Cairns, Queensland, Australia Weather

Queensland03:44 AEST16.92°S, 145.77°EElevation 7 m

Current conditions

Cloudy
23°
Cloudy
Feels like 23°
High 28°·Low 22°
WindESE 13 km/h
Humidity89%
Dew point21°
Pressure1,016 hPa
Visibility9.7 km
Cloud cover98%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise05:46
Sunset18:19

Observed at Cairns Intl · 57 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Wednesday

    Showers. High 28°. Precipitation 4.1 mm for the day.

  • Wednesday Night

    Cloudy. Low 22°. Precipitation 4.1 mm for the day.

  • Thursday

    Rain. High 29°. Precipitation 0.8 mm for the day.

MET Norway forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Cloudy 22°
  2. 04:00 Cloudy 22°
  3. 05:00 Partly cloudy 22°
  4. 06:00 Mostly sunny 22°
  5. 07:00 Mostly sunny 24°
  6. 08:00 Showers 25°0.3
  7. 09:00 Showers 26°0.4
  8. 10:00 Showers 27°0.7
  9. 11:00 Showers 27°0.5
  10. 12:00 Showers 28°0.8
  11. 13:00 Showers 28°0.6
  12. 14:00 Showers 27°0.4
  13. 15:00 Light showers 27°0.2
  14. 16:00 Light showers 27°
  15. 17:00 Light showers 26°
  16. 18:00 Mostly clear 25°
  17. 19:00 Mostly clear 24°
  18. 20:00 Mostly clear 23°
  19. 21:00 Mostly clear 23°
  20. 22:00 Mostly clear 23°
  21. 23:00 Mostly clear 22°
  22. Thu00:00 Mostly clear 22°
  23. 01:00 Mostly clear 21°
  24. 02:00 Mostly clear 21°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Showers Showers4.1 mm22°28°
  2. ThuOct 22 Rain Rain0.8 mm21°29°
  3. FriOct 23 Showers Showers5.3 mm22°28°
  4. SatOct 24 Showers Showers5.6 mm22°29°
  5. SunOct 25 Showers Showers3.3 mm21°29°
  6. MonOct 26 Light showers Light showers1.2 mm22°31°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy22°31°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy22°32°
  9. ThuOct 29 Showers Showers4.1 mm22°31°

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 05:46
Sunset 18:19
Daylight 12 h 32 min (+0 min 55 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 70% lit
Moonrise 13:54 Moonset 02:10
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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