South Africa

Cape Town in February

Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast

February weather in Cape Town

February in Cape Town averages daily highs of 27°C and lows of 17°C, with 13 hours of sunshine a day and rain on about 2 of 28 days.

Daily high
27°C average
Overnight low
17°C average
Rain days
2 of 28 days with at least 1 mm (6% rain-day chance)
Sunshine
13 hours a day
Daylight
13 hours calculated day length

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Cape Town in February

February in Cape Town: average highs of 27°C, lows of 17°C and 13 hours of sunshine a day. A starting point for planning around the historical weather.

February in Cape Town, South Africa, brings average daily highs of 27°C and overnight lows of 17°C in the 2016–2025 historical record. Light clothing is a useful starting point, with room in the plan to pause indoors. Decide how much walking to fit into each day using the local forecast, rather than treating the monthly average as a limit.

In the record, at least 1 mm of rain or snow falls on 2 of 28 days on average, a daily chance of 6%. Rain has been relatively infrequent in this record, which leaves more scope for an outdoor plan. Still keep an alternative for a wet day: a low monthly average cannot tell you when the rain will arrive.

The calculated day length, sunrise to sunset, averages about 13 hours. Sunshine averages 13 hours a day. Use the daylight window to plan the length of excursions, and check local sunrise and sunset times for the dates of your stay. Sunshine is a separate measure, and those hours need not arrive in one uninterrupted stretch.

For nature trips or walks, keep the longest outings movable and check route conditions locally; a monthly climate average cannot establish whether a particular path is accessible. If the coast is part of your plan, check water conditions separately. Air temperature and sunshine do not establish swimming conditions, surf quality or diving visibility.

March has an average daily high of 25°C, 2°C lower than February. Its historical rain-day chance is 12%, compared with 6% this month. If your dates are flexible, compare those trade-offs with the kind of days you want. Neither set of averages predicts the conditions of one particular holiday.

Sources

Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
  • Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
  • Averages of every day in February, on local days. Every year is weighted equally.
  • A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. Daylight is calculated from latitude, sunrise to sunset; sunshine hours are separate.