Western Cape, South Africa · population 3,433,441 · 56 weather stations within 200 km · records 1819 to 2025
Cape Town has an average annual daytime high of 21.2°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline. Its warmest month is February, when highs typically reach 24.7°C, and its coldest is July, with overnight lows near 9.3°C.
These figures reflect annual averages, not single-day records. Daily observations are outside this dataset's precision.
Since 1900, Cape Town's average temperature has risen by +1.4°C. Compared to the earliest station records that begin in 1819, warming totals +1.6°C.
20-year smoothed annual temperature reconstructed from station anomalies. Dashed line: 1951–1980 baseline.
Daytime highs sit within a comfortable 15°C to 26°C range.
Cape Town's average annual daytime high is 21.2°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline period. The warmest month is February, with highs averaging 24.7°C, and the coldest is July, with lows averaging 9.3°C.
February is the warmest month in Cape Town, with typical daytime highs of 24.7°C.
2025 is the hottest year on record for Cape Town, running +1.4°C above the 1951 to 1980 baseline.
Yes. Since 1900, Cape Town has warmed by roughly +1.4°C.
January to December typically offers the most comfortable daytime highs, in the 15°C to 26°C range.
Baseline period 1951 to 1980. Monthly averages are the mean of station observations weighted by proximity. Warming trend is the 20-year smoothed anomaly against that baseline.