Ballarat weather in April

In April, Ballarat sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 38 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of April to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Ballarat's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ballarat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 38 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:54 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Ballarat is regional city in Victoria, Australia.

Density: 985/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1838

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Ballarat reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°C cooler than March and about 4°C warmer than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

Ballarat weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	46	5.8	14.3	7.8
Feb	25° / 12°	40	5	13.4	7.9
Mar	22° / 10°	29	5.1	12.3	7.5
Apr	18° / 8°	38	6.5	11.1	6.1
May	14° / 6°	45	9	10	4.0
Jun	11° / 5°	51	9.6	9.5	2.6
Jul	10° / 4°	49	10.9	9.7	2.2
Aug	11° / 4°	66	12.5	10.6	2.7
Sep	14° / 5°	69	12.2	11.7	3.7
Oct	17° / 6°	62	10.2	13	5.3
Nov	20° / 8°	61	8.9	14	6.3
Dec	23° / 10°	52	7.1	14.5	7.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	37	37	37	36	36
Cloudier (%)	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	63	63	63	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Ballarat gets around 38 mm of rain over 6.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 22% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	22
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	26

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	96	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of April to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:40 AM to 8:07 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 6:37 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07
Sunset (PM)	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:40	7:18
2	11.6	7:41	7:17
3	11.6	7:42	7:15
4	11.5	7:43	7:14
5	11.5	7:44	7:12
6	11.4	7:45	7:11
7	11.4	7:46	7:09
8	11.4	7:46	7:08
9	11.3	7:47	7:06
10	11.3	7:48	7:05
11	11.2	7:49	7:03
12	11.2	7:50	7:02
13	11.2	7:51	7:00
14	11.1	7:52	6:59
15	11.1	7:53	6:57
16	11.0	7:54	6:56
17	11.0	7:55	6:54
18	11.0	7:56	6:53
19	10.9	7:57	6:52
20	10.9	7:58	6:50
21	10.8	7:58	6:49
22	10.8	7:59	6:47
23	10.8	8:00	6:46
24	10.7	8:01	6:45
25	10.7	8:02	6:43
26	10.7	8:03	6:42
27	10.6	8:04	6:41
28	10.6	8:05	6:40
29	10.5	8:06	6:38
30	10.5	8:07	6:37

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 3.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Ballarat?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Ballarat for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ballarat in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Ballarat sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ballarat in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ballarat peaks around December 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	8	5	3	2	2	3	5	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Ballarat?

Ballarat sits at 37.6°S, 143.8°E, 445 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Bacchus Marsh, 53 km away.

Topography around Ballarat

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ballarat.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ballarat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 441 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 411 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,037 m.

The land around Ballarat is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%), cropland (23%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

116 m

artificial surfaces 57%

16 km

411 m

grassland 54%

80 km

1,037 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← March Ballarat year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Bacchus Marsh 53 km · Lara 71 km · Corio 74 km · Wyndham Vale 77 km · Sunbury 77 km · Tarneit 77 km · Highton 78 km · Geelong 79 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ballarat (-37.5662°, 143.8496°, elevation 445 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	22
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	22
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	22
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1