South Africa

Cape Town

Historical averages for a representative grid point, not a forecast for a particular holiday.

Monthly temperaturesJanuary 1991–December 2020; representative point near Cape Town
Mean temperatureAverage daily high
Monthly mean temperature and average daily high for Cape TownA line chart showing each metric from January to December in degrees Celsius. The detailed data table follows.10°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: mean 20.0 °CJanuary: average daily high 25.5 °CFebruary: mean 20.3 °CFebruary: average daily high 26.2 °CMarch: mean 19.4 °CMarch: average daily high 25.2 °CApril: mean 17.7 °CApril: average daily high 24.0 °CMay: mean 16.5 °CMay: average daily high 21.8 °CJune: mean 15.1 °CJune: average daily high 19.4 °CJuly: mean 14.3 °CJuly: average daily high 18.6 °CAugust: mean 14.3 °CAugust: average daily high 19.0 °CSeptember: mean 14.9 °CSeptember: average daily high 20.9 °COctober: mean 16.2 °COctober: average daily high 22.6 °CNovember: mean 17.4 °CNovember: average daily high 23.6 °CDecember: mean 19.1 °CDecember: average daily high 24.6 °C

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January 1991–December 2020 historical climate averages
MonthMean temperatureAverage daily highRainfallSolar radiation
January20.0 °C25.5 °C12 mm/month8.4 kWh/m²/day
February20.3 °C26.2 °C10 mm/month7.5 kWh/m²/day
March19.4 °C25.2 °C16 mm/month6.1 kWh/m²/day
April17.7 °C24.0 °C37 mm/month4.5 kWh/m²/day
May16.5 °C21.8 °C49 mm/month3.1 kWh/m²/day
June15.1 °C19.4 °C83 mm/month2.6 kWh/m²/day
July14.3 °C18.6 °C75 mm/month2.9 kWh/m²/day
August14.3 °C19.0 °C66 mm/month3.7 kWh/m²/day
September14.9 °C20.9 °C39 mm/month5.1 kWh/m²/day
October16.2 °C22.6 °C30 mm/month6.6 kWh/m²/day
November17.4 °C23.6 °C27 mm/month7.8 kWh/m²/day
December19.1 °C24.6 °C13 mm/month8.4 kWh/m²/day

Representative location

Requested coordinates: -33.9249°, 18.4241°. NASA POWER returned a point at -33.925°, 18.424° and 18.82 m elevation.

Climate conditions can differ across a city, island, or wider region because of elevation, coastlines, exposure, and local weather patterns.

Data notes

Source: NASA POWER, January 1991–December 2020. Mean temperature and average daily high are both 2-metre air-temperature climatologies. Solar radiation is not sunshine duration; rainfall is an estimated monthly amount, not a number of rainy days.

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