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Best time to visit Cape Town

Based on 0 years of real historical weather data (2015–2026). Sunshine hours, rainfall, and temperature — week by week.

⭐ Best week

W13 · Mar 25–31

🌡 22.2°C avg☀️ 10.9h sun/day🌧 0.6mm/day

Weather score: 96/100

16.7°C

Avg summer temp

25.2°C

Avg winter temp

10.7h

Avg sunshine / day

1.6mm

Avg rainfall / day

Month-by-month weather

January90/100

🌡 25.8°C☀️ 13.4h🌧 Dry

February92/100

🌡 25.6°C☀️ 12.1h🌧 Dry

March96/100

🌡 23.9°C☀️ 11.1h🌧 Light showers

April96/100

🌡 22.5°C☀️ 9.9h🌧 Light showers

May88/100

🌡 19.4°C☀️ 8.8h🌧 Light showers

June72/100

🌡 17.0°C☀️ 7.8h🌧 Moderate rain

July75/100

🌡 16.4°C☀️ 8.6h🌧 Light showers

August80/100

🌡 16.8°C☀️ 9.2h🌧 Light showers

September85/100

🌡 18.0°C☀️ 10.0h🌧 Light showers

October95/100

🌡 21.0°C☀️ 11.8h🌧 Dry

November96/100

🌡 22.3°C☀️ 12.6h🌧 Dry

December92/100

🌡 24.1°C☀️ 13.2h🌧 Dry

All weeks ranked by weather score

Week	Dates	Avg temp	Range	Sun / day	Rain / day	Score
W13	Mar 25–31	22.2°C	13.1°–25.8°	10.9h	0.6mm	96
W15	Apr 8–14	23.1°C	12.8°–28.3°	10.1h	0.6mm	96
W46	Nov 11–17	22.5°C	12.7°–27.3°	12.5h	0.3mm	96
W14	Apr 1–7	23.2°C	13.4°–28.9°	10.5h	0.5mm	95
W43	Oct 21–27	21.9°C	12.1°–25.9°	12.2h	0.4mm	95
W45	Nov 4–10	21.8°C	12.4°–26.9°	12.4h	0.8mm	95
W11	Mar 11–17	24.0°C	14.2°–28.9°	11.5h	0.4mm	93
W44	Oct 28–Nov 3	22.6°C	12.0°–28.2°	12.0h	1.1mm	93
W48	Nov 25–Dec 1	23.0°C	14.0°–27.8°	13.0h	0.8mm	93
W7	Feb 12–18	24.9°C	15.3°–29.2°	12.3h	0.2mm	92
W8	Feb 19–25	25.4°C	15.0°–30.3°	12.0h	0.5mm	92
W42	Oct 14–20	21.0°C	11.1°–25.4°	12.0h	1.1mm	92
W51	Dec 16–22	24.1°C	14.9°–27.9°	13.3h	0.4mm	92
W52	Dec 23–29	24.4°C	15.2°–27.7°	13.5h	0.4mm	92
W12	Mar 18–24	24.3°C	13.8°–29.4°	11.2h	1.3mm	91
W41	Oct 7–13	20.3°C	10.7°–25.6°	11.4h	0.9mm	91
W47	Nov 18–24	22.0°C	13.4°–26.6°	12.3h	1.8mm	91
W49	Dec 2–8	24.4°C	13.6°–29.6°	12.9h	0.5mm	91
W1	Jan 1–7	25.4°C	16.2°–29.5°	13.6h	0.2mm	90
W4	Jan 22–28	25.3°C	15.6°–29.0°	13.1h	0.7mm	90
W16	Apr 15–21	22.5°C	11.8°–27.6°	9.5h	1.7mm	90
W5	Jan 29–Feb 4	25.6°C	16.3°–30.3°	12.7h	0.3mm	89
W9	Feb 26–Mar 3	25.6°C	15.1°–29.9°	11.2h	0.6mm	89
W17	Apr 22–28	21.3°C	11.9°–25.1°	9.6h	1.3mm	89
W50	Dec 9–15	23.6°C	14.6°–27.0°	13.1h	1.6mm	89
W2	Jan 8–14	26.0°C	16.3°–30.2°	13.4h	0.5mm	88
W18	Apr 29–May 5	20.7°C	11.3°–25.0°	9.4h	1.3mm	88
W40	Sep 30–Oct 6	19.3°C	9.6°–24.6°	11.2h	1.1mm	88
W6	Feb 5–11	26.4°C	16.3°–30.1°	12.3h	0.4mm	87
W10	Mar 4–10	24.9°C	14.3°–30.8°	10.7h	1.8mm	87
W3	Jan 15–21	26.6°C	16.4°–31.8°	13.4h	0.9mm	86
W19	May 6–12	19.8°C	10.4°–23.3°	9.2h	1.3mm	86
W37	Sep 9–15	17.9°C	8.2°–22.9°	10.1h	1.1mm	85
W39	Sep 23–29	18.5°C	9.1°–22.8°	10.8h	1.6mm	84
W20	May 13–19	19.8°C	9.1°–25.2°	9.0h	1.7mm	83
W38	Sep 16–22	18.2°C	9.3°–22.3°	9.8h	1.5mm	83
W31	Jul 29–Aug 4	16.9°C	7.5°–20.9°	9.4h	1.5mm	80
W21	May 20–26	18.3°C	10.0°–21.7°	8.3h	2.0mm	77
W36	Sep 2–8	17.4°C	8.5°–22.3°	9.4h	2.3mm	76
W27	Jul 1–7	16.5°C	7.7°–19.9°	8.2h	1.7mm	75
W32	Aug 5–11	16.7°C	7.2°–20.8°	9.2h	2.4mm	74
W35	Aug 26–Sep 1	17.3°C	8.0°–22.2°	9.2h	2.5mm	74
W30	Jul 22–28	16.7°C	6.9°–19.9°	8.9h	2.5mm	73
W22	May 27–Jun 2	18.2°C	9.3°–21.9°	8.0h	2.8mm	72
W25	Jun 17–23	16.7°C	7.9°–19.9°	8.3h	2.2mm	72
W34	Aug 19–25	16.8°C	7.9°–21.2°	9.4h	3.2mm	72
W33	Aug 12–18	16.3°C	8.0°–19.5°	8.8h	2.7mm	71
W23	Jun 3–9	18.6°C	8.0°–22.1°	7.6h	3.2mm	70
W28	Jul 8–14	16.9°C	7.2°–21.6°	8.7h	3.5mm	68
W29	Jul 15–21	15.6°C	6.6°–18.4°	8.6h	2.8mm	68
W26	Jun 24–30	16.3°C	8.1°–18.3°	8.2h	5.7mm	57
W24	Jun 10–16	16.3°C	7.6°–19.5°	7.2h	8.1mm	49

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