Cairns Weather in October
Average highs run from 30°C on October 1 to 31°C on October 31, and lows from 20°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 57 mm over about 9 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 30°C
- Average low
- 21°C
- Precipitation
- 57 mm
- Record high
- 36°COct 24, 2002
- Record low
- 12°COct 1, 1946
- Daylight
- 12 h 14 min to 12 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 38%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 20°C
- Wind
- 18.0 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 30°C | 20°C | 34°C 2011 | 12°C 1946 | 22% |
| Oct 2 | 29°C | 21°C | 33°C 2021 | 14°C 1951 | 21% |
| Oct 3 | 29°C | 21°C | 32°C 2022 | 14°C 1946 | 21% |
| Oct 4 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 2003 | 15°C 1948 | 20% |
| Oct 5 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 2009 | 16°C 2018 | 21% |
| Oct 6 | 30°C | 20°C | 33°C 1960 | 13°C 1982 | 22% |
| Oct 7 | 30°C | 20°C | 33°C 1979 | 14°C 1959 | 23% |
| Oct 8 | 30°C | 20°C | 33°C 2024 | 16°C 1947 | 24% |
| Oct 9 | 30°C | 20°C | 33°C 2022 | 16°C 2004 | 24% |
| Oct 10 | 30°C | 20°C | 32°C 2022 | 16°C 1974 | 24% |
| Oct 11 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 1955 | 16°C 1957 | 24% |
| Oct 12 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 1973 | 14°C 1982 | 26% |
| Oct 13 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 2007 | 16°C 1982 | 28% |
| Oct 14 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 1979 | 15°C 1982 | 31% |
| Oct 15 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 1970 | 17°C 1982 | 33% |
| Oct 16 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 2021 | 16°C 2009 | 35% |
| Oct 17 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 2009 | 17°C 2023 | 36% |
| Oct 18 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 1987 | 16°C 1976 | 36% |
| Oct 19 | 30°C | 21°C | 34°C 1971 | 15°C 1976 | 37% |
| Oct 20 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 2021 | 17°C 1994 | 36% |
| Oct 21 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 2021 | 17°C 1977 | 34% |
| Oct 22 | 30°C | 21°C | 32°C 1970 | 16°C 1948 | 34% |
| Oct 23 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 2002 | 16°C 1942 | 32% |
| Oct 24 | 30°C | 22°C | 36°C 2002 | 17°C 1946 | 31% |
| Oct 25 | 30°C | 21°C | 35°C 1958 | 16°C 2008 | 32% |
| Oct 26 | 30°C | 21°C | 33°C 2022 | 16°C 1958 | 31% |
| Oct 27 | 31°C | 21°C | 34°C 2020 | 17°C 2017 | 29% |
| Oct 28 | 31°C | 21°C | 35°C 1976 | 17°C 2006 | 28% |
| Oct 29 | 30°C | 22°C | 33°C 1976 | 18°C 1997 | 26% |
| Oct 30 | 31°C | 22°C | 33°C 1994 | 18°C 1970 | 26% |
| Oct 31 | 31°C | 22°C | 34°C 2021 | 19°C 1977 | 25% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 6:14 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00031011, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.