Your holiday weather, at a glance

Australia in April: where is it warmest?

In April, Broome is the warmest place with 34 °C by day, Hobart the coolest with 17 °C. 23 of 24 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in April, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Broome	84	34°	30°	8 h	2
Darwin	86	32°	30°	9 h	11
Alice Springs	91	29°	–	10 h	2
Townsville	80	28°	27°	8 h	8
Coober Pedy	96	27°	–	8 h	2
Airlie Beach (Whitsundays)	92	27°	27°	9 h	9
Cairns	79	26°	28°	7 h	14
Mackay	77	26°	26°	7 h	14
Perth	96	25°	22°	8 h	4
Brisbane	85	24°	–	8 h	9
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)	82	24°	25°	8 h	9
Sunshine Coast	76	24°	25°	7 h	13
Toowoomba	96	23°	–	8 h	3
Byron Bay	72	23°	25°	8 h	13
Adelaide	91	22°	20°	7 h	5
Newcastle	81	22°	23°	7 h	10
Sydney	84	21°	23°	7 h	9
Wollongong	78	21°	22°	7 h	11
Port Lincoln	44	21°	18°	6 h	5
Melbourne	81	20°	18°	5 h	7
Canberra	93	19°	–	7 h	5
Geelong	82	19°	17°	5 h	6
Launceston	83	17°	–	7 h	7
Hobart	75	17°	15°	6 h	9

Australia in April: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in April are Broome (34 °C), Darwin (32 °C) and Alice Springs (29 °C).

Australia in April: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Broome (30 °C), Darwin (30 °C) and Cairns (28 °C).

Australia in April: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in April – warm, sunny and dry – is in Coober Pedy, Perth and Toowoomba.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences