Cape Town, Cape Town International Airport
Weather station · 34.0°S 18.6°E · 42 m above sea level
ICAO FACTWMO 68816Station data since 1973
Record high
32.6°C
in 1984
Record low
1.6°C
in 1992
Average high
20.9°C
all years on record
18.3°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 14.3°C against 32.6°C in 1984. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
42.4°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 3 March 2015
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Cape Town, Cape Town International Airport, South Africa
- Position
- 33.98°S 18.60°E · 42 m
Highest highest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−4.6°C
- Date
- Friday, 21 July 2000
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Cape Town, Cape Town International Airport, South Africa
- Position
- 33.98°S 18.60°E · 42 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
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Cape Town, Cape Town International Airport · 14.3°C
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Records by month
Jan
41.3°
4.7°
Feb
37.4°
6.2°
Mar
42.4°
1.0°
Apr
37.4°
0.0°
May
33.7°
0.0°
Jun
30.9°
−0.4°
Jul
30.3°
−4.6°
Aug
31.5°
−0.2°
Sep
37.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 14.3°C | 06:00 UTC | 14.3°C | 06:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- CT-AWSSouth Africa0.5 km
- Capetown IntlZA2 km
- CAPE TOWN - PORTNETSouth Africa16.1 km
- MOLTENO RESERVIORSouth Africa18.2 km
- STRANDSouth Africa28.8 km
- ROBBEN ISLANDSouth Africa29.2 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1973 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |