Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is February, averaging a high of 29°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 6°C.
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's second-largest city by population, after Johannesburg, and the largest city in the Western Cape. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-10-15. Each reading placed on Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Percentiles marked * are pending verification.
Notable weather in Cape Town
From 2015 to 2018 a severe drought pushed Cape Town toward 'Day Zero', the day municipal taps would be shut off, narrowly averted through drastic water conservation. Read more →
Cape Town average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is June (5 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 16°C | 0 mm |
| February | 29°C | 16°C | 0 mm |
| March | 27°C | 15°C | 0 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 3 mm |
| May | 21°C | 10°C | 3 mm |
| June | 17°C | 7°C | 5 mm |
| July | 17°C | 6°C | 3 mm |
| August | 17°C | 6°C | 3 mm |
| September | 19°C | 8°C | 3 mm |
| October | 22°C | 11°C | 0 mm |
| November | 24°C | 13°C | 3 mm |
| December | 27°C | 15°C | 0 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 41°C on 2015-03-03
- Coldest day on record: -2°C on 1988-06-17
Percentiles compare each day to Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →