Climate averages 1991–2020
Cairns weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Cairns: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Townsville (283 km away). In February its highs average 30.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cairns, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Cairns ranks 6th of 32 for the warmest February highs and 31st of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Cairns is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 256 mm to 206 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cairns climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 245 | 21.2 | 13.013 h |
| February, selected | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 256 | 20.9 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 206 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 94 | 12.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 41 | 9.5 | 11.311 h |
| June | 24.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 27 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| August | 24.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 23 | 5.5 | 11.512 h |
| September | 26.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 14 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 31 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 29.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 57 | 10.4 | 12.913 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 142 | 16.1 | 13.113 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Townsville in FebruaryAustralia · 283 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 219 mm rain
- Mackay in FebruaryAustralia · 591 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 1319 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Caloundra in FebruaryAustralia · 1334 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Toowoomba in FebruaryAustralia · 1343 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Brisbane in FebruaryAustralia · 1390 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Logan City in FebruaryAustralia · 1410 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Gold Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 1461 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 150 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cairns) is explained once on the Cairns year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.