Weather in Burnie in April

A good month. April is a solid month to be in Burnie. Highs average 16.9 °C, lows 11.8 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

April ranks 5 of 12 in Burnie: past the worst of the year but short of February, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 12 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.9 °C days and 11.8 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 5.1 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest April day reached 23.4 °C and the coldest night fell to 6.7 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 51 mm — roughly 61% of the month's rain in one day.

April is moderately variable: 32 mm in the driest year against 165 mm in the wettest, around an average of 83 mm. Roughly two Aprils in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 9.4 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How April sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 2.5 °C cooler than March, with May dropping another 2.4 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in April

11 hours of daylight, losing 1.3 hours across the month. That is between Burnie's extremes of 15.1 and 9.2 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 17.1 °C in April — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 18.3 °C in February and bottoms out at 12.5 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

April in Burnie versus nearby

If Burnie is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Devonport is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain. Launceston is a better bet in April — 2.1 °C warmer, 2 days less rain.

So: April works, with February the better month by 18 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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