Cape Town water use
How much water the city uses each day, week by week since August 2018, from the City's weekly water dashboard.
How much water the city uses each day, week by week since August 2018, from the City's weekly water dashboard.
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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>Cape Town is using 4% less than this time last year. Well done.
Down on last weekUse fell last week. Keep it going: it all adds up in the dams.
About 135 litres per person a day, by the City's estimate.
Week of 3 Aug 2026. This is the latest week on record, 3 months old. Newer weeks are added as the City publishes them. Source: City of Cape Town weekly water dashboard.
| Year | Ml a day | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 (from August) | 554 | 18 |
| 2019 | 592 | 31 |
| 2020 | 699 | 48 |
| 2021 | 766 | 52 |
| 2022 | 836 | 52 |
| 2023 | 871 | 51 |
| 2024 | 899 | 53 |
| 2025 | 891 | 40 |
| 2026 (so far) | 938 | 31 |
Averages of the weeks on record. 2018 starts in August, after the worst of the drought, while restrictions were still in place. Use includes water the City supplies to Stellenbosch and Drakenstein.