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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2025 at 90% full and ended it at 71%. They were lowest at 59% on 20 May 2025 and highest at 93% on 1 September 2025.
The 18th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 119% of average, and it was neither an El Niño nor a La Niña winter.
Winter rain is April to September in central Cape Town (Open-Meteo), against the average winter since 2000.
The average combined level in each month.
| Month | Average level |
|---|---|
| January | 85% |
| February | 77% |
| March | 68% |
| April | 63% |
| May | 60% |
| June | 65% |
| July | 81% |
| August | 90% |
| September | 92% |
| October | 90% |
| November | 84% |
| December | 75% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2025 | 2024 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 90% | 90% | 70% to 90% |
| 15 Jan | 85% | 85% | 64% to 87% |
| 1 Feb | 81% | 80% | 59% to 83% |
| 15 Feb | 77% | 76% | 57% to 80% |
| 1 Mar | 72% | 72% | 53% to 76% |
| 15 Mar | 68% | 70% | 50% to 73% |
| 1 Apr | 65% | 66% | 45% to 69% |
| 15 Apr | 63% | 65% | 42% to 66% |
| 1 May | 60% | 63% | 41% to 63% |
| 15 May | 60% | 61% | 42% to 63% |
| 1 Jun | 60% | 59% | 46% to 65% |
| 15 Jun | 65% | 66% | 49% to 75% |
| 1 Jul | 73% | 68% | 53% to 82% |
| 15 Jul | 83% | 94% | 55% to 87% |
| 1 Aug | 85% | 101% | 67% to 96% |
| 15 Aug | 90% | 104% | 71% to 100% |
| 1 Sep | 93% | 103% | 81% to 101% |
| 15 Sep | 92% | 101% | 82% to 101% |
| 1 Oct | 92% | 101% | 82% to 101% |
| 15 Oct | 91% | 100% | 81% to 100% |
| 1 Nov | 87% | 100% | 81% to 100% |
| 15 Nov | 84% | 99% | 78% to 99% |
| 1 Dec | 80% | 96% | 75% to 97% |
| 15 Dec | 75% | 94% | 73% to 95% |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).