Devonport weather in April

In April, Devonport sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 59 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Devonport's 6th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Devonport's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:48 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Devonport is city in Tasmania, Australia.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 225/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1890

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 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Devonport reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C cooler than March and about 3°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Devonport weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 12°	60	7.3	14.6	7.1
Feb	22° / 12°	52	7.1	13.7	7.0
Mar	20° / 10°	52	7.6	12.3	6.7
Apr	17° / 8°	59	8.1	10.9	5.5
May	14° / 6°	73	9.2	9.7	4.2
Jun	12° / 5°	77	9.9	9.1	3.2
Jul	11° / 4°	92	11.8	9.3	2.8
Aug	12° / 5°	94	13	10.4	3.0
Sep	14° / 6°	90	12.5	11.7	3.6
Oct	16° / 7°	74	10.7	13.1	4.7
Nov	18° / 8°	71	9.7	14.3	5.8
Dec	20° / 10°	64	8.5	14.9	6.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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 (%)	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	48	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	47	48	48	48	47	47	46	47	47
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	52	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	53	53	52	52	52	53	52	52	52	53	53	54	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Devonport gets around 59 mm of rain over 8.1 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 28% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29

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

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 94% 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 (%)	90	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97	97
Comfortable (%)	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of April to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:32 AM to 8:03 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 6:21 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	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03
Sunset (PM)	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:32	7:07
2	11.5	7:33	7:05
3	11.5	7:34	7:03
4	11.4	7:35	7:02
5	11.4	7:36	7:00
6	11.4	7:37	6:58
7	11.3	7:38	6:57
8	11.3	7:39	6:55
9	11.2	7:40	6:53
10	11.2	7:41	6:52
11	11.1	7:42	6:50
12	11.1	7:43	6:48
13	11.0	7:45	6:47
14	11.0	7:46	6:45
15	10.9	7:47	6:43
16	10.9	7:48	6:42
17	10.9	7:49	6:40
18	10.8	7:50	6:39
19	10.8	7:51	6:37
20	10.7	7:52	6:36
21	10.7	7:53	6:34
22	10.6	7:54	6:32
23	10.6	7:55	6:31
24	10.5	7:57	6:29
25	10.5	7:58	6:28
26	10.5	7:59	6:26
27	10.4	8:00	6:25
28	10.4	8:01	6:24
29	10.3	8:02	6:22
30	10.3	8:03	6:21

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.54 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 3.04 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)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.5	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Devonport?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Devonport for sightseeing.

What to pack for Devonport in April

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

In April, Devonport sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Devonport in April

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	13	14	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Devonport in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Devonport peaks around December 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	9	8	4	2	1	2	3	4	6	8	12
Level	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Devonport?

Devonport sits at 41.2°S, 146.4°E, 28 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Burnie, 40 km away.

Topography around Devonport

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Devonport has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,533 m.

The land around Devonport is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and water (27%) within 3 km, water (43%), grassland (26%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), water (30%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

143 m

artificial surfaces 35%

16 km

480 m

water 43%

80 km

1,533 m

trees 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Burnie 40 km · Launceston 72 km · Hobart 206 km · Traralgon 332 km · Warragul 337 km · Mount Martha 343 km · Mornington 348 km · Langwarrin 350 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
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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
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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 Devonport (-41.1769°, 146.3515°, elevation 28 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	18	9
2	18	9
3	18	9
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	17	8
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	7
25	16	7
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	16	7
29	15	7
30	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3