Climate averages 1991–2020
Cairns weather
in June.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Cairns: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Townsville (283 km away). In June its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Cairns, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Cairns ranks 3rd of 32 for the warmest June highs and 3rd of 32 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 32 cities is 17.0°C; Cairns is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 27 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Townsville in JuneAustralia · 283 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Mackay in JuneAustralia · 591 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in JuneAustralia · 1319 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Caloundra in JuneAustralia · 1334 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Toowoomba in JuneAustralia · 1343 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Brisbane in JuneAustralia · 1390 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Logan City in JuneAustralia · 1410 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Gold Coast in JuneAustralia · 1461 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 94 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.