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When to go to Cape Town
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What the averages say
On these averages, Cape Town has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in October to May.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in October to April.
- The warmest month is February (22°C) and the coolest August (16°C). The wettest is June (91 mm) and the driest February (9 mm); about 489 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCool
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Cape Town
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 18°C | 14 mm | 78% | 25% | 8.4 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 22°C | 19°C | 9 mm | 79% | 25% | 7.5 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 21°C | 18°C | 17 mm | 79% | 26% | 6.1 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 19°C | 16°C | 37 mm | 80% | 32% | 4.5 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 18°C | 15°C | 51 mm | 81% | 41% | 3.1 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 16°C | 14°C | 91 mm | 79% | 41% | 2.6 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 16°C | 13°C | 81 mm | 80% | 38% | 2.9 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 16°C | 13°C | 76 mm | 79% | 41% | 3.7 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 17°C | 14°C | 40 mm | 79% | 40% | 5 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 18°C | 15°C | 31 mm | 79% | 35% | 6.6 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 19°C | 16°C | 30 mm | 78% | 32% | 7.9 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 21°C | 17°C | 12 mm | 78% | 27% | 8.5 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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