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Cairns in November

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Cairns is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Cairns is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
12h 56mon average

Is November a good time to visit Cairns?

A good month, just outside Cairns's best months, which run from 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 November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in November, against 76°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in November, against 24°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in November, against 29% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in November, against 50% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

12h 56m in November, against 11h 08m to 13h 07m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. October81°27°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. November84°29°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. December86°30°low 77°low 25°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Cairns sits, in November

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
5:35 AMsets 6:29 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 November, 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 November

high · low · wet days
See November 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.