Cairns climate

Cairns Weather in April

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Cairns, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 27°C on April 1 to 26°C on April 30, and lows from 26°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 213 mm over about 21 wet days.

April day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Cairns, in °C, with the record for each date.202224262830151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

April at a glance

Average high
27°C
Average low
26°C
Precipitation
213 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CApr 1, 2017
Reanalysis low
22°CApr 30, 2004
Daylight
11 h 56 min to 11 h 30 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
22°C
Wind
22.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Apr 127°C26°C29°C 201724°C 199769%
Apr 227°C26°C29°C 201624°C 199768%
Apr 327°C26°C28°C 201724°C 199769%
Apr 427°C26°C29°C 201225°C 200869%
Apr 527°C26°C28°C 200325°C 199769%
Apr 627°C26°C28°C 199924°C 199770%
Apr 727°C26°C28°C 199924°C 199772%
Apr 827°C26°C29°C 201524°C 200872%
Apr 927°C26°C28°C 201625°C 199773%
Apr 1027°C26°C28°C 201724°C 199173%
Apr 1127°C26°C28°C 201724°C 199173%
Apr 1227°C26°C28°C 202024°C 199773%
Apr 1327°C26°C28°C 201623°C 199472%
Apr 1427°C26°C28°C 200323°C 199471%
Apr 1527°C26°C28°C 199823°C 199768%
Apr 1627°C26°C28°C 199824°C 199766%
Apr 1727°C26°C28°C 199623°C 199765%
Apr 1827°C25°C28°C 202024°C 199764%
Apr 1927°C25°C29°C 202024°C 199763%
Apr 2027°C25°C28°C 202024°C 199163%
Apr 2127°C25°C28°C 202024°C 199163%
Apr 2226°C25°C28°C 202024°C 199761%
Apr 2326°C25°C28°C 200224°C 199761%
Apr 2426°C25°C28°C 200224°C 199760%
Apr 2526°C25°C28°C 199824°C 199760%
Apr 2626°C25°C28°C 199824°C 199759%
Apr 2726°C25°C28°C 199824°C 199758%
Apr 2826°C25°C28°C 199823°C 201258%
Apr 2926°C25°C27°C 201623°C 201158%
Apr 3026°C25°C28°C 199822°C 200459%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cairns, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

April 1
sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 6:19 PM
April 30
sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 5:59 PM

Every day of April: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.