When to go · Cairns
Cairns in July
Great month. Inside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 26°C79°F / 17°C63°F
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 6
- Crowds
- High
- Australia overall
- Prices
- High
- Australia overall
Verdict
GreatBest and avoid months for Cairns
Inside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).
Weather in July
- CairnsHighs around 26 °C, lows around 17 °C, rain on about 6 daysHighs around 79 °F, lows around 63 °F, rain on about 6 days
- Tropical north, Australia · Cairns, Port Douglas, Darwin, Kakadu, Kimberleybest weather
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.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Australia overall
- High
- Prices · Australia overall
- High
Australia overall: Peak in the tropical north and the Red Centre during school holidays; ski season in the south-east.
High-price month: see what to book ahead.
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.