When to go · Cairns

Cairns in February

Avoid month. Listed as a month to avoid: Jan–Mar (wet season, cyclone risk, marine stingers).

Key facts

Verdict: Avoid
Temperature: 32°C (90°F)90°F (32°C) / 24°C (75°F)75°F (24°C); average high / low
Rain days: 16
Crowds: Medium; Australia overall
Prices: Medium; Australia overall

Plan around it

Verdict

AvoidBest and avoid months for Cairns

Listed as a month to avoid: Jan–Mar (wet season, cyclone risk, marine stingers).

February is rated avoid. These months rate higher:

Long-term averages

CairnsHighs around 32 °C (90 °F), lows around 24 °C (75 °F), rain on about 16 daysHighs around 90 °F (32 °C), lows around 75 °F (24 °C), rain on about 16 days
Tropical north, Australia · Cairns, Port Douglas, Darwin, Kakadu, Kimberleystorm or typhoon risk
Dry season May–Oct is the window: roads open, no stingers in most of it, waterfalls still flowing early on. Nov–Apr brings humidity, monsoon floods, cyclones and box jellyfish.

Australia overall: Schools back, still hot and settled in the south; Tasmania at its best; avoid the tropics.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Cairns, side by side.

First month

Second month

February: Listed as a month to avoid: Jan–Mar (wet season, cyclone risk, marine stingers).

June: Inside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).

Cairns: figures are long-term averages from this guide, not a forecast.