Destination brief
Queensland, Australia
Travel Score
66
out of 100
In short
Worth going, with some care.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
No good stretch in this forecast
The best run is Wed Oct 21 to Fri Oct 23, with an average weather score of only 35.
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 35/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 93% chance of rain on Oct 22.
US EPA index 1: Good.
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
Heavy rain forecast on Oct 22.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
WeatherAPI
Cairns, VictoriaStation: Spring HillUpdated 7:45 PM local time
20°C
Patchy rain nearby
Feels like 20°High 24° · Low 16°
Rain now
38%
Rain today
87% chance
Humidity
84%
Wind
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 65 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 72 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Australia Day
National HolidayAustralia · Nationwide
Jan 26, 2027In 97 days
A national holiday on 26 January in every state and territory.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
No known advisory
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
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Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
7:48 PM
Wednesday, October 21
13 km/h NE
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 21
24° 16°
Mist · 87% rain
Thu
Oct 22
19° 17°
Light rain shower · 93% rain
Fri
Oct 23
24° 17°
Light rain shower · 87% rain
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 advisorys (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-06 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 6, 2026.
Australia
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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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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
26° 20°
Pleasant
About 90 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 |
|---|
| 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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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
We have no towns in day-trip range of here in our data.
Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 1.43 AUD, as of 21 Oct 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)