Cairns
Cairns is in Australia, on the Coral Sea / Pacific, at -16.9237 latitude, 145.7661 longitude. The nearest airport with scheduled airline service in the OurAirports snapshot is Cairns International Airport (CNS), about 5.3 km away. Natural Earth's 10m ports layer names Cairns about 1.2 km from these coordinates. Mean monthly air temperature in 2024 ranged from 20.3 °C to 27.3 °C (Open-Meteo archive). This page does not invent trip prices, licence rules or species lists; use the marketplace links to compare live listings, and check local regulations before you go.
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | -16.9237, 145.7661 |
| Water body | Coral Sea / Pacific |
| Timezone | Australia/Brisbane |
| Town population (GeoNames) | 153,075 |
| Nearest airport with scheduled flights | Cairns International Airport (CNS), about 5.3 km away |
| Nearest named port in Natural Earth | Cairns, about 1.2 km away — www.cairnsport.com.au |
| Place data source | GeoNames cities5000, geonameId 2172797 (Cairns, AU) |
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Monthly weather in 2024
Daily means from the Open-Meteo Historical Weather API, added up by calendar month for 2024. This is air temperature at the coordinates, not water temperature, and one year is not a climate normal.
| Month | Mean air temp | Total precipitation |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.3 °C | 689 mm |
| Feb | 26.8 °C | 316 mm |
| Mar | 26.1 °C | 514 mm |
| Apr | 24.9 °C | 121 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | 82 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | 18 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | 66 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | 61 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | 60 mm |
| Oct | 24.6 °C | 25 mm |
| Nov | 25.7 °C | 61 mm |
| Dec | 26.7 °C | 379 mm |
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Snapshot date: 2026-11-12. See methodology and sources.