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Cape Town in November

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Cape Town is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Cape Town is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 18% of days
Daylight
13h 56mon average

Is November a good time to visit Cape Town?

A good month, just outside Cape Town's best months, which run from December to March.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in November, against 65°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in November, against 18°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

18% of days in November, against 10% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in November, against 16% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

13h 56m in November, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with November shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. October71°22°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. November75°24°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. December79°26°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Cape Town sits, in November

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
5:35 AMsets 7:27 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Franschhoek64 km east

The land around Cape Town, shaded by its typical high in November, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in November

high · low · wet days
See November on the planning mapThe whole year in Cape Town

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north-east of Cape Town. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.