How does the temperature now compare to temperatures over the past half century?

Is today abnormally warm or cold? How does it compare to the same date in previous years? Or the past week's temperature? Or the past month or past year?

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Fifty years of temperature history made visible

Compare any period with previous years

Each bar represents a year. Choose to see today's temperature, the past week, month, or year compared with the same period in every year going back 50 years. Red bars are among the warmest years on record, blue are among the coolest.

See how it compares with the historical average

A vertical line marks the historical average temperature for the period you're viewing. At a glance you can tell whether this year is above or below what's typical for the time of year — and by how much.

Spot long-term trends

A trend line across five decades shows whether there's a warming or a cooling trend, or no real trend at all. In the stats below each chart you can see how certain the trend is.

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Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Cape Town’s climate

Photo by Hilton1949 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Western Cape, South Africa · 33.92°S, 18.42°E · Africa/Johannesburg

Cape Town has a Mediterranean climate, with warm, sunny summers and cool winters. Seasons are reversed from the northern hemisphere: in December to February highs reach about 26°C and lows 16°C, while in July highs are around 18°C and lows near 8°C.

The sea on the Atlantic coast, about 13°C, is much colder than in False Bay, about 17°C. Frost is almost unknown.

Switch between daily, weekly, monthly and yearly views to compare a single date, a rolling week or month, or a full year. Dates are resolved in Cape Town's own timezone (Africa/Johannesburg), not yours.