Worst time to visit Cape Town
Some months in Cape Town are clearly tougher for travel — extreme heat, cold, drenching rain, or peak storm season. Here's what to skip.
Cape Town doesn't have any clearly "bad" months
The climate stays reasonably comfortable year-round — no extreme heat, cold, rain, or storm season is recorded in our data. Worth visiting any time of year. The hottest month (February) peaks at 27°C / 81°F; the coldest (July) drops to 7°C overnight — nothing extreme either way.
Better times to go
Better months: January (26°C, 4 rain days) · February (27°C, 4 rain days) · March (25°C, 5 rain days) · April (23°C, 8 rain days) · May (20°C, 10 rain days) · June (18°C, 11 rain days) · August (18°C, 11 rain days) · September (19°C, 8 rain days) · October (21°C, 7 rain days) · November (24°C, 5 rain days) · December (25°C, 4 rain days)
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