Cape Town Information

Introducing Cape Town

The Cape of Good Hope is sometimes referred to as the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean.  However, according to the International Hydrographic Organization agreement that defines the ocean boundaries, the meeting point of the two great Oceans of the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean is at the Cape Agulhas. 

Cape Agulhas is situated about 200 km to the southeast of the Cape Peninsula in direction towards the Garden Route.The Cape Peninsula in the Western Province of South Africa is a generally rocky peninsula which stretches for 75 km into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. 

Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope are located at the southern end of the peninsula. On the northern end of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa is Table Mountain which overlooks the magnificent city of Cape Town. The Cape Peninsula was once an island.  About sixty million years ago it was joined to the mainland by the emergence from the sea of the sandy area now known as the Cape Flats. The towns and villages of the Cape Peninsula now form part of greater Cape Town.

Cape Town hotels are world renowned for their high levels of service so you can expect to have a pleasant stay while enjoying the fairest cape. 
   
Suburbs and areas which are part of the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province (South Africa)

The Cape Peninsula is made up of many suburbs and areas which include:

• Atlantic Seaboard: Bantry Bay, Camps Bay, Green Point, Hout Bay, Sea Point
• Blaauwberg: Bloubergstrand, Milnerton, Sunset Beach, Table View
• Cape Helderberg: Gordons Bay, Strand, Somerset West
• Cape Town City Bowl: Cape Town Central, De Waterkant, Gardens, Oranjezicht
• Cape Town North: Bellville, Durbanville, Plattekloof (Northern Suburbs)
• Constantia Valley: Bishopscourt, Constantia, Tokai
• False Bay: Fish Hoek, Kalk Bay, Muizenberg, Simons Town
• Southern Suburbs: Claremont, Kenilworth, Newlands

Attractions and places of interest in the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province (South Africa)

Many attractions and sightseeing places await the visitor when coming to Cape Town some of which are:

• Constantia Wine Route: Groot Constantia, Buitenverwachting and Klein Constantia
• Cape Town Coffee Route
• Cape Town Beaches: Camps Bay beach, Clifton beach, Hout Bay beach, Llandudno beach
• Robben Island
• Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
• Table Mountain / Table Mountain National Park
• Two Oceans Aquarium (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town)
• Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
• Cape Point
• Cape of Good Hope
• Chapman's Peak Drive

Unique activities which are available in the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province (South Africa)

The magnificent Cape Peninsula has many different activities to choose from:

• Swim with Penguins at Boulders Beach
• Open-top Bus Tour around Cape Town
• Helicopter Flip over Cape Town, to the Cape Winelands, around Table Mountain, around the Cape Peninsula
• Cape Town Craft Markets
• Cape Town Theatre
• Shark Cape Diving
• Abseiling
• Sky diving

Historical Weather Conditions

Cape Town, South Africa
Elevation: 42 meters      Latitude: 33 59S   Longitude: 018 36E 

 Average Temperature Years on Record: 21   
 YEAR  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  Jun.  Jul.  Aug.  Sep.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec. 
°C 17    21     21     20    17    15      13    12     13     14      16    18    20 
 

Average High Temperature Years on Record: 21   
   YEAR  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  Jun.  Jul.  Aug.  Sep.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec. 
°C 21      25    25      24     22    19      17    16    17    18      20     22    23 

  Average Low Temperature Years on Record: 21   
   YEAR  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  Jun.  Jul.  Aug.  Sep.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec. 
°C12       17    17      15    13     11       8      8       8       10    12     14    16

  Average Number of Days With Precipitation Years on Record: 19   
          YEAR  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  Jun.  Jul.  Aug.  Sep.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec. 
Days 112        6      5       6       9     12     13    14    13       11        9     7      7

  Average Number of Days Above 70F/21C Years on Record: 21   
     YEAR     Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  Jun.  Jul.  Aug.  Sep.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec. 
Days 189    29     27     27    19       9        5     4       4         6      12     20    27