Cities / South Africa / Western Cape

15°

☁️ Cape Town weather

Overcast. No rain expected in the next few hours.

Feels like 14° Wind 6 km/h E Humidity 74% UV 0 Air Poor ☀ 07:25 - 18:16

Right now it is 15° in Cape Town with overcast skies and today's high is 16° with an overnight low of 12°. The sun rises at 07:25 and sets at 18:16, giving 10h 51m of daylight. Over the coming week highs range from 15° to 17° - a steady stretch with little day-to-day change.

Cape Town is in Western Cape, South Africa, sitting 25 m above sea level, with a population of about 4.8 million. Local time is Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2), and every time on this page is shown in it.

Next 24 hours - temperature

13° 15° 17° 15° 13° 23:00 · 14.9° · 0 mm 00:00 · 14.8° · 0 mm 01:00 · 14.4° · 0 mm 02:00 · 14.3° · 0 mm 03:00 · 14.2° · 0 mm 04:00 · 14.1° · 0 mm 05:00 · 13.9° · 0 mm 06:00 · 14° · 0 mm 07:00 · 13.9° · 0 mm 08:00 · 13.5° · 0 mm 09:00 · 13.2° · 0 mm 10:00 · 13.4° · 0 mm 11:00 · 14° · 0 mm 12:00 · 14.2° · 0 mm 13:00 · 13.9° · 0 mm 14:00 · 13.6° · 0 mm 15:00 · 13.7° · 0 mm 16:00 · 13.8° · 0 mm 17:00 · 14° · 0 mm 18:00 · 14.1° · 0 mm 19:00 · 14.2° · 0 mm 20:00 · 14.3° · 0 mm 21:00 · 14.3° · 0 mm 22:00 · 14.2° · 0 mm

Precipitation

23:00 · 0 mm 23:00 00:00 · 0 mm 01:00 · 0 mm 02:00 · 0 mm 02:00 03:00 · 0 mm 04:00 · 0 mm 05:00 · 0 mm 05:00 06:00 · 0 mm 07:00 · 0 mm 08:00 · 0 mm 08:00 09:00 · 0 mm 10:00 · 0 mm 11:00 · 0 mm 11:00 12:00 · 0 mm 13:00 · 0 mm 14:00 · 0 mm 14:00 15:00 · 0 mm 16:00 · 0 mm 17:00 · 0 mm 17:00 18:00 · 0 mm 19:00 · 0 mm 20:00 · 0 mm 20:00 21:00 · 0 mm 22:00 · 0 mm

Hour by hour

TIMETEMPFEELSRAINCONDITIONS
23:00 ☁️ 14.9° 14° - Overcast
00:00 ☁️ 14.8° 13.3° - Overcast
01:00 ☁️ 14.4° 13.3° - Overcast
02:00 ☁️ 14.3° 12.9° - Overcast
03:00 ☁️ 14.2° 12.9° - Overcast
04:00 ☁️ 14.1° 12.8° - Overcast
05:00 ☁️ 13.9° 13.2° - Overcast
06:00 ☁️ 14° 12.5° - Overcast
07:00 ☁️ 13.9° 12.1° - Overcast
08:00 ☁️ 13.5° 10.9° - Overcast
09:00 ☁️ 13.2° 10.5° - Overcast
10:00 ☁️ 13.4° 10.7° - Overcast

Next 16 days

Today☁️ 16°12° Sun 16☁️ 15°13° Mon 17☁️ 15°13° Tue 18☁️ 16°14° Wed 19☁️ 17°13° Thu 20☁️ 17°13° Fri 21☀️ 16°13° Sat 22🌦️ 15°12°0.9mm Sun 23☀️ 17°12° Mon 24☀️ 18°12° Tue 25☁️ 22°15° Wed 26☁️ 15°13° Thu 27☁️ 15°13° Fri 28☁️ 15°13° Sat 29☁️ 16°12° Sun 30☀️ 14°12°0.3mm
☁️ TodayAugust 15th Avg 14° Low 12° at 04:00 High 16° at 19:00 Wind ~13 km/h
Clear Cloudy
00:00 13°
02:00 13°
04:00 12°
06:00 12°
08:00 13°
10:00 14°
12:00 15°
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18:00 15°
20:00 16°
22:00 15°
☁️ SundayAugust 16th Avg 14° Low 13° at 09:00 High 15° at 00:00 Feels 13° Wind ~15 km/h
Cloudy
00:00 15°
02:00 14°
04:00 14°
06:00 14°
08:00 14°
10:00 13°
12:00 14°
14:00 14°
16:00 14°
18:00 14°
20:00 14°
22:00 14°
☁️ MondayAugust 17th Avg 14° Low 13° at 08:00 High 15° at 19:00 Wind ~13 km/h
Cloudy
00:00 14°
02:00 14°
04:00 14°
06:00 13°
08:00 13°
10:00 14°
12:00 14°
14:00 14°
16:00 15°
18:00 15°
20:00 15°
22:00 15°
☁️ TuesdayAugust 18th Avg 15° Low 14° at 23:00 High 16° at 14:00 Feels 14° Wind ~21 km/h
Cloudy
00:00 15°
02:00 15°
04:00 14°
06:00 14°
08:00 14°
10:00 15°
12:00 16°
14:00 16°
16:00 16°
18:00 15°
20:00 14°
22:00 14°
☁️ WednesdayAugust 19th Avg 14° Low 13° at 05:00 High 17° at 14:00 Feels 15° Wind ~15 km/h
Cloudy Cloudy
00:00 13°
02:00 13°
04:00 13°
06:00 13°
08:00 13°
10:00 14°
12:00 16°
14:00 17°
16:00 17°
18:00 15°
20:00 14°
22:00 14°
☁️ ThursdayAugust 20th Avg 14° Low 13° at 07:00 High 17° at 14:00 Feels 14° Wind ~18 km/h
Cloudy Clear Cloudy
00:00 13°
02:00 13°
04:00 13°
06:00 13°
08:00 13°
10:00 15°
12:00 16°
14:00 17°
16:00 17°
18:00 15°
20:00 14°
22:00 14°
☀️ FridayAugust 21st Avg 14° Low 13° at 07:00 High 16° at 12:00 Wind ~18 km/h
Cloudy Clear
00:00 13°
02:00 13°
04:00 13°
06:00 13°
08:00 13°
10:00 15°
12:00 16°
14:00 15°
16:00 15°
18:00 14°
20:00 14°
22:00 14°
🌦️ SaturdayAugust 22nd Avg 14° Low 12° at 06:00 High 15° at 17:00 0.9 mm rain Feels 13° Wind ~20 km/h
Clear Rain Clear
00:00 14°
02:00 14°
04:00 13°
06:00 12° 0.1mm
08:00 13° 0.1mm
10:00 13° 0.1mm
12:00 14° 0.1mm
14:00 14° 0.1mm
16:00 15°
18:00 15°
20:00 14°
22:00 14°
☀️ SundayAugust 23rd Avg 14° Low 12° at 07:00 High 17° at 14:00 Feels 14° Wind ~16 km/h
Clear
00:00 14°
02:00 13°
04:00 13°
06:00 13°
08:00 13°
10:00 14°
12:00 16°
14:00 17°
16:00 16°
18:00 15°
20:00 14°
22:00 14°
☀️ MondayAugust 24th Avg 15° Low 12° at 07:00 High 18° at 14:00 Feels 16° Wind ~19 km/h
Clear
00:00 13°
02:00 13°
04:00 13°
06:00 12°
08:00 12°
10:00 14°
12:00 17°
14:00 18°
16:00 17°
18:00 16°
20:00 15°
22:00 15°
☁️ TuesdayAugust 25th Avg 18° Low 15° at 00:00 High 22° at 17:00 Wind ~14 km/h
Clear Cloudy Partly Cloudy
00:00 15°
02:00 16°
04:00 16°
06:00 16°
08:00 16°
10:00 18°
12:00 19°
14:00 19°
16:00 21°
18:00 21°
20:00 19°
22:00 16°
☁️ WednesdayAugust 26th Avg 14° Low 13° at 06:00 High 15° at 00:00 Feels 13° Wind ~20 km/h
Clear Cloudy
00:00 15°
02:00 15°
04:00 13°
06:00 13°
08:00 13°
10:00 14°
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☁️ ThursdayAugust 27th Avg 14° Low 13° at 03:00 High 15° at 14:00 Wind ~17 km/h
Cloudy
00:00 14°
02:00 13°
04:00 13°
06:00 13°
08:00 13°
10:00 14°
12:00 15°
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18:00 14°
20:00 14°
22:00 13°
☁️ FridayAugust 28th Avg 14° Low 13° at 07:00 High 15° at 14:00 Feels 12° Wind ~24 km/h
Clear Cloudy
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02:00 13°
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10:00 14°
12:00 15°
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18:00 14°
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22:00 13°
☁️ SaturdayAugust 29th Avg 14° Low 12° at 04:00 High 16° at 14:00 Wind ~15 km/h
Cloudy
00:00 13°
02:00 13°
04:00 12°
06:00 12°
08:00 13°
10:00 14°
12:00 15°
14:00 16°
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18:00 15°
20:00 15°
22:00 14°
☀️ SundayAugust 30th Avg 13° Low 12° at 05:00 High 14° at 12:00 0.3 mm rain Feels 12° Wind ~20 km/h
Clear Cloudy Rain Clear
00:00 13°
02:00 13°
04:00 12°
06:00 12°
08:00 13°
10:00 14° 0.1mm
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22:00 13°

Sun

☀️ Sunrise 07:25 · Sunset 18:16

10h 51m of daylight · Africa/Johannesburg

Air quality

PM2.5 65 µg/m³ - Poor

Consider shortening hard exercise outdoors, and keep the windows shut if it is worse outside than in.

Source: Copernicus CAMS, updated hourly.

Nearby

Schotschekloof · 0.8 km Bo-Kaap · 0.9 km Malay Quarter · 0.9 km De Waterkant · 1.3 km Gardens · 1.3 km Roggebaai · 1.4 km

Tools for Cape Town

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Common questions about Cape Town weather

Will it rain in Cape Town today?

No rain is in the forecast for Cape Town today.

What is the temperature in Cape Town right now?

It is 15° in Cape Town right now. Today runs between a low of 12° and a high of 16°.

What time is sunrise and sunset in Cape Town?

The sun rises at 07:25 and sets at 18:16 local time in Cape Town today, giving 10h 51m of daylight.

What is the air quality in Cape Town?

PM2.5 in Cape Town is currently 65 µg/m³, which counts as Poor on the European air-quality index. Consider shortening hard exercise outdoors, and keep the windows shut if it is worse outside than in.

How accurate is the Cape Town forecast, and how far ahead does it go?

This page shows 16 days ahead, refreshed every hour. It blends ECMWF, NOAA GFS and whichever national high-resolution model covers Cape Town best. The first three days are the dependable part - day one is usually within a degree or two - and accuracy falls off steadily after day five, so read the far end as a trend rather than a plan. We publish our measured error against real station observations on the accuracy page.

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