Cairns vs Mackay Climate
86%matchCairns vs Mackay: a 86% climate match. Compared with Cairns, Mackay has half the the wet season rain and 4°F (2°C) cooler nights.
Cairns gets 99 in (2521 mm) of rain a year and Mackay 65 in (1659 mm). Cairns's warmest month is January, at 89°F (32°C); Mackay's is December, at 89°F (31°C).
Climate fingerprints: ring color = average temperature, thickness = rain. January at the top.
Month by month
Highs and lows (°F)
CairnsMackaysolid = high, dashed = low
Rain (in per month)
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Monthly averages
| Month | High | Low | Rain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns | Mackay | Cairns | Mackay | Cairns | Mackay | |
| Jan | 89°F(32°C) | 88°F(31°C) | 75°F(24°C) | 74°F(23°C) | 15 in(393 mm) | 14 in(358 mm) |
| Feb | 89°F(32°C) | 87°F(31°C) | 76°F(24°C) | 74°F(24°C) | 22 in(548 mm) | 15 in(393 mm) |
| Mar | 87°F(31°C) | 86°F(30°C) | 74°F(23°C) | 73°F(23°C) | 21 in(531 mm) | 10 in(261 mm) |
| Apr | 85°F(29°C) | 82°F(28°C) | 72°F(22°C) | 68°F(20°C) | 16 in(396 mm) | 3.8 in(96 mm) |
| May | 82°F(28°C) | 78°F(26°C) | 68°F(20°C) | 62°F(17°C) | 3.5 in(89 mm) | 2.8 in(70 mm) |
| Jun | 80°F(26°C) | 74°F(24°C) | 65°F(18°C) | 57°F(14°C) | 1.7 in(42 mm) | 1.9 in(49 mm) |
| Jul | 78°F(26°C) | 74°F(23°C) | 63°F(17°C) | 54°F(12°C) | 1.2 in(30 mm) | 1.5 in(37 mm) |
| Aug | 80°F(27°C) | 76°F(25°C) | 64°F(18°C) | 55°F(13°C) | 1.5 in(37 mm) | 1.5 in(38 mm) |
| Sep | 83°F(29°C) | 81°F(27°C) | 67°F(19°C) | 61°F(16°C) | 2.5 in(63 mm) | 0.8 in(20 mm) |
| Oct | 86°F(30°C) | 85°F(29°C) | 70°F(21°C) | 66°F(19°C) | 3.2 in(82 mm) | 2.2 in(57 mm) |
| Nov | 88°F(31°C) | 87°F(31°C) | 73°F(23°C) | 70°F(21°C) | 4.4 in(112 mm) | 4.3 in(109 mm) |
| Dec | 89°F(32°C) | 89°F(31°C) | 75°F(24°C) | 73°F(23°C) | 7.8 in(198 mm) | 6.7 in(171 mm) |
1991–2020 averages, by calendar month.