Climate averages 1991–2020
Cairns weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Cairns: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Townsville (283 km away). In November its highs average 30.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Cairns, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Cairns ranks 4th of 32 for the warmest November highs and 11th of 32 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 32 cities is 24.2°C; Cairns is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Townsville in NovemberAustralia · 283 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Mackay in NovemberAustralia · 591 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in NovemberAustralia · 1319 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Caloundra in NovemberAustralia · 1334 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Toowoomba in NovemberAustralia · 1343 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Brisbane in NovemberAustralia · 1390 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Logan City in NovemberAustralia · 1410 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Gold Coast in NovemberAustralia · 1461 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 82 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.