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Cairns Weather Today

Current conditions, a local map, an hour-by-hour outlook and a seven-day forecast for Cairns.

Cairns weather right now

Today: Mainly clear, 23°C now. High 25° / low 18°, rain from 10am.
Tomorrow: Light drizzle, 23° / 18°, 93% rain chance.
This weekend: Sat 25°, Sun 23° 93% rain

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Today’s briefing

Mainly clear and dry. High 25°C, low 18°C.

Automated summary based on live conditions

23°

Mainly clear · feels like 21°

H / L: 25° / 18°
Humidity: 54%
Wind: 22 km/h SE
UV index: 5.3 · High
Sunrise: 06:35
Sunset: 18:07

Live Open-Meteo fallback · Updated 10:15 am local time

Hourly forecast

Next 24 hours

Now 23°
12pm 24°
1pm 24°
2pm 25°
3pm 24°
4pm 23°
5pm 22°
6pm 21°
7pm 20°
8pm 20°
9pm 19°
10pm 19°
11pm 19°
12am 19° 15%
1am 19° 18%
2am 19° 14%
3am 19°
4am 19°
5am 19°
6am 18°
7am 19° 14%
8am 20° 26%
9am 21° 41%
10am 22° 55%

Map

Cairns weather map

City centre

Rain radar by RainViewer. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Daily outlook

Seven-day forecast

Today Light drizzle 25°18° 9% rain
Sun Light drizzle 23°18° 93% rain
Mon Drizzle 24°18° 78% rain
Tue Light drizzle 24°18° 47% rain
Wed Light drizzle 23°19° 70% rain
Thu Light drizzle 24°19° 39% rain
Fri Partly cloudy 23°19° 14% rain

Health and comfort

Air quality, pollen and comfort

UV index 5.3 Max 7, High

Air quality 30, Low European AQI

Wind 22 km/h SE

Humidity 54% Humidity

Pressure 1021 hPa Pressure

Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:07

Precipitation 0 mm 9% chance of rain today

Data quality

How this forecast is built

Current conditions and the seven-day forecast come from Open-Meteo, with the cached weather snapshot feed as a fallback. Times are shown in Australia/Brisbane and temperatures use °C.

Weather questions

Plan your day in Cairns

What is the weather in Cairns today?

Mainly clear and 23°. The forecast high is 25° and the low is 18°.

Will it rain in Cairns today?

The highest rain chance shown for today is 9%, with 0 mm shown for current conditions.

What is the UV index in Cairns?

The current UV index is 5.3, with a forecast maximum of 7. The level is High.

What time are sunrise and sunset in Cairns?

Sunrise is at 06:35 and sunset is at 18:07, local time.

Where does the Cairns forecast come from?

Conditions and forecasts use Open-Meteo. Available air quality and pollen readings use CAMS data.

Plan your day

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Weather by Open-Meteo through the cached weather snapshot feed. Air quality and pollen via CAMS.