Cape Town
Cape Town is in South Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean / Table Bay, at -33.9258 latitude, 18.4232 longitude. The nearest airport with scheduled airline service in the OurAirports snapshot is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), about 17.5 km away. Natural Earth's 10m ports layer names Cape Town about 2.2 km from these coordinates. Mean monthly air temperature in 2024 ranged from 11.9 °C to 22.0 °C (Open-Meteo archive). This page does not invent trip prices, licence rules or species lists; use the marketplace links to compare live listings, and check local regulations before you go.
| Country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | -33.9258, 18.4232 |
| Water body | Atlantic Ocean / Table Bay |
| Timezone | Africa/Johannesburg |
| Town population (GeoNames) | 4,772,846 |
| Nearest airport with scheduled flights | Cape Town International Airport (CPT), about 17.5 km away |
| Nearest named port in Natural Earth | Cape Town, about 2.2 km away — www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net |
| Place data source | GeoNames cities5000, geonameId 3369157 (Cape Town, ZA) |
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Monthly weather in 2024
Daily means from the Open-Meteo Historical Weather API, added up by calendar month for 2024. This is air temperature at the coordinates, not water temperature, and one year is not a climate normal.
| Month | Mean air temp | Total precipitation |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.0 °C | 4 mm |
| Feb | 21.3 °C | 12 mm |
| Mar | 19.8 °C | 26 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | 38 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | 23 mm |
| Jun | 14.4 °C | 74 mm |
| Jul | 11.9 °C | 315 mm |
| Aug | 12.1 °C | 139 mm |
| Sep | 13.6 °C | 26 mm |
| Oct | 17.6 °C | 11 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | 15 mm |
| Dec | 19.6 °C | 28 mm |
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Snapshot date: 2026-11-12. See methodology and sources.