Best Month to Visit Cape Town
Editor's seasonal guidance
Best: Summer (November-March)
Mediterranean with dry summers and wet winters
Cape Town has a Mediterranean climate with warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. The famous Cape Doctor wind blows in summer. Table Mountain can create its own weather, often covered in cloud.
- Typically sunnier
- December, January, February
- Typically wetter
- June, July, August
Qualitative editorial guidance, not measured climate normals. This site does not currently publish monthly temperature or rainfall averages because it has no verified climate dataset.
Daylight through the year in Cape Town
Daylight, midday sun angle and golden-hour length calculated for Cape Town's own coordinates (33.92° S, 18.42° E) on the 15th of each month. These are solar geometry, not climate averages.
| Month | Daylight | Sun at solar noon | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 h 12 min | 77° | 53 min |
| February | 13 h 24 min | 69° | 50 min |
| March | 12 h 24 min | 59° | 48 min |
| April | 11 h 18 min | 47° | 49 min |
| May | 10 h 24 min | 37° | 53 min |
| June | 9 h 54 min | 33° | 55 min |
| July | 10 h 6 min | 35° | 54 min |
| August | 10 h 54 min | 42° | 51 min |
| September | 11 h 54 min | 54° | 48 min |
| October | 13 h 0 min | 66° | 49 min |
| November | 13 h 54 min | 75° | 52 min |
| December | 14 h 24 min | 79° | 55 min |
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