When to go · Cairns
Cairns in September
Great month. Inside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 29°C84°F / 19°C66°F
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 5
- Crowds
- Medium
- Australia overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Australia overall
Verdict
GreatBest and avoid months for Cairns
Inside Cairns's best window: Jun–Oct (dry season, lower humidity).
Weather in September
- CairnsHighs around 29 °C, lows around 19 °C, rain on about 5 daysHighs around 84 °F, lows around 66 °F, rain on about 5 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
- Medium
- Prices · Australia overall
- Medium
Australia overall: Spring in the south, still dry in the north; one of the best months to combine both.
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.