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Cape Town vs San Francisco Climate

66%match

Cape Town and San Francisco are a 66% climate match. Compared with Cape Town, San Francisco has a third of the summer rain, less sun and 6°F (3°C) cooler summer days.

Cape Town gets 23 in (592 mm) of rain a year and San Francisco 32 in (815 mm). Cape Town's warmest month is February, at 78°F (26°C); San Francisco's is September, at 74°F (23°C).

San Francisco is in the Northern Hemisphere, so its seasons are flipped: Cape Town's July is most like San Francisco's January.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJFMAMJJASOND
Cape Town
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJFMAMJJASOND
San Francisco

Climate fingerprints: ring color = average temperature, thickness = rain. January at the top.

Month by month

Highs and lows (°F)

Cape TownSan Francisco (6 months later)solid = high, dashed = low

40°60°80°JFMAMJJASONDCape Town Jan: 78°Cape Town Feb: 78°Cape Town Mar: 76°Cape Town Apr: 72°Cape Town May: 68°Cape Town Jun: 64°Cape Town Jul: 63°Cape Town Aug: 64°Cape Town Sep: 66°Cape Town Oct: 70°Cape Town Nov: 73°Cape Town Dec: 76°Cape Town Jan: 61°Cape Town Feb: 61°Cape Town Mar: 59°Cape Town Apr: 55°Cape Town May: 52°Cape Town Jun: 49°Cape Town Jul: 48°Cape Town Aug: 48°Cape Town Sep: 51°Cape Town Oct: 54°Cape Town Nov: 56°Cape Town Dec: 59°San Francisco (6 months later) Jan: 71°San Francisco (6 months later) Feb: 72°San Francisco (6 months later) Mar: 74°San Francisco (6 months later) Apr: 72°San Francisco (6 months later) May: 65°San Francisco (6 months later) Jun: 59°San Francisco (6 months later) Jul: 58°San Francisco (6 months later) Aug: 61°San Francisco (6 months later) Sep: 63°San Francisco (6 months later) Oct: 66°San Francisco (6 months later) Nov: 68°San Francisco (6 months later) Dec: 71°San Francisco (6 months later) Jan: 53°San Francisco (6 months later) Feb: 54°San Francisco (6 months later) Mar: 54°San Francisco (6 months later) Apr: 52°San Francisco (6 months later) May: 48°San Francisco (6 months later) Jun: 45°San Francisco (6 months later) Jul: 44°San Francisco (6 months later) Aug: 46°San Francisco (6 months later) Sep: 47°San Francisco (6 months later) Oct: 48°San Francisco (6 months later) Nov: 50°San Francisco (6 months later) Dec: 52°

Rain (in per month)

Cape TownSan Francisco (6 months later)

02.557.5JFMAMJJASONDCape Town Jan: 0.7Cape Town Feb: 0.6Cape Town Mar: 0.7Cape Town Apr: 1.8Cape Town May: 3.1Cape Town Jun: 4.0Cape Town Jul: 3.8Cape Town Aug: 3.8Cape Town Sep: 2.0Cape Town Oct: 1.3Cape Town Nov: 1.1Cape Town Dec: 0.6San Francisco (6 months later) Jan: 0.1San Francisco (6 months later) Feb: 0.1San Francisco (6 months later) Mar: 0.2San Francisco (6 months later) Apr: 1.6San Francisco (6 months later) May: 3.4San Francisco (6 months later) Jun: 6.5San Francisco (6 months later) Jul: 6.3San Francisco (6 months later) Aug: 6.1San Francisco (6 months later) Sep: 4.4San Francisco (6 months later) Oct: 2.2San Francisco (6 months later) Nov: 1.0San Francisco (6 months later) Dec: 0.3

Monthly averages

Average monthly highs, lows and rain in Cape Town and San Francisco
MonthHighLowRain
Cape TownSan FranciscoCape TownSan FranciscoCape TownSan Francisco
Jan78°F(25°C)58°F(14°C)61°F(16°C)44°F(7°C)0.7 in(17 mm)6.3 in(160 mm)
Feb78°F(26°C)61°F(16°C)61°F(16°C)46°F(8°C)0.6 in(15 mm)6.1 in(154 mm)
Mar76°F(25°C)63°F(17°C)59°F(15°C)47°F(8°C)0.7 in(17 mm)4.4 in(112 mm)
Apr72°F(22°C)65°F(19°C)55°F(13°C)47°F(9°C)1.8 in(45 mm)2.2 in(57 mm)
May67°F(20°C)68°F(20°C)52°F(11°C)50°F(10°C)3.1 in(78 mm)1.0 in(25 mm)
Jun64°F(18°C)71°F(21°C)49°F(9°C)52°F(11°C)4.0 in(102 mm)0.3 in(7 mm)
Jul63°F(17°C)71°F(22°C)48°F(9°C)53°F(12°C)3.8 in(97 mm)0.1 in(2 mm)
Aug64°F(18°C)72°F(22°C)48°F(9°C)54°F(12°C)3.8 in(96 mm)0.1 in(2 mm)
Sep66°F(19°C)74°F(23°C)51°F(10°C)54°F(12°C)2.0 in(50 mm)0.2 in(4 mm)
Oct70°F(21°C)72°F(22°C)54°F(12°C)52°F(11°C)1.3 in(32 mm)1.7 in(42 mm)
Nov73°F(23°C)65°F(18°C)56°F(14°C)48°F(9°C)1.1 in(27 mm)3.4 in(86 mm)
Dec76°F(24°C)59°F(15°C)59°F(15°C)45°F(7°C)0.6 in(16 mm)6.5 in(164 mm)

1991–2020 averages, by calendar month.

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