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Best Time to Visit Cairns

Australia · -16.92, 145.78 · Australia/Brisbane

Data source and period: -16.92, 145.78 · 404.05 m

August

95/100

Weather score

October

95/100

Weather score

September

94/100

Weather score

Weather score

Temperature

Rainfall

Rainy days

January

Temperature
25.3°C
High / Low
28.6° / 22.9°
Rainfall
315.9 mm
Rainy days
21.8
Humidity
86%
Wind
8.5 km/h
Weather score
56/100

Highest style score: Beach 53/100

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February

Temperature
25.2°C
High / Low
28.3° / 22.9°
Rainfall
243.5 mm
Rainy days
19.8
Humidity
87%
Wind
8.3 km/h
Weather score
60/100

Highest style score: Beach 53/100

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March

Temperature
24.6°C
High / Low
27.4° / 22.5°
Rainfall
292.4 mm
Rainy days
21.2
Humidity
88%
Wind
8.9 km/h
Weather score
55/100

Highest style score: Beach 48/100

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April

Temperature
23.2°C
High / Low
26.4° / 21.1°
Rainfall
141.9 mm
Rainy days
15.5
Humidity
86%
Wind
10.7 km/h
Weather score
70/100

Highest style score: Nature 65/100

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May

Temperature
21.4°C
High / Low
24.8° / 19.1°
Rainfall
67.3 mm
Rainy days
12.3
Humidity
85%
Wind
11.3 km/h
Weather score
79/100

Highest style score: Nature 78/100

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June

Temperature
20.0°C
High / Low
24.0° / 17.3°
Rainfall
27.6 mm
Rainy days
6.9
Humidity
82%
Wind
10.5 km/h
Weather score
88/100

Highest style score: Nature 88/100

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July

Temperature
19.7°C
High / Low
24.1° / 16.6°
Rainfall
39.7 mm
Rainy days
7.0
Humidity
80%
Wind
10.3 km/h
Weather score
89/100

Highest style score: Nature 88/100

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August

Temperature
20.3°C
High / Low
25.4° / 16.8°
Rainfall
19.9 mm
Rainy days
5.3
Humidity
74%
Wind
10.7 km/h
Weather score
95/100

Highest style score: Nature 93/100

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September

Temperature
21.9°C
High / Low
27.1° / 18.4°
Rainfall
28.8 mm
Rainy days
6.0
Humidity
73%
Wind
11.8 km/h
Weather score
94/100

Highest style score: Nature 91/100

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October

Temperature
24.0°C
High / Low
29.7° / 20.2°
Rainfall
35.7 mm
Rainy days
5.2
Humidity
72%
Wind
10.5 km/h
Weather score
95/100

Highest style score: Nature 86/100

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November

Temperature
25.3°C
High / Low
30.8° / 21.6°
Rainfall
41.5 mm
Rainy days
6.5
Humidity
71%
Wind
10.3 km/h
Weather score
94/100

Highest style score: Beach 90/100

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December

Temperature
25.8°C
High / Low
30.4° / 22.6°
Rainfall
198.6 mm
Rainy days
14.5
Humidity
77%
Wind
9.6 km/h
Weather score
73/100

Highest style score: Beach 71/100

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Monthly climate

Cairns
MonthTemperatureHighLowRainfallRainy daysHumidityWindWeather score
January25.3°C28.6°C22.9°C315.9 mm21.886%8.5 km/h56
February25.2°C28.3°C22.9°C243.5 mm19.887%8.3 km/h60
March24.6°C27.4°C22.5°C292.4 mm21.288%8.9 km/h55
April23.2°C26.4°C21.1°C141.9 mm15.586%10.7 km/h70
May21.4°C24.8°C19.1°C67.3 mm12.385%11.3 km/h79
June20.0°C24.0°C17.3°C27.6 mm6.982%10.5 km/h88
July19.7°C24.1°C16.6°C39.7 mm7.080%10.3 km/h89
August20.3°C25.4°C16.8°C19.9 mm5.374%10.7 km/h95
September21.9°C27.1°C18.4°C28.8 mm6.073%11.8 km/h94
October24.0°C29.7°C20.2°C35.7 mm5.272%10.5 km/h95
November25.3°C30.8°C21.6°C41.5 mm6.571%10.3 km/h94
December25.8°C30.4°C22.6°C198.6 mm14.577%9.6 km/h73

Travel style

Beach

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November, October, September

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October, August, September

Nature

Highest style score

August, September, June

January, February, March / June, August, September. This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

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Packing notes from the climate statistics

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    Data source and period

    Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site.

    2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31 · MERRA-2 · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-20T10:20:43.669Z

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    Highest-scoring months
    August, October, September
    How the weather score works
    This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.
    Data source and period
    Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site. 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31.