Horsham weather in April

In April, Horsham sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 26 mm of rain across 4.3 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Horsham's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Horsham's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 4.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 8:00 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Horsham is regional city in Victoria, Australia.

Density: 711/km²; people per km²

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 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical April day in Horsham reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°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)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Horsham 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	29° / 14°	32	3.8	14.2	6.5
Feb	28° / 14°	22	3.2	13.4	7.0
Mar	25° / 12°	20	3.3	12.3	8.0
Apr	21° / 9°	26	4.3	11.1	7.3
May	17° / 7°	37	6.1	10.1	5.6
Jun	14° / 6°	44	7.7	9.5	4.0
Jul	13° / 5°	42	8.6	9.7	3.6
Aug	14° / 5°	44	8.9	10.6	4.1
Sep	16° / 6°	47	8.4	11.8	5.3
Oct	20° / 7°	37	6.1	12.9	6.7
Nov	23° / 10°	39	5.8	14	7.5
Dec	27° / 12°	37	4.8	14.5	7.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 53%. 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 (%)	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	50	50	49	49	48	47	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	42	41	41	41	41
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	50	50	51	51	52	53	52	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	58	59	59	59	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Horsham gets around 26 mm of rain over 4.3 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 14% and peaks near 18% 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 (%)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18

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

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 97% 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 (%)	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	95	4	1
3	95	4	1
4	95	4	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	97	2	1
13	97	2	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

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	13	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	calm	calm	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	13	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	calm
23	12	calm
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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:46 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 6:45 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	11.5	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	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12
Sunset (PM)	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:45

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

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 3.67 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)	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Horsham?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Horsham for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Horsham in April

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

In April, Horsham sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 4 days see rain.

UV index in Horsham 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 Horsham peaks around December 20 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)	12	11	9	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Horsham?

Horsham sits at 36.7°S, 142.2°E, 133 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Ballarat, 174 km away.

Topography around Horsham

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Horsham has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 129 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,076 m.

The land around Horsham is covered by cropland (46%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, cropland (80%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

12 m

cropland 46%

16 km

50 m

cropland 80%

80 km

1,076 m

cropland 55%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

April weather nearby: Ballarat 174 km · Mount Gambier 177 km · Bendigo 185 km · Warrnambool 187 km · Bacchus Marsh 225 km · Echuca 237 km · Lara 244 km · Sunbury 244 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 Horsham (-36.7113°, 142.1998°, elevation 133 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	23	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	95	4	1
3	95	4	1
4	95	4	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	97	2	1
13	97	2	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	95	4	1
3	95	4	1
4	95	4	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	97	2	1
13	97	2	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	46	54
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	41	59

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	5	1
2	95	4	1
3	95	4	1
4	95	4	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	97	2	1
13	97	2	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	98	2	0
26	98	2	0
27	98	2	0
28	98	2	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0