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Cape Town

City in the Western Cape, South Africa.

In and around Cape Town

Weather by season

Dec–Feb27° / 16°33 mm(a good time to go)
Mar–May24° / 12°120 mm(a good time to go)
Jun–Aug18° / 8°262 mm(a good time to go)
Sep–Nov22° / 11°105 mm(a good time to go)

Average high / low (°C) and rain per season. Highlighted: the best months to go. Cape Town Airport station, 1991–2020 climate normals · Meteostat. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others. (CC BY 4.0).

About Cape Town

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's second-largest city by population, after Johannesburg, and the largest city in the Western Cape.

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Full Cape Town travel guide

Getting around, food, where to stay

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Photo credits (23)

Table Mountain: Matthiasmullie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Cape Town Stadium: Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Table Mountain National Park: Hilton Teper · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Castle of Good Hope: Martinvl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Lion's Head: Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden: Andrawaag · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Signal Hill: en:User:Zaian · Public domain · Commons
Devil's Peak: Warrickball · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Rhodes Memorial: Glassbottle at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Commons
Houses of Parliament, Cape Town: PhilippN · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Groote Schuur: Janek Szymanowski · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Two Oceans Aquarium: HelenOnline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
District Six Museum: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Company's Garden: Jorge Lascar · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Iziko South African Museum: Discott · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
St. George's Cathedral: Mike Hayes · Public domain · Commons
Auwal Mosque: LiebeB · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
BOS 400: Timothy Haig-Smith · CC BY 2.5 · Commons
South African National Gallery: PhilippN · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Artscape Theatre Centre: Adamina · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Groote Kerk: Ossewa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Palm Tree Mosque: Discott · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons