Pakenham weather in April

In April, Pakenham sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 63 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Pakenham's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pakenham's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:48 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Pakenham is suburb of Melbourne, 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 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Pakenham reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°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)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Avg low (°C)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Pakenham weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-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	25° / 13°	60	7.6	14.3	7.3
Feb	25° / 14°	53	7	13.5	7.3
Mar	23° / 12°	47	7.6	12.3	7.3
Apr	19° / 10°	63	8.8	11	6.2
May	16° / 8°	67	11.2	10	4.6
Jun	13° / 6°	70	12	9.4	3.4
Jul	12° / 6°	70	13.1	9.6	3.0
Aug	13° / 6°	87	14.6	10.5	3.4
Sep	16° / 7°	92	14.2	11.7	4.3
Oct	18° / 8°	86	13.2	13	5.4
Nov	21° / 10°	81	10.9	14.1	6.2
Dec	23° / 12°	76	9.9	14.6	6.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

	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 (%)	44	44	44	44	45	45	44	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	43	42	43	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	36	36
Cloudier (%)	56	56	56	56	55	55	56	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	57	58	57	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Pakenham gets around 63 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 (%)	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	33	33	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	34
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 93% 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 (%)	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	96	96
Comfortable (%)	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4
Humid (%)	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	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	88	11	1
3	89	10	1
4	90	9	1
5	90	9	1
6	91	8	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	92	7	1
10	92	7	1
11	92	7	1
12	92	7	1
13	92	7	1
14	92	7	1
15	92	7	1
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	93	7	0
19	93	7	0
20	93	7	0
21	93	7	0
22	94	6	0
23	94	6	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	96	4	0

Wind in April

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

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	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 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 7:34 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 6:30 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	10.6	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01
Sunset (PM)	7:12	7:10	7:09	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	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:34	7:12
2	11.6	7:35	7:10
3	11.5	7:36	7:09
4	11.5	7:37	7:07
5	11.5	7:38	7:05
6	11.4	7:38	7:04
7	11.4	7:39	7:02
8	11.3	7:40	7:01
9	11.3	7:41	6:59
10	11.3	7:42	6:58
11	11.2	7:43	6:56
12	11.2	7:44	6:55
13	11.1	7:45	6:53
14	11.1	7:46	6:52
15	11.1	7:47	6:50
16	11.0	7:48	6:49
17	11.0	7:49	6:47
18	10.9	7:50	6:46
19	10.9	7:51	6:44
20	10.9	7:52	6:43
21	10.8	7:53	6:42
22	10.8	7:54	6:40
23	10.7	7:54	6:39
24	10.7	7:55	6:38
25	10.7	7:56	6:36
26	10.6	7:57	6:35
27	10.6	7:58	6:34
28	10.6	7:59	6:32
29	10.5	8:00	6:31
30	10.5	8:01	6:30

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.77 kWh/m² to a high of 7.21 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 3.33 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	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7
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	4.0	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.8	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 Pakenham?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Pakenham for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pakenham in April

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

In April, Pakenham sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Pakenham 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 at the nearest coast (about 31 km away) 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 Pakenham 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 Pakenham peaks around December 20 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	8	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	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Pakenham?

Pakenham sits at 38.1°S, 145.5°E, 44 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Officer, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Pakenham

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pakenham has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,619 m.

The land around Pakenham is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), grassland (28%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), trees (32%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), grassland (30%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

146 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

380 m

grassland 37%

80 km

1,619 m

trees 37%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Officer 6.0 km · Berwick 12 km · Cranbourne North 15 km · Narre Warren 16 km · Narre Warren South 16 km · Cranbourne East 16 km · Cranbourne 17 km · Cranbourne West 18 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 Pakenham (-38.0702°, 145.4741°, elevation 44 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	21	11
2	21	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	9
29	17	9
30	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	88	11	1
3	89	10	1
4	90	9	1
5	90	9	1
6	91	8	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	92	7	1
10	92	7	1
11	92	7	1
12	92	7	1
13	92	7	1
14	92	7	1
15	92	7	1
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	93	7	0
19	93	7	0
20	93	7	0
21	93	7	0
22	94	6	0
23	94	6	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	96	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	88	11	1
3	89	10	1
4	90	9	1
5	90	9	1
6	91	8	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	92	7	1
10	92	7	1
11	92	7	1
12	92	7	1
13	92	7	1
14	92	7	1
15	92	7	1
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	93	7	0
19	93	7	0
20	93	7	0
21	93	7	0
22	94	6	0
23	94	6	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	96	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	88	11	1
3	89	10	1
4	90	9	1
5	90	9	1
6	91	8	1
7	91	8	1
8	91	8	1
9	92	7	1
10	92	7	1
11	92	7	1
12	92	7	1
13	92	7	1
14	92	7	1
15	92	7	1
16	93	7	0
17	93	7	0
18	93	7	0
19	93	7	0
20	93	7	0
21	93	7	0
22	94	6	0
23	94	6	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	96	4	0
30	96	4	0