Cairns climate

Name: Cairns
Address: Tropical North Queensland, Australia

Australia · Tropical North Queensland · 16.920° S, 145.771° E

Köppen Amtropical monsoonTropical

Tropical monsoon: hot wet summer with cyclonic downpours, drier but never cold winter.

Hot all year, with the seasons set by rainfall rather than temperature.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain

Warmest month

February, 88°F / 31°C

Coldest month

July, 64°F / 18°C

Annual swing

24°F / 13°C

Wettest month

January

Driest month

October

Rain per year

85.1" / 2161 mm

Elevation

16 ft / 5 m

Time zone

Australia/Brisbane

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	86 / 30	75 / 24	20.77 / 528	84%	5.4 / 8.7	77%
February	88 / 31	76 / 24	12.15 / 309	82%	4.9 / 7.9	73%
March	86 / 30	75 / 24	11.30 / 287	83%	5.9 / 9.5	68%
April	83 / 29	73 / 23	12.14 / 308	81%	6.9 / 11.1	60%
May	79 / 26	69 / 21	4.33 / 110	78%	7.5 / 12.1	53%
June	77 / 25	67 / 19	2.01 / 51	78%	7.3 / 11.7	58%
July	76 / 24	64 / 18	2.64 / 67	76%	6.8 / 10.9	47%
August	77 / 25	64 / 18	1.93 / 49	76%	7.2 / 11.6	48%
September	80 / 27	67 / 19	1.87 / 47	74%	7.6 / 12.2	49%
October	84 / 29	70 / 21	1.78 / 45	75%	6.1 / 9.8	51%
November	86 / 30	72 / 22	2.67 / 68	75%	5.9 / 9.5	56%
December	87 / 31	75 / 24	11.47 / 291	79%	5.5 / 8.9	62%

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