MAY · CAIRNS
16.92° S · 145.77° E
Destination brief
Queensland, Australia
Travel Score
84
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
Great weather: Sat Oct 31 to Mon Nov 2
Average weather score 80 out of 100, the best of 3 two- and three-day runs in the forecast.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 80/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 61% chance of rain on Nov 1.
US EPA index 1: Good.
WeatherAPI
Cairns, VictoriaStation: Spring HillUpdated 11:15 AM local time
20°C
Overcast
Feels like 21°High 23° · Low 18°
Rain now
17%
Rain today
20% chance
Humidity
67%
Wind
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 55 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 62 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Australia Day
National HolidayAustralia · Nationwide
Jan 26, 2027In 87 days
A national holiday on 26 January in every state and territory.
Anzac Day
National HolidayAustralia · Nationwide
Apr 25, 2027In 176 days
Australia's remembrance day on 25 April. When it falls on a Sunday some states add a holiday on the Monday.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
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No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
11:22 AM
Saturday, October 31
6 km/h NNW
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (2)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 31
23° 18°
Overcast · 20% rain
Sun
Nov 1
28° 17°
Sunny · 61% rain
Mon
Nov 2
32° 18°
Sunny · 17% rain
No known advisory
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisories (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-22 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 22, 2026.
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Cairns is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical northeast coast of Far North Queensland.
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 1.42 AUD, as of 30 Oct 2026
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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
We have no towns in day-trip range of here in our data.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: July, August and September. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
22° 17°
Pleasant
About 84 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
None recorded in our calendar.
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Wet | 28° / 23° | 150 mm | 83 |
| February | Wet | 27° / 23° | 174 mm | 77 |
| March | Wet | 26° / 22° | 151 mm | 83 |
| April | Pleasant | 24° / 20° | 98 mm | 90 |
| May | Pleasant | 22° / 17° | 84 mm | 92 |
| June | Pleasant | 20° / 15° | 94 mm | 90 |
| July | Pleasant | 20° / 14° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 44 mm |
| 97 |
| August | Pleasant | 21° / 14° | 53 mm | 97 |
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| September | Pleasant | 23° / 16° | 44 mm | 98 |
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| October | Pleasant | 24° / 18° | 86 mm | 92 |
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| November | Pleasant | 26° / 20° | 90 mm | 91 |
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| December | Wet | 27° / 22° | 137 mm | 85 |
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