Cairns climate

Cairns Weather in September

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 24°C on September 1 to 25°C on September 30, and lows from 23°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 36 mm over about 6 wet days.

September 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

September at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
36 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CSep 15, 2003
Reanalysis low
20°CSep 11, 2006
Daylight
11 h 46 min to 12 h 14 min
Cloud cover
38%
Humidity
76%
Dew point
19°C
Wind
18.0 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
Sep 124°C23°C26°C 200022°C 199429%
Sep 224°C23°C27°C 200021°C 199429%
Sep 324°C23°C26°C 199221°C 199428%
Sep 424°C23°C26°C 201021°C 200728%
Sep 524°C23°C26°C 201021°C 200727%
Sep 624°C23°C26°C 199722°C 199426%
Sep 724°C23°C26°C 201021°C 199525%
Sep 824°C23°C26°C 200921°C 199524%
Sep 924°C23°C27°C 199221°C 201924%
Sep 1024°C23°C26°C 201021°C 200624%
Sep 1124°C23°C26°C 199120°C 200623%
Sep 1224°C23°C26°C 201021°C 200622%
Sep 1324°C23°C26°C 199621°C 199422%
Sep 1425°C23°C26°C 201022°C 200721%
Sep 1525°C23°C28°C 200321°C 200720%
Sep 1625°C23°C27°C 200321°C 200720%
Sep 1725°C23°C26°C 201021°C 199420%
Sep 1825°C23°C26°C 201022°C 201921%
Sep 1925°C23°C26°C 199122°C 199421%
Sep 2025°C23°C26°C 199221°C 199422%
Sep 2125°C23°C26°C 201022°C 200721%
Sep 2225°C23°C26°C 201021°C 199621%
Sep 2325°C23°C26°C 200921°C 199421%
Sep 2425°C23°C26°C 200921°C 199421%
Sep 2525°C23°C26°C 201022°C 199422%
Sep 2625°C23°C27°C 201622°C 199422%
Sep 2725°C23°C27°C 201621°C 200723%
Sep 2825°C23°C27°C 201022°C 200723%
Sep 2925°C24°C27°C 201022°C 201123%
Sep 3025°C24°C27°C 199622°C 200622%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cairns, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

September 1
sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
September 30
sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 6:14 PM

Every day of September: 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.