Cape Town - Know the best time to visit it

Best time to visit
Cape Town

advice you can trust

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Cape Town -
The best and worst
times to visit

Insights you need to know

Best times

November to March

This is Cape Town's summer season. The weather is usually warm and sunny, making it ideal for four of Cape Town's popular pastimes: beaching, hiking, sightseeing, and outdoor partying.

If you want to avoid peak tourist crowds, skip mid December to late February.

Least desirable times

May to August

This is the rainy and chilly season. And your daylight sightseeing hours will be short.

Climate

Cape Town has sort of an upper Mediterranean coast climate. But because it is in the Southern Hemisphere, the seasons are reversed. For example, when it's winter in the French Riviera, it's summer in Cape Town.