Cape Town in numbers
Charts on Cape Town's crime, water, weather, property, energy and more. Every chart has a source.
53minutes Tue 16:00 · Highest
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The slowest time of the week is a weekday afternoon. The drive then takes more than twice as long as at a quiet hour.
Source: Cape Town Data (Google Maps drive-time sampling) · Light is low, dark is high: 14.9 to 53 minutes
70.3minutes 07:00 · Highest
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Early in the morning the drive into the city takes more than twice as long as at quiet times.
Source: Cape Town Data (Google Maps drive-time sampling) · The scale runs from zero to 100
47.2minutes 16:00 · Highest
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On weekdays the drive from the city to the airport is slowest in the late afternoon.
Source: Cape Town Data (Google Maps drive-time sampling) · The scale runs from zero to 60
95.1% ▲ +11.3 · +13.5 % · since 2013
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The score has risen at every audit, from 83.8% in 2013 to 95.1% in 2026, well clear of the global average of roughly 68%.
Source: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) · The scale runs from 80 to 100, not from zero
1,510deaths 2022/23 · Highest
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Deaths peaked at 1,510 in 2022/23, fell to 1,427 a year later, then rose 5.3% to 1,502 in 2024/25.
Source: Department of Transport and Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) · All bars start at zero
7.8million passengers Domestic · Highest
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About seven in ten of the airport's record 11.1 million passengers were on domestic flights.
Source: Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) · All bars start at zero
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