Sydney weather in April

In April, Sydney sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 106 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sydney's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sydney's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 6°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 106 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:22 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 6th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.4; out of 10

Sydney is community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 5.6 µg/m³ · 2015
Density: 3,601/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1785

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 climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical April day in Sydney reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler 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)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	3	-3
2	3	-2
3	4	-2
4	4	-2
5	4	-2
6	4	-2
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-1
10	5	-1
11	5	-1
12	5	-1
13	5	-1
14	5	-1
15	5	-1
16	6	-1
17	6	0
18	6	0
19	6	0
20	6	0
21	6	0
22	7	0
23	7	1
24	7	1
25	7	1
26	7	1
27	7	1
28	8	1
29	8	2
30	8	2

How April really feels in Sydney

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Sydney weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -7°	118	12.9	11	8.8	0.0
Feb	-2° / -9°	111	11.2	9.7	10	0.0
Mar	1° / -5°	108	12.4	8.3	11.6	0.0
Apr	6° / -1°	106	12.3	4.9	13.3	0.4
May	11° / 4°	86	11.7	0.5	14.7	2.4
Jun	16° / 10°	89	11	0	15.5	4.8
Jul	21° / 15°	85	10.5	0	15.2	6.3
Aug	22° / 16°	89	10.9	0	14	6.4
Sep	18° / 12°	104	10.5	0	12.3	5.6
Oct	12° / 8°	131	12.3	0.2	10.7	3.1
Nov	7° / 3°	124	12.7	2.4	9.2	0.9
Dec	2° / -2°	139	14.1	9.5	8.5	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	31	31	31	31	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	68	69	69	69	69	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Sydney gets around 106 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	42	42	42	42	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Snow chance (%)	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	24
2	42	24
3	42	23
4	42	23
5	43	22
6	43	22
7	42	21
8	42	20
9	42	19
10	42	19
11	41	18
12	41	17
13	41	16
14	40	15
15	40	15
16	40	14
17	40	14
18	40	13
19	40	13
20	40	13
21	40	12
22	40	12
23	40	11
24	40	11
25	40	10
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	8
29	40	8
30	40	7

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 18 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 16 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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
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	18	light breeze
8	18	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	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 4:57 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:59 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)	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:58	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:51	6:20
2	12.5	5:49	6:21
3	12.6	5:47	6:23
4	12.7	5:45	6:24
5	12.7	5:43	6:25
6	12.8	5:41	6:27
7	12.8	5:39	6:28
8	12.9	5:37	6:29
9	12.9	5:35	6:31
10	13.0	5:33	6:32
11	13.0	5:31	6:34
12	13.1	5:29	6:35
13	13.1	5:27	6:36
14	13.2	5:25	6:38
15	13.3	5:24	6:39
16	13.3	5:22	6:40
17	13.4	5:20	6:42
18	13.4	5:18	6:43
19	13.5	5:16	6:44
20	13.5	5:14	6:46
21	13.6	5:12	6:47
22	13.6	5:11	6:48
23	13.7	5:09	6:50
24	13.7	5:07	6:51
25	13.8	5:05	6:52
26	13.8	5:04	6:54
27	13.9	5:02	6:55
28	13.9	5:00	6:56
29	14.0	4:59	6:58
30	14.0	4:57	6:59

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.48 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	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Sydney?

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

0.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sydney.

What to pack for Sydney in April

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

In April, Sydney sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Sydney in April

The nearest coast averages about 1°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 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in March near -0°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)	1	0	0	1	4	9	16	19	16	12	8	4
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	1	Bracing
Feb	0	Bracing
Mar	0	Bracing
Apr	1	Bracing
May	4	Bracing
Jun	9	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	8	Bracing
Dec	4	Bracing

UV index in Sydney 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 Sydney peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	7	9	8	5	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	5	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sydney?

Sydney sits at 46.1°N, 60.2°W, 6 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Glace Bay, 19 km away.

Topography around Sydney

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sydney has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m.

The land around Sydney is covered by trees (34%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

trees 34%

16 km

200 m

trees 66%

80 km

535 m

water 53%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Glace Bay 19 km · New Glasgow 201 km · Charlottetown 227 km · Cole Harbour 304 km · Woodlawn 307 km · Dartmouth 311 km · Lower Sackville 312 km · Downtown Halifax 312 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; 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 Sydney (46.1351°, -60.1831°, elevation 6 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	3	-3
2	3	-2
3	4	-2
4	4	-2
5	4	-2
6	4	-2
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-1
10	5	-1
11	5	-1
12	5	-1
13	5	-1
14	5	-1
15	5	-1
16	6	-1
17	6	0
18	6	0
19	6	0
20	6	0
21	6	0
22	7	0
23	7	1
24	7	1
25	7	1
26	7	1
27	7	1
28	8	1
29	8	2
30	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	24
2	42	24
3	42	23
4	42	23
5	43	22
6	43	22
7	42	21
8	42	20
9	42	19
10	42	19
11	41	18
12	41	17
13	41	16
14	40	15
15	40	15
16	40	14
17	40	14
18	40	13
19	40	13
20	40	13
21	40	12
22	40	12
23	40	11
24	40	11
25	40	10
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	8
29	40	8
30	40	7

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	3	-3
2	3	-2
3	4	-2
4	4	-2
5	4	-2
6	4	-2
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-1
10	5	-1
11	5	-1
12	5	-1
13	5	-1
14	5	-1
15	5	-1
16	6	-1
17	6	0
18	6	0
19	6	0
20	6	0
21	6	0
22	7	0
23	7	1
24	7	1
25	7	1
26	7	1
27	7	1
28	8	1
29	8	2
30	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	24
2	42	24
3	42	23
4	42	23
5	43	22
6	43	22
7	42	21
8	42	20
9	42	19
10	42	19
11	41	18
12	41	17
13	41	16
14	40	15
15	40	15
16	40	14
17	40	14
18	40	13
19	40	13
20	40	13
21	40	12
22	40	12
23	40	11
24	40	11
25	40	10
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	8
29	40	8
30	40	7

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	3	-3
2	3	-2
3	4	-2
4	4	-2
5	4	-2
6	4	-2
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-1
10	5	-1
11	5	-1
12	5	-1
13	5	-1
14	5	-1
15	5	-1
16	6	-1
17	6	0
18	6	0
19	6	0
20	6	0
21	6	0
22	7	0
23	7	1
24	7	1
25	7	1
26	7	1
27	7	1
28	8	1
29	8	2
30	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	24
2	42	24
3	42	23
4	42	23
5	43	22
6	43	22
7	42	21
8	42	20
9	42	19
10	42	19
11	41	18
12	41	17
13	41	16
14	40	15
15	40	15
16	40	14
17	40	14
18	40	13
19	40	13
20	40	13
21	40	12
22	40	12
23	40	11
24	40	11
25	40	10
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	8
29	40	8
30	40	7

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100