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Weather Cairns: Current forecast

Cairns / Australia

24.7 °C
Feels like 24.5 °C
Min 24 °C / Max 25 °C
Weather Cairns: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C Patchy rain possible
21.2 km/h ESE
Wind
24.9 km/h ESE
Gusts
1015 hPa
Pressure
0 mm
Precipitation
77 %
Humidity
6.2
UV index

Pollen (today)

Hazel None
Alder None
Birch None
Oak None
Grass None
Mugwort None
Ragweed None
05:47 / 18:17
Sunrise / Sunset
10:48 / Does not set today
Moonrise / Moonset
First Quarter (47 %)
Moon phase

Updated: Oct 17, 2026, 7:20 CEST Oct 17, 2026, 15:20 AEST

Today's Summary

If you head out in Cairns today, you'll see a patchy rain possible sky. The thermometer currently shows 24.7°C. UV levels are elevated today – remember sun protection if you're outdoors. During the day temperatures will range between 23.7°C and 24.9°C.

Hourly forecast – Cairns, today

Oct 17, 16:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 16:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 17, 17:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 17:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 17, 18:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 18:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 17, 19:00
24 °C
Clear
Cairns Oct 17, 19:00: Clear, 24 °C
Oct 17, 20:00
24 °C
Cloudy
Cairns Oct 17, 20:00: Cloudy, 24 °C
Oct 17, 21:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 21:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 17, 22:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 22:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 17, 23:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 23:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 18, 00:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 00:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 18, 01:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 01:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 18, 02:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 02:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 18, 03:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 03:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 18, 04:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 04:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 18, 05:00
24 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 05:00: Patchy rain possible, 24 °C
Oct 18, 06:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 06:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 18, 07:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 07:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 18, 08:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 08:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 18, 09:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 09:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 18, 10:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 10:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 18, 11:00
25 °C
Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 11:00: Patchy rain possible, 25 °C
Oct 18, 12:00
25 °C
Sunny
Cairns Oct 18, 12:00: Sunny, 25 °C
Oct 18, 13:00
25 °C
Sunny
Cairns Oct 18, 13:00: Sunny, 25 °C
Oct 18, 14:00
25 °C
Sunny
Cairns Oct 18, 14:00: Sunny, 25 °C
Oct 18, 15:00
25 °C
Sunny
Cairns Oct 18, 15:00: Sunny, 25 °C
Time
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
Cairns Oct 17, 16:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 17:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 18:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 19:00: Clear
Cairns Oct 17, 20:00: Cloudy
Cairns Oct 17, 21:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 22:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 17, 23:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 00:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 01:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 02:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 03:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 04:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 05:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 06:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 07:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 08:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 09:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 10:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 11:00: Patchy rain possible
Cairns Oct 18, 12:00: Sunny
Cairns Oct 18, 13:00: Sunny
Cairns Oct 18, 14:00: Sunny
Cairns Oct 18, 15:00: Sunny
Temperature (°C)
Chance of rain (%)
20
21
21
10
16
24
20
19
19
32
32
30
30
28
24
24
24
20
17
19
7
7
7
7
Precipitation
0 mm
0.1 mm
0 mm
—
—
0 mm
0 mm
0 mm
0 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0.1 mm
0 mm
0 mm
—
—
—
—
Wind (km/h)
ESE
21
SE
21
SE
19
SE
18
SE
18
SE
19
SE
19
SE
20
SE
19
SE
18
SE
19
SE
19
ESE
19
ESE
19
ESE
19
ESE
18
E
18
E
18
E
18
E
18
E
19
ESE
22
ESE
21
ESE
20
Pressure (hPa)
1015
1016
1017
1017
1017
1017
1016
1016
1015
1015
1015
1016
1016
1017
1017
1018
1017
1017
1016
1016
1015
1014
1014
1014
Humidity (%)
76 %
77 %
77 %
78 %
79 %
80 %
80 %
81 %
82 %
81 %
81 %
81 %
80 %
78 %
76 %
76 %
76 %
76 %
76 %
76 %
75 %
75 %
74 %
75 %
Cloud cover (%)
80 %
73 %
88 %
20 %
65 %
100 %
77 %
57 %
59 %
87 %
86 %
83 %
88 %
77 %
77 %
89 %
83 %
70 %
71 %
86 %
3 %
1 %
1 %
2 %

14-day weather forecast – Cairns

14-day trend for Cairns: Temperatures stay fairly stable over the period with no big swings. Lows can drop to around 22.7°C at night, with daytime highs up to 26.8°C.

Date
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 20
Oct 21
Oct 22
Oct 23
Oct 24
Oct 25
Oct 26
Oct 27
Oct 28
Oct 29
Oct 30
Cairns October 17, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 18, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 19, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 20, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 21, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 22, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 23, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 24, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 25, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 26, 2026: Sunny
Cairns October 27, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 28, 2026: Patchy rain possible
Cairns October 29, 2026: Overcast
Cairns October 30, 2026: Overcast
Temperature (°C)
Chance of rain (%)
79
57
60
57
58
59
64
18
83
15
29
46
51
54
Precipitation
5 mm
1.1 mm
1.3 mm
1 mm
1.3 mm
1.7 mm
1.1 mm
0 mm
11.7 mm
0 mm
0.2 mm
0.5 mm
0.5 mm
0.8 mm
Wind max (km/h)
22
22
26
30
24
21
12
12
16
17
20
15
10
26
Date Weather Min °C Max °C Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Moon phase
October 17, 2026 Cairns October 17, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 25 °C 05:47 18:17 10:48 Does not set today First Quarter (47 %)
October 18, 2026 Cairns October 18, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 25 °C 05:46 18:17 11:41 00:23 First Quarter (58 %)
October 19, 2026 Cairns October 19, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 23 °C 25 °C 05:46 18:17 12:33 01:07 First Quarter (68 %)
October 20, 2026 Cairns October 20, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 26 °C 05:45 18:18 13:24 01:46 Waxing Moon (77 %)
October 21, 2026 Cairns October 21, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 25 °C 05:44 18:18 14:12 02:22 Waxing Moon (86 %)
October 22, 2026 Cairns October 22, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 26 °C 05:44 18:18 15:00 02:57 Waxing Moon (92 %)
October 23, 2026 Cairns October 23, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 25 °C 05:43 18:19 15:48 03:30 Full Moon (97 %)
October 24, 2026 Cairns October 24, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 23 °C 25 °C 05:43 18:19 16:37 04:03 Full Moon (100 %)
October 25, 2026 Cairns October 25, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 23 °C 25 °C 05:42 18:19 17:28 04:38 Full Moon (100 %)
October 26, 2026 Cairns October 26, 2026: Sunny Sunny 24 °C 26 °C 05:41 18:20 18:22 05:16 Full Moon (98 %)
October 27, 2026 Cairns October 27, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 26 °C 05:41 18:20 19:19 05:57 Waning Moon (94 %)
October 28, 2026 Cairns October 28, 2026: Patchy rain possible Patchy rain possible 24 °C 26 °C 05:40 18:20 20:20 06:44 Waning Moon (88 %)
October 29, 2026 Cairns October 29, 2026: Overcast Overcast 25 °C 26 °C 05:40 18:21 21:22 07:37 Waning Moon (80 %)
October 30, 2026 Cairns October 30, 2026: Overcast Overcast 25 °C 27 °C 05:39 18:21 22:23 08:35 Waning Moon (71 %)
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