Riding weather · South Africa
Cape Town motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Cape Town area are all year.
The driest months are January to March; the wettest is July, with about 91 mm of rain over 10 rain days.
Days are warmest in January (average high 26 °C) and nights coldest in July (average low 9 °C).
Month by month
Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula.
- JanGood26°/18°10 mm
- FebGood26°/18°6 mm
- MarGood24°/16°17 mm
- AprGood22°/14°22 mm
- MayGood20°/12°37 mm
- JunGood18°/10°91 mm
- JulGood16°/9°91 mm
- AugGood17°/9°57 mm
- SeptGood18°/11°35 mm
- OctGood21°/13°17 mm
- NovGood23°/15°19 mm
- DecGood24°/16°18 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
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| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Good | 26 °C 79 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 10 mm | 2 | |
| February | Good | 26 °C 79 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 6 mm | 2 | |
| March | Good | 24 °C 76 °F | 16 °C 62 °F | 17 mm | 4 | |
| April | Good | 22 °C 72 °F | 14 °C 57 °F | 22 mm | 4 | |
| May | Good | 20 °C 67 °F | 12 °C 54 °F | 37 mm | 6 | |
| June | Good | 18 °C 64 °F | 10 °C 51 °F | 91 mm | 11 | |
| July | Good | 16 °C 61 °F | 9 °C 49 °F | 91 mm | 10 | |
| August | Good | 17 °C 62 °F | 9 °C 49 °F | 57 mm | 9 | |
| September | Good | 18 °C 65 °F | 11 °C 51 °F | 35 mm | 6 | |
| October | Good | 21 °C 70 °F | 13 °C 55 °F | 17 mm | 4 | |
| November | Good | 23 °C 73 °F | 15 °C 58 °F | 19 mm | 4 | |
| December | Good | 24 °C 76 °F | 16 °C 61 °F | 18 mm | 4 |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Cape Town, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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