Frankston weather in April

In April, Frankston sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 59 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Frankston's 6th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Frankston's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:49 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 6th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Frankston is city in Victoria, Australia.

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 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Frankston reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Frankston weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 16°	50	6.4	14.3	7.3
Feb	22° / 17°	46	5.8	13.5	7.3
Mar	21° / 16°	43	7.3	12.3	6.9
Apr	18° / 14°	59	8.8	11	6.0
May	15° / 12°	68	11.2	10	4.6
Jun	13° / 10°	70	11.8	9.4	3.6
Jul	12° / 9°	62	12.6	9.6	3.2
Aug	13° / 9°	71	13	10.5	3.4
Sep	14° / 10°	72	12.6	11.7	4.0
Oct	16° / 11°	67	11.1	13	4.9
Nov	18° / 13°	64	9.1	14.1	5.9
Dec	20° / 15°	59	8.8	14.6	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 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	47	48	47	47	47	45	46	46	46	47	47	46	47	46	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	41	41	40	39	39
Cloudier (%)	53	52	53	53	53	55	54	54	54	53	53	54	53	54	53	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	59	59	60	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Frankston gets around 59 mm of rain over 8.8 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 30% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34

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 81% 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 (%)	70	71	72	74	75	76	76	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	85	85	86	87	89	89	90	91	92
Comfortable (%)	28	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	8
Humid (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	28	2
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	74	25	1
5	75	24	1
6	76	23	1
7	76	23	1
8	77	22	1
9	78	21	1
10	78	21	1
11	79	20	1
12	79	20	1
13	80	19	1
14	80	19	1
15	80	19	1
16	81	18	1
17	81	18	1
18	82	17	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	86	13	1
25	87	12	1
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0

Wind in April

Winds average 18 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	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 7:35 AM to 8:03 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:31 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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03
Sunset (PM)	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:35	7:13
2	11.6	7:36	7:12
3	11.5	7:37	7:10
4	11.5	7:38	7:08
5	11.5	7:39	7:07
6	11.4	7:40	7:05
7	11.4	7:41	7:04
8	11.3	7:42	7:02
9	11.3	7:43	7:01
10	11.3	7:44	6:59
11	11.2	7:45	6:58
12	11.2	7:46	6:56
13	11.1	7:47	6:55
14	11.1	7:47	6:53
15	11.1	7:48	6:52
16	11.0	7:49	6:50
17	11.0	7:50	6:49
18	10.9	7:51	6:47
19	10.9	7:52	6:46
20	10.9	7:53	6:44
21	10.8	7:54	6:43
22	10.8	7:55	6:42
23	10.7	7:56	6:40
24	10.7	7:57	6:39
25	10.7	7:58	6:37
26	10.6	7:59	6:36
27	10.6	8:00	6:35
28	10.5	8:01	6:34
29	10.5	8:02	6:32
30	10.5	8:03	6:31

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.29 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 3.36 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)	4.0	4.0	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	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7
Level	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	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.8	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Frankston?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Frankston for sightseeing.

What to pack for Frankston in April

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

In April, Frankston sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Frankston in April

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 21°C and coldest in August near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 18 to Mar 11 — about 1.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	21	20	18	15	13	12	11	12	14	17	18
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Refreshing
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	11	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Frankston 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 Frankston peaks around December 19 at about 12 (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	10	8	5	3	2	2	3	4	7	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Frankston?

Frankston sits at 38.1°S, 145.1°E, 15 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Frankston East, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Frankston

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Frankston has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,302 m.

The land around Frankston is covered by water (35%), artificial surfaces (30%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, water (38%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and water (34%), grassland (30%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

108 m

water 35%

16 km

162 m

water 38%

80 km

1,302 m

water 34%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Frankston East 2.0 km · Frankston South 3.0 km · Langwarrin 5.0 km · Seaford 5.0 km · Mount Eliza 6.0 km · Carrum Downs 7.0 km · Mornington 11 km · Cranbourne West 14 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 Frankston (-38.1446°, 145.1229°, elevation 15 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	19	15
2	19	15
3	19	14
4	19	14
5	19	14
6	19	14
7	19	14
8	19	14
9	19	14
10	19	14
11	18	14
12	18	14
13	18	14
14	18	14
15	18	14
16	18	14
17	18	14
18	18	14
19	18	14
20	18	14
21	18	14
22	18	13
23	18	13
24	17	13
25	17	13
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	17	13
30	17	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	28	2
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	74	25	1
5	75	24	1
6	76	23	1
7	76	23	1
8	77	22	1
9	78	21	1
10	78	21	1
11	79	20	1
12	79	20	1
13	80	19	1
14	80	19	1
15	80	19	1
16	81	18	1
17	81	18	1
18	82	17	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	86	13	1
25	87	12	1
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	28	2
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	74	25	1
5	75	24	1
6	76	23	1
7	76	23	1
8	77	22	1
9	78	21	1
10	78	21	1
11	79	20	1
12	79	20	1
13	80	19	1
14	80	19	1
15	80	19	1
16	81	18	1
17	81	18	1
18	82	17	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	86	13	1
25	87	12	1
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	28	2
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	74	25	1
5	75	24	1
6	76	23	1
7	76	23	1
8	77	22	1
9	78	21	1
10	78	21	1
11	79	20	1
12	79	20	1
13	80	19	1
14	80	19	1
15	80	19	1
16	81	18	1
17	81	18	1
18	82	17	1
19	83	16	1
20	83	16	1
21	84	15	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	86	13	1
25	87	12	1
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0