Weather in Western Cape

Calculated from weather data of Cape Town International Airport (FACT) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.4	28.1	26.0	27.0	26.3	25.6
February	26.7	27.1	26.1	27.0	25.6	26.8
March	24.9	25.6	24.0	25.6	24.6	24.8
April	23.1	22.8	21.3	22.8	23.8	23.1
May	20.5		18.8	20.3	19.8	20.8
June	18.5		16.3	21.1	19.8	19.0
July	17.8		16.8	17.8	17.1	18.5
August	17.4		19.0	17.1	17.5	16.6
September	19.2		17.6	18.8	19.3	18.3
October	22.2		23.3	22.3	22.1	21.0
November	23.3		24.6	23.6	22.6	22.6
December	24.8		25.3	25.1	24.5	24.5
Average	22.5	25.9	21.5	22.2	21.9	21.8

19th highest temperature of South Africa

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.9	18	17	17	17	17
February	17.0	17	17	17	17	17
March	15.6	16	16	16	16	15
April	12.8	14	12	13	14	12
May	10.6		11	10	11	11
June	9.2		10	9	10	10
July	7.6		7	8	7	8
August	7.9		9	8	8	7
September	9.8		9	10	10	9
October	12.2		13	13	12	12
November	14.1		15	15	15	14
December	16.0		17	17	16	16
Average	12.9	16.0	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.3

16th lowest temperature of South Africa

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	18	13	17	13	6
25 °C or warmer	58	74	87	81	75
20 °C or warmer	116	211	212	220	218
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.6	1	2	3	3	2
February	1.6	4	2	3	1	1
March	4.2	3	8	3	8	1
April	4.0	5	9	2	0	5
May	6.3		11	7	6	6
June	11.3		21	11	10	10
July	7.5		10	6	12	6
August	9.4		16	11	5	11
September	10.0		29	5	5	8
October	3.2		2	4	4	1
November	2.3		4	1	4	3
December	1.3		0	2	1	1
Average	4.6	2.8	9.5	4.7	4.5	4.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.1	23	24	23	26	26
February	23.9	21	26	22	28	24
March	21.4	20	21	23	22	21
April	18.8	21	17	20	20	17
May	16.1		18	16	16	14
June	17.8		23	15	17	16
July	17.0		18	17	16	16
August	18.4		20	20	17	19
September	21.0		25	19	22	18
October	21.1		20	22	22	21
November	23.2		21	22	24	24
December	24.7		27	24	24	23
Average	21.1	21.2	21.8	20.3	21.3	20.4

2nd highest wind speed of South Africa

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	S	S	SW	S	S
February	SW	S	SW	S	S
March	SW	SW	SW	SW	S
April	S	SW	S	S	SW
May		S	NW	NW	SW
June		NW	NW	NW	N
July		NW	NW	N	NW
August		NW	NW	W	NW
September		W	W	SW	SW
October		S	S	SW	S
November		SW	SW	S	SW
December		S	S	S	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Western Cape weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Western Cape?

The warmest month is February with an average temperature of 27 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Western Cape?

The coldest month is August with an average daytime temperature of 17 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Western Cape?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in June with a probability of around 11.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Western Cape?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in December. The probability is about 1.3 %.