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.
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)
Monthly averages, 10-day forecast, and the best months to visit.