollongong: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (68 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wollongong, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Wollongong ranks 22nd of 32 for the warmest April highs and 31st of 32 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 32 cities is 22.4°C; Wollongong is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 97 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
Wollongong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 84 | 10.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 13.413 h |
| March | 23.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 109 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 20.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 95 | 11.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 97 | 10.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 123 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| July | 15.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 16.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 63 | 6.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 59 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 73 | 9.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 85 | 10.8 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 72 | 11.4 | 14.414 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
- Sydney in AprilAustralia · 68 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AprilAustralia · 95 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Central Coast in AprilAustralia · 119 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AprilAustralia · 185 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Canberra in AprilAustralia · 187 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Maitland in AprilAustralia · 198 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AprilAustralia · 200 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AprilAustralia · 504 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 78 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 Wollongong) is explained once on the Wollongong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.