When to go · Cairns
Cairns in March
Avoid month. Listed as a month to avoid: Jan–Mar (wet season, cyclone risk, marine stingers).
Key facts
- Verdict
- Avoid
- Temperature
- 31°C88°F / 23°C73°F
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 15
- Crowds
- Medium
- Australia overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Australia overall
Verdict
Listed as a month to avoid: Jan–Mar (wet season, cyclone risk, marine stingers).
Weather in March
- CairnsHighs around 31 °C, lows around 23 °C, rain on about 15 daysHighs around 88 °F, lows around 73 °F, rain on about 15 days
- Tropical north, Australia · Cairns, Port Douglas, Darwin, Kakadu, Kimberleyrainy
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.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Easter big impact
Mar–Apr (26–29 Mar 2027) · Australia
Four-day weekend plus school holidays; roads out of cities jam; Good Friday closures.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Australia overall
- Medium
- Prices · Australia overall
- Medium
Australia overall: Warm seas, calmer crowds in the south; the north is still wet.
What to pack
- Light, breathable clothes, a sun hat and sunscreen
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast