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Cairns Climate & Temperature

⛺ Cairns has a tropical monsoonal climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Am) with a dry season and a heavy monsoon the rest of year, no cold season.tropical monsoonal climate (Am)

⛳ Cairns is situated in or near the subtropical moist forest biome.

🌡️ The mean annual temperature is 24.8 degrees Celsius (76.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 6.3 °C (11.3°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype truly hyperoceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 2064.4 mm (81.3 inches) which is equivalent to 2064.4 Litres/m² (50.63 Gallons/ft²).

Cairns Climate Graph

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✨ The longest day of the year is 13:00 long on the 21 of December and the shortest day is 10:59 long on the 22 of June.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Cairns you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Sal, Cape Verde where you would find a Tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate.

🌍Cairns, Australia is at 16°52'S, 145°44'E, 8 m (27 ft). Check the location on the map.

Cairns Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
26 (78) 27 (80) 28 (82) 29 (85) 31 (87) 31 (88) 32 (89) 31 (88) 30 (87) 29 (84) 28 (82) 26 (78) 29 (84)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
21 (70) 22 (72) 23 (74) 25 (77) 27 (80) 27 (81) 28 (82) 27 (81) 27 (80) 25 (78) 24 (75) 22 (71) 25 (77)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
17 (62) 18 (64) 19 (66) 21 (69) 22 (72) 23 (74) 24 (74) 24 (74) 23 (73) 22 (71) 20 (68) 18 (64) 21 (69)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
26 (1) 22 (1) 33 (1) 44 (2) 100 (4) 190 (7) 397 (16) 422 (17) 449 (18) 225 (9) 107 (4) 50 (2) 2064 (81)
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
11h 13' 11h 33' 12h 01' 12h 30' 12h 54' 13h 06' 13h 00' 12h 40' 12h 13' 11h 43' 11h 19' 11h 07' 12h 00'
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
52.6 60.9 72.3 82.7 85.5 83.4 85.9 82.9 72.9 61.3 53 49.7 70.3


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