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Cairns in February

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Cairns is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Cairns is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 75% of days
Daylight
12h 40mon average

Is February a good time to visit Cairns?

February sits outside Cairns's best months, which run from June to September. Expect hot 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 February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

75% of days in February, against 29% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in February, against 50% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

12h 40m in February, against 11h 08m to 13h 07m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. January86°30°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. February87°31°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. March85°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Cairns sits, in February

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:12 AMsets 6:51 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 February, 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 February

high · low · wet days
See February 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.