Cairns Weather in August
Average highs run from 23°C on August 1 to 24°C on August 31, and lows from 22°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 9 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 24°C
- Average low
- 22°C
- Precipitation
- 50 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 26°CAug 20, 2020
- Reanalysis low
- 17°CAug 7, 1995
- Daylight
- 11 h 22 min to 11 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 18°C
- Wind
- 20.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 20°C 1998 | 29% |
| Aug 2 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 20°C 2008 | 28% |
| Aug 3 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 21°C 2008 | 26% |
| Aug 4 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 20°C 2016 | 26% |
| Aug 5 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 21°C 1999 | 26% |
| Aug 6 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 17°C 1995 | 26% |
| Aug 7 | 23°C | 22°C | 26°C 1998 | 17°C 1995 | 26% |
| Aug 8 | 23°C | 22°C | 26°C 1992 | 19°C 1995 | 27% |
| Aug 9 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2017 | 19°C 1995 | 28% |
| Aug 10 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 19°C 1994 | 28% |
| Aug 11 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2011 | 19°C 1994 | 26% |
| Aug 12 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2017 | 19°C 2012 | 26% |
| Aug 13 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 20°C 2005 | 26% |
| Aug 14 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 20°C 2005 | 27% |
| Aug 15 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 20°C 1999 | 27% |
| Aug 16 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 19°C 1995 | 28% |
| Aug 17 | 23°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 21°C 2008 | 28% |
| Aug 18 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 21°C 1994 | 28% |
| Aug 19 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 21°C 2008 | 28% |
| Aug 20 | 24°C | 22°C | 26°C 2020 | 21°C 1996 | 28% |
| Aug 21 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 21°C 2000 | 28% |
| Aug 22 | 24°C | 22°C | 26°C 1998 | 21°C 2018 | 30% |
| Aug 23 | 24°C | 22°C | 26°C 2010 | 20°C 2011 | 30% |
| Aug 24 | 24°C | 22°C | 26°C 2016 | 21°C 2011 | 30% |
| Aug 25 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 2016 | 20°C 2000 | 29% |
| Aug 26 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 2010 | 21°C 1991 | 30% |
| Aug 27 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 1998 | 21°C 1997 | 29% |
| Aug 28 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 2000 | 21°C 2001 | 29% |
| Aug 29 | 24°C | 22°C | 25°C 2000 | 21°C 2001 | 30% |
| Aug 30 | 24°C | 23°C | 26°C 2000 | 21°C 1994 | 29% |
| Aug 31 | 24°C | 23°C | 26°C 2000 | 21°C 2002 | 29% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 6:04 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
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.