Cape Town in numbers
Charts on Cape Town's crime, water, weather, property, energy and more. Every chart has a source.
43mm Wed 21 Oct · Highest
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Most of the rain in these two weeks fell on just a few days. The other days were dry.
Source: South African Weather Service · The scale runs from zero to 60
34mm Heidelberg - Kruisrivier Ars · Highest
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These ten weather stations had the wettest single days this week. Each bar shows one day of rain, not the whole week.
Source: South African Weather Service · All bars start at zero
27°C February · Highest
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February is warmest at 27°C and July coolest at 17°C. That is only a ten-degree difference across the year.
Source: South African Weather Service · The scale runs from 15 to 30, not from zero
95mm June · Highest
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Almost four fifths of the year’s rain falls between April and September. Summer visits are usually dry.
Source: South African Weather Service · All bars start at zero
27.6mm Paarl · Highest
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The airport’s record-low 14.4 mm was not a one-off. Malmesbury had only 3.2 mm, and even Paarl, the wettest of the five, had just 27.6 mm.
Source: South African Weather Service · All bars start at zero
162mm Plett Bay Newlands · Highest
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Plett Bay Newlands (162 mm), Knysna Kleingrysbos (161 mm) and George Witfontein (137 mm) each recorded more than Cape Town's May average of about 136 mm.
Source: South African Weather Service (SAWS) · All bars start at zero
69mm Ceres AWS · Highest
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Ceres AWS measured the most at 69 mm, Kirstenbosch recorded 52 mm and Cape Town WO 24 mm.
Source: South African Weather Service (SAWS) · All bars start at zero
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