Weather in Cooktown

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Cooktown weather: the next 24 hours

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Cooktown 14-day forecast

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Around Cooktown

Neighbouring towns, as the crow flies.

Port Douglas116 km Clifton Beach151 km Kuranda156 km Trinity Park157 km Edge Hill168 km Redlynch169 km Mareeba171 km Cairns171 km

7-day forecast for Cooktown

Today (Friday 16 Oct) in Cooktown: drizzle, 24 to 27 °C, precipitation 1.0 mm (69 %), wind up to 23 km/h. Tomorrow: light drizzle, 24 to 29 °C.

Day	Weather	Min	Max	Precip.	Wind
Today	drizzle	24 °C	27 °C	1.0 mm	23 km/h
Tomorrow	light drizzle	24 °C	29 °C	0.8 mm	23 km/h
Sun 18 Oct	light drizzle	23 °C	28 °C	2.4 mm	22 km/h
Mon 19 Oct	light drizzle	23 °C	28 °C	1.1 mm	23 km/h
Tue 20 Oct	light drizzle	24 °C	28 °C	3.2 mm	25 km/h
Wed 21 Oct	drizzle	24 °C	28 °C	5.0 mm	25 km/h
Thu 22 Oct	light drizzle	23 °C	27 °C	1.7 mm	22 km/h

Forecast updated on 16.10.2026 at 02:43 (Open-Meteo model, elevation 12 m). The live block at the top of the page is refreshed hourly and covers 14 days.

Tomorrow's weather in Cooktown

Tomorrow, Saturday 17 Oct, in Cooktown: light drizzle, from 24 to 29 °C, 0.8 mm of precipitation (probability 33 %), wind up to 23 km/h.

Hour	Weather	Temp.	Precip.	Chance	Wind
00:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	18 km/h
03:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	19 km/h
06:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	1 %	18 km/h
09:00	mostly sunny	27 °C	0.0 mm	3 %	22 km/h
12:00	partly cloudy	29 °C	0.0 mm	23 %	23 km/h
15:00	mostly sunny	27 °C	0.0 mm	27 %	21 km/h
18:00	mostly sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	22 %	20 km/h
21:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.1 mm	28 %	17 km/h

Frequently asked questions

Will it rain tomorrow in Cooktown?

Yes: 0.8 mm expected, probability 33 %.

How warm will it be tomorrow in Cooktown?

Between 24 and 29 °C.

The weekend

This weekend in Cooktown: Saturday light drizzle, 24 to 29 °C, Sunday light drizzle, 23 to 28 °C.

Day	Weather	Min	Max	Precip.	Wind
Tomorrow	light drizzle	24 °C	29 °C	0.8 mm	23 km/h
Sun 18 Oct	light drizzle	23 °C	28 °C	2.4 mm	22 km/h

Hour by hour

The next 48 hours in Cooktown, hour by hour: temperature from 24 to 29 °C, 2.0 mm of rain expected.

Hour	Weather	Temp.	Precip.	Chance	Wind
02:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	4 %	17 km/h
03:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	7 %	18 km/h
04:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	10 %	18 km/h
05:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	12 %	16 km/h
06:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	14 %	16 km/h
07:00	mostly sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	20 %	15 km/h
08:00	mostly sunny	26 °C	0.0 mm	34 %	19 km/h
09:00	light drizzle	26 °C	0.1 mm	52 %	21 km/h
10:00	light drizzle	27 °C	0.2 mm	65 %	22 km/h
11:00	drizzle	27 °C	0.5 mm	69 %	22 km/h
12:00	light drizzle	27 °C	0.2 mm	67 %	23 km/h
13:00	mostly sunny	27 °C	0.0 mm	61 %	23 km/h
14:00	mostly sunny	27 °C	0.0 mm	47 %	22 km/h
15:00	mostly sunny	27 °C	0.0 mm	29 %	22 km/h
16:00	mostly sunny	26 °C	0.0 mm	14 %	21 km/h
17:00	partly cloudy	26 °C	0.0 mm	7 %	19 km/h
18:00	mostly sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	4 %	18 km/h
19:00	mostly sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	2 %	16 km/h
20:00	mostly sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	1 %	16 km/h
21:00	mostly sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	17 km/h
22:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	18 km/h
23:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	18 km/h
00:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	18 km/h
01:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	18 km/h
02:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	18 km/h
03:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	19 km/h
04:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	19 km/h
05:00	sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	18 km/h
06:00	mostly sunny	24 °C	0.0 mm	1 %	18 km/h
07:00	sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	2 %	20 km/h
08:00	sunny	26 °C	0.0 mm	2 %	22 km/h
09:00	mostly sunny	27 °C	0.0 mm	3 %	22 km/h
10:00	sunny	28 °C	0.0 mm	6 %	22 km/h
11:00	mostly sunny	29 °C	0.0 mm	13 %	22 km/h
12:00	partly cloudy	29 °C	0.0 mm	23 %	23 km/h
13:00	mostly sunny	28 °C	0.0 mm	29 %	23 km/h
14:00	mostly sunny	28 °C	0.0 mm	30 %	22 km/h
15:00	mostly sunny	27 °C	0.0 mm	27 %	21 km/h
16:00	partly cloudy	26 °C	0.0 mm	25 %	21 km/h
17:00	mostly sunny	26 °C	0.0 mm	23 %	21 km/h
18:00	mostly sunny	25 °C	0.0 mm	22 %	20 km/h
19:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.1 mm	22 %	17 km/h
20:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.2 mm	24 %	17 km/h
21:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.1 mm	28 %	17 km/h
22:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.2 mm	31 %	18 km/h
23:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.2 mm	33 %	18 km/h
00:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.1 mm	33 %	18 km/h
01:00	light drizzle	24 °C	0.1 mm	33 %	14 km/h

Location of Cooktown

Cooktown lies at 12 m, 127 m below the average of the 89 places we cover in Queensland (139 m). That makes it the 17th lowest of the 89. The main town, Brisbane, lies 1557 km to the south-east. The nearest places we cover are Port Douglas (116 km to the south), Clifton Beach (151 km to the south), Kuranda (156 km to the south) and Trinity Park (157 km to the south). With about 3,173 inhabitants according to GeoNames, Cooktown is the 82nd largest of the 89 places we cover in Queensland.