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Cairns in April

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Cairns is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Cairns is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 67% of days
Daylight
11h 44mon average

Is April a good time to visit Cairns?

April sits outside Cairns's best months, which run from June to September. Expect warm days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in April, against 76°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in April, against 24°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

67% of days in April, against 29% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in April, against 50% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

11h 44m in April, against 11h 08m to 13h 07m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March85°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. April83°28°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. May80°27°low 72°low 22°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Cairns sits, in April

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:25 AMsets 6:09 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
16.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Finlayvale68 km north-west

The land around Cairns, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Cairns

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 14 km east of Cairns. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.