Port Douglas in April

Listed as a month to avoid: Nov–May (stinger season, wet-season rain).

April is rated avoid. These months rate higher:

• MayGreatInside Port Douglas's best window: May–Sep (dry season).
• JuneGreatInside Port Douglas's best window: May–Sep (dry season).
• JulyGreatInside Port Douglas's best window: May–Sep (dry season).
• AugustGreatInside Port Douglas's best window: May–Sep (dry season).

• Port DouglasHighs around 29 °C (84 °F), lows around 22 °C (72 °F), rain on about 12 daysHighs around 84 °F (29 °C), lows around 72 °F (22 °C), rain on about 12 days
• Tropical north, Australia · Cairns, Port Douglas, Darwin, Kakadu, Kimberleyfine

  Dry season May–Oct is the window: roads open, no stingers in most of it, waterfalls still flowing early on. Nov–Apr brings humidity, monsoon floods, cyclones and box jellyfish.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Easter big impact

  Mar–Apr (26–29 Mar 2027) · Australia

  Four-day weekend plus school holidays; roads out of cities jam; Good Friday closures.

Crowds · Australia overall

Medium

Prices · Australia overall

Medium

Australia overall: Autumn colour, Easter holidays; the north begins to dry out late in the month.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Port Douglas, side by side.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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