Cape Town is busy throughout the year. The low season getting smaller and smaller, as more and more visitors combine time in Cape Town with a few days on Safari or in Victoria Falls. The high season getting more and more popular as more people find out about the benefits of holidaying in Cape Town.
The most popular time to visit Cape Town is from November through January, although February and March offer the best weather. Keep in mind, however, that the shoulder months of October and April can be fabulous and uncrowded. Cape Winters ( May – August ) are notorious for cold, windy, rainy weather, but in reality these are miserable days interspersed with glorious sunny days that rival the best summer days in the United Kingdom. This season is known as secret season, during which really good deals can be had. As long as you stay for a week or more, you’re bound to have at least a few days of gorgeous weather.
Winter
May – September
Wines Estates release Sauvignon Blancs
Exceptional value for money – winter specials
Cape Town nice and quiet and an exceptionally enjoyable time to visit Cape Town. Enjoy cold days, exploring the western Cape. At night enjoy the Cape Dutch Architecture, snuggled up sipping Cabernet Sauvignon's and tasting some of Africa's best beef and game dishes.
Spring
September – October
The wild flowers of Namaqualand and the west coast are one of nature’s greatest spectacles, with bright spring blooms emerging in their millions from the seemingly barren semidesert. Several of the region’s towns hold major flower festivals.
The annual whale migration of southern right whales takes place along the coast from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town and beyond the West Coast. In Cape Town and Hermanus they come very close to the shore, giving land lubbers a great view of these graceful leviathans.
Summer
November – March
From November to March, Cape Town descends into becoming Party Central. Beautiful people, beautiful bodies and arguably the best location in the world. The Mother City Queer Project is the highlight of the social calendar for the less conservative of Cape Town’s residents. With a different theme every year, this costume party is attended by both straight and gay people and is really about as camp as a row of pink tents
Autumn
March – May
Winelands and the vineyards turn autumnal brown ! Listen out for the Cape Town Jazz Festival. Autumn is a great time to visit Cape Town as the number of visitors has dropped but the days are still hot and sunny, the southeaster drops in Autumn. In April the Two Oceans Marathon draws 8000 runners for perhaps the most scenic race in the world, a grueling 56 km course that circumnavigates part of the Cape Peninsula.
