Best time to visit Cape Town
Our pick for sun: January to April, October to December.
The best months
- SunJanuary to April, October to December
- CityJanuary to May, September to December
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 91/100 | Good, 68/100 | Best avoided, 33/100 | Best avoided, 29/100 | Best avoided, 31/100 | Fair, 53/100 | Ideal, 84/100 | Ideal, 92/100 | Ideal, 97/100 |
| City | Ideal, 90/100 | Ideal, 89/100 | Ideal, 92/100 | Ideal, 91/100 | Ideal, 83/100 | Good, 74/100 | Good, 76/100 | Good, 74/100 | Ideal, 83/100 | Ideal, 91/100 | Ideal, 91/100 | Ideal, 91/100 |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Sea | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°C | 16°C | 18°C | 20 mm |
| February | 29°C | 17°C | 18°C | 17 mm |
| March | 27°C | 15°C | 17°C | 20 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 16°C | 53 mm |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 15°C | 85 mm |
| June | 17°C | 7°C | 15°C | 127 mm |
| July | 17°C | 6°C | 15°C | 112 mm |
| August | 17°C | 7°C | 15°C | 96 mm |
| September | 19°C | 8°C | 15°C | 65 mm |
| October | 22°C | 11°C | 15°C | 43 mm |
| November | 24°C | 13°C | 16°C | 40 mm |
| December | 27°C | 15°C | 17°C | 24 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 15 h 45 min
- From YYZ : about 16 h 10 min
- From YVR : about 20 h 05 min
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
- NOAA OISST v2.1
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).