Canberra climate

Canberra Weather in April

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Canberra, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 19°C on April 1 to 15°C on April 30, and lows from 8°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 41 mm over about 7 wet days.

April day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Canberra, in °C.05101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high

April at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
41 mm
Daylight
11 h 42 min to 10 h 43 min
Cloud cover
48%
Humidity
72%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
5.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Apr 119°C8°C21%
Apr 219°C7°C20%
Apr 319°C7°C22%
Apr 418°C7°C23%
Apr 518°C7°C22%
Apr 618°C7°C22%
Apr 718°C7°C22%
Apr 818°C7°C24%
Apr 918°C7°C24%
Apr 1018°C7°C24%
Apr 1118°C7°C23%
Apr 1218°C7°C23%
Apr 1317°C7°C22%
Apr 1417°C7°C22%
Apr 1517°C7°C22%
Apr 1617°C6°C23%
Apr 1717°C6°C23%
Apr 1817°C6°C22%
Apr 1917°C6°C22%
Apr 2017°C6°C22%
Apr 2116°C6°C20%
Apr 2216°C6°C20%
Apr 2316°C6°C20%
Apr 2416°C6°C19%
Apr 2516°C6°C19%
Apr 2616°C5°C20%
Apr 2715°C5°C21%
Apr 2815°C5°C20%
Apr 2915°C5°C20%
Apr 3015°C5°C18%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Canberra, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

April 1
sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 6:58 PM
April 30
sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 5:22 PM

Every day of April: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00070246, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.