Cairns in March

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

March is rated avoid. These months rate higher:

• JuneGreatInside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).
• JulyGreatInside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).
• AugustGreatInside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).
• SeptemberGreatInside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).

• CairnsHighs around 31 °C (88 °F), lows around 23 °C (73 °F), rain on about 15 daysHighs around 88 °F (31 °C), lows around 73 °F (23 °C), rain on about 15 days
• Tropical north, Australia · Cairns, Port Douglas, Darwin, Kakadu, Kimberleyrainy

  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.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Easter big impact

  Mar–Apr (26–29 Mar 2027) · Australia

  Four-day weekend plus school holidays; roads out of cities jam; Good Friday closures.

Crowds · Australia overall

Medium

Prices · Australia overall

Medium

Australia overall: Warm seas, calmer crowds in the south; the north is still wet.

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

• Light, breathable clothes, a sun hat and sunscreen
• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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