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Cairns Weather Today

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

Today’s briefing

Clear sky and dry. High 24°C, low 19°C.

Automated summary based on live conditions

24°

Clear sky · feels like 24°

H / L: 24° / 19°
Humidity: 64%
Wind: 23 km/h SE
UV index: 6.4 · High
Sunrise: 06:43
Sunset: 18:03

Live Open-Meteo fallback · Updated 1:30 pm local time

Hourly forecast

Next 24 hours

Now 24° 0%
3pm 24° 0%
4pm 23° 0%
5pm 22° 0%
6pm 22° 0%
7pm 22° 0%
8pm 21° 0%
9pm 21° 0%
10pm 21° 0%
11pm 20° 0%
12am 20° 0%
1am 20° 0%
2am 21° 0%
3am 20° 0%
4am 20° 0%
5am 20° 0%
6am 19° 0%
7am 19° 0%
8am 20° 0%
9am 22° 0%
10am 23° 0%
11am 24° 0%
12pm 24° 0%
1pm 24° 0%

Map

Cairns weather map

City centre

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Daily outlook

Seven-day forecast

Today Overcast 24°19° 10% rain
Thu Overcast 24°19° 0% rain
Fri Overcast 23°18° 0% rain
Sat Light drizzle 23°18° 36% rain
Sun Light drizzle 23°19° 81% rain
Mon Drizzle 24°18° 71% rain
Tue Light drizzle 22°18° 51% rain

Health and comfort

Air quality, pollen and comfort

UV index 6.4 Max 7, High

Air quality 28, Low European AQI

Pollen Not available CAMS Europe

Wind 23 km/h SE

Humidity 64% Humidity

Pressure 1017 hPa Pressure

Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:03

Precipitation 0 mm Not available

Data quality

How this forecast is built

Current conditions and the seven-day forecast come from the weather-data edge function. Times are shown in Australia/Brisbane and temperatures use °C.

Weather questions

Plan your day in Cairns

What is the weather in Cairns today?

Clear sky and 24°. The forecast high is 24° and the low is 19°.

Will it rain in Cairns today?

The highest rain chance shown for today is 10%, with 0 mm shown for current conditions.

What is the UV index in Cairns?

The current UV index is 6.4, with a forecast maximum of 7. The level is High.

What time are sunrise and sunset in Cairns?

Sunrise is at 06:43 and sunset is at 18:03, 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 weather-data edge function. Air quality and pollen via CAMS.