About Cairns, Queensland

Cairns, in Queensland, Australia, is home to roughly 153,000 people in the Australia/Brisbane time zone at 16.9°S latitude.

Recent weather here gives a sense of typical conditions: in 2025, Cairns recorded a mean annual temperature of 76°F, ranging from 49°F lows in August to 101°F highs in January, with about 81 inches of precipitation across the year.