Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Town weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Cape Town: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atlantis (40 km away). In November its highs average 23.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Cape Town, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Cape Town ranks 92nd of 95 for the warmest November highs and 3rd of 95 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 95 cities is 25.8°C; Cape Town is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cape Town climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 15 | 2.8 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 14 | 3.0 | 13.313 h |
| March | 24.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 16 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 43 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 8.4 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 108 | 11.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 16.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 98 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 87 | 10.3 | 10.911 h |
| September | 17.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 51 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.913 h |
| November, selected | 22.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 30 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 17 | 3.6 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Atlantis in NovemberSouth Africa · 40 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Somerset West in NovemberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in NovemberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Paarl in NovemberSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in NovemberSouth Africa · 100 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in NovemberSouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in NovemberSouth Africa · 351 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 48 mm rain
- George in NovemberSouth Africa · 373 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 70 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cape Town) is explained once on the Cape Town year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.