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Cairns in July

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Cairns is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 14 minutes.July in Cairns is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 14 minutes.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
11h 14mon average

Is July a good time to visit Cairns?

Yes. July is one of Cairns's best months (June to September).

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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in July, against 29% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in July, against 50% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

11h 14m in July, against 11h 08m to 13h 07m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. June77°25°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. July76°24°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. August76°24°low 68°low 20°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Cairns sits, in July

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:47 AMsets 5:59 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 July, 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 July

high · low · wet days
See July 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.