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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>Rain in central Cape Town each month, on average from 2000 to 2026, and in 2026 so far.
June is usually the wettest month, with about 98 mm. February is the driest, with about 11 mm.
About 78% of a year's rain falls from April to September, the season that fills the dams.
| Month | Average | This year (2026) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 14 mm | 6 mm |
| February | 11 mm | 21 mm |
| March | 20 mm | 13 mm |
| April | 40 mm | 100 mm |
| May | 64 mm | 138 mm |
| June | 98 mm | 81 mm |
| July | 91 mm | 24 mm |
| August | 82 mm | 29 mm |
| September | 44 mm | 54 mm |
| October | 31 mm | 44 mm |
| November | 26 mm | 3 mm (so far) |
| December | 18 mm | - |
Source: Open-Meteo, central Cape Town. Most dam water falls in the mountain catchments, so city rain is a guide.
Most of the dams' water falls in the mountain catchments east of the city, where winters are wetter, so city rain is a guide to the season rather than a measure of what reaches the dams.
Winter rain and dam levels, year by year