Weather in Hobart in April

A good month. April is a solid month to be in Hobart. Highs average 17.2 °C, lows 10.2 °C, and rain falls on 10 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

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

Rain on 10 days, 1 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17.2 °C days and 10.2 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest April day reached 26.5 °C and the coldest night fell to 5.1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 72 mm — roughly 136% of the month's rain in one day.

April is moderately variable: 19 mm in the driest year against 128 mm in the wettest, around an average of 53 mm. Roughly two Aprils in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 13.6 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 77%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How April sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 2.9 °C cooler than March, with May dropping another 2.9 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in April

11 hours of daylight, losing 1.4 hours across the month. That is between Hobart's extremes of 15.3 and 9 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 15.4 °C in April — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 16.6 °C in February and bottoms out at 12.4 °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. April is the value pick for Hobart: it scores within 12 points of January without carrying January's prices.

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

April in Hobart versus nearby

If Hobart is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Launceston is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days. Devonport is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: April works, with January the better month by 12 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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