Oceania · Beach travel

Best time to visit Cairns

Early Jun–Early Oct is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 27.5°C, with 1.7 rainy days per 10 days.

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Scenery of Cairns
Photo: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Cairns season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Off-season (season score 16.0)Mid Jan: Avoid (season score 7.8)Late Jan: Avoid (season score 3.4)Early Feb: Avoid (season score 0.0)Mid Feb: Avoid (season score 13.7)Late Feb: Avoid (season score 10.9)Early Mar: Avoid (season score 11.7)Mid Mar: Off-season (season score 21.3)Late Mar: Fair (season score 33.8)Early Apr: Okay (season score 44.4)Mid Apr: Okay (season score 52.3)Late Apr: Good (season score 64.9)Early May: Great (season score 75.4)Mid May: Great (season score 82.3)Late May: Great (season score 83.4)Early Jun: Best (season score 86.2)Mid Jun: Best (season score 89.9)Late Jun: Best (season score 90.5)Early Jul: Best (season score 89.9)Mid Jul: Best (season score 95.2)Late Jul: Best (season score 93.6)Early Aug: Best (season score 92.9)Mid Aug: Best (season score 100.0)Late Aug: Best (season score 94.8)Early Sep: Best (season score 94.1)Mid Sep: Best (season score 93.7)Late Sep: Best (season score 94.3)Early Oct: Best (season score 87.2)Mid Oct: Great (season score 78.1)Late Oct: Great (season score 77.6)Early Nov: Good (season score 69.6)Mid Nov: Good (season score 61.0)Late Nov: Okay (season score 44.1)Early Dec: Okay (season score 43.0)Mid Dec: Fair (season score 33.5)Late Dec: Off-season (season score 22.5)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

No Japan MOFA travel advisory is in effect for this destination.

Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryAvoid31.7°C5.273.0%
FebruaryAvoid31.5°C5.470.9%
MarchOff-season31.0°C5.069.5%
AprilOkay29.8°C4.657.5%
MayGreat28.2°C3.150.6%
JuneBest26.7°C2.248.4%
JulyBest26.4°C1.744.4%
AugustBest27.3°C1.439.0%
SeptemberBest29.0°C1.435.8%
OctoberGreat30.2°C2.036.7%
NovemberGood31.4°C2.847.7%
DecemberFair31.8°C3.657.5%

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Weather station: CAIRNS POST OFFICE(2 km). Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.