Best year time to visit Cape Town

General weather information about Cape Town

Average annual temperature is 16.7 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 37 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: 1.6 °C

Number of sunny days: 208

Number of rainy days: 157

Number of snow days:

Average annual precipitation: 765 mm

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* Weather data for Cape Town South Africa is based on climate observations for 2023 year

Cape Town air temperature forecast for each month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C) 33.8 35.6 34.2 32.1 23.6 19.5 24.2 30.7 28.4 32.5 37 33.9
Average daytime temperature (°C) 27.1 27.5 24.2 21.8 18.6 16.1 16.8 18.9 17.3 24.3 26 26.5
Average temperature (°C) 21.4 21.5 19.1 16.5 14.2 13 11.4 13 12.8 17.7 19.5 20.9
Average night temperature (°C) 16.2 17.1 15 12.2 10.5 10 6.7 7.9 8.2 11.9 13.8 15.7
Absolute minimum temperature (°C) 14.1 11.8 9.7 8.4 5.6 6.2 1.6 3.5 2.2 7.8 10 12.7

Cape Town monthly weather indicators

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h) 14.4 13.7 12.8 11.7 10.8 10 10.4 11.4 12.4 13.4 14.2 14.4
Daylight mean duration (h) 14.1 13.3 12.3 11.2 10.4 9.9 10.1 10.9 11.9 12.9 13.9 14.4
Daylight minimum duration (h) 13.8 12.9 11.8 10.8 10.1 9.9 9.9 10.5 11.4 12.4 13.5 14.2
Sunshine mean duration (h) 12.7 11.8 9.7 8.8 8.1 6 7.8 9 8.9 11.5 11.8 13.2
Precipitation (mm) 7 20 80 91 83 176 65 85 116 11 16 15
Sunny days 21 20 15 18 18 7 17 17 11 22 20 22
Rainy days 10 8 16 12 13 23 14 14 19 9 10 9

Cape Town - weather forecast by months

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Best time to visit Cape Town:

The best time to visit Cape Town during the most sunny months:

  • January — 12.7(h)
  • December — 13.2(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Cape Town is at

  • March — 80(mm)
  • April — 91(mm)
  • May — 83(mm)
  • June — 176(mm)
  • August — 85(mm)
  • September — 116(mm)

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