South Africa

Cape Town

Few cities can follow a morning of galleries and markets with an afternoon on sand this glamorous.

Best forBeach
Approx. flying time~19h 45m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportCape Town (CPT)

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About this place

Clifton's four granite-boulder coves and Camps Bay's palm-lined sweep sit fifteen minutes from the centre, with the Twelve Apostles ridge glowing behind the sunbathers. The Atlantic side is famously icy — swimmers head round to Muizenberg on warmer False Bay. Summer, December to March, is beach season; book the Table Mountain cable car for late afternoon and watch the coast turn gold.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 16°C in July to 26°C in January. Driest October and December to February; wettest in July, with rain on about 11 days. The sea is warmest in February at around 16°C, coolest at 14°C.

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August16° · rain 10 days · sea 14°Cool with rain most weeks.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — October to April.

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Flights

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