Cape Town weather - Met Office

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Today

14° 8°

Cloudy changing to light showers by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 07:48

Sunset: 17:57

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Sat Saturday

12° 4°

Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:47

Sunset: 17:58

L
Sun Sunday

15° 7°

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 07:47

Sunset: 17:59

L
Mon Monday

16° 13°

Sunny changing to light showers by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 07:46

Sunset: 17:59

L
Tue Tuesday

15° 12°

Heavy showers changing to thunder showers by nighttime.

Sunrise: 07:45

Sunset: 18:00

L
Wed Wednesday

15° 12°

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

Sunrise: 07:45

Sunset: 18:01

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Thu Thursday

15° 9°

Overcast changing to light showers by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:44

Sunset: 18:01

L

                        Cloudy changing to light showers by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:48
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:57
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:47
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:58
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:47
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:59
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny changing to light showers by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:46
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:59
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Heavy showers changing to thunder showers by nighttime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:45
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:00
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:45
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:01
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Overcast changing to light showers by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:44
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:01
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

Today (19 July 2019)

Now	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	40%	40%	40%	30%	30%	30%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
13°	12°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	12°	12°	12°	11°	11°	10°	10°	10°	10°
Feels like temperature (°C)
10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
W 12	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11
Wind gust (mph)
23	21	23	24	26	27	27	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	21	21	21
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
72%	70%	68%	66%	64%	63%	62%	62%	61%	60%	60%	61%	62%	64%	65%	66%	67%
UV
-	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (20 July 2019)

00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	10°	11°	11°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	11°	10°	9°	9°	8°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)
7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	8°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	8°	7°	7°	6°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
S 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 7	SE 6	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 9	SE 10	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8
Wind gust (mph)
20	19	18	17	17	16	14	13	11	12	13	15	17	19	22	22	21	21	19	18	16	15	14	13
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
67%	68%	68%	68%	68%	68%	70%	72%	74%	71%	67%	64%	61%	58%	55%	56%	57%	58%	62%	66%	69%	72%	75%	78%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sunday (21 July 2019)

00:00	01:00	02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
7°	7°	7°	5°	4°	10°	14°	15°	11°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
5°	5°	5°	4°	3°	10°	14°	14°	10°	8°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 4	ENE 4	ENE 3	ENE 3	E 3	E 3	ENE 4
Wind gust (mph)
12	10	8	6	6	7	7	6	6	7
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
80%	81%	83%	87%	87%	66%	53%	57%	81%	84%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	-	-

Monday (22 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	30%	10%	10%	20%
Temperature (°C)
8°	9°	10°	14°	16°	15°	14°	13°
Feels like temperature (°C)
7°	7°	7°	11°	12°	12°	11°	10°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 5	N 7	N 11	N 16	NNW 19	NNW 18	N 17	N 20
Wind gust (mph)
9	14	21	29	35	31	31	35
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G
Humidity
83%	80%	82%	80%	76%	82%	88%	90%
UV
-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-

Tuesday (23 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	50%	50%	40%	60%	60%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)
13°	13°	13°	14°	14°	14°	13°	13°
Feels like temperature (°C)
10°	9°	9°	9°	10°	9°	9°	9°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
N 22	N 23	N 25	NNW 26	NW 26	NW 24	NW 21	WNW 20
Wind gust (mph)
38	42	45	48	47	41	37	33
Visibility
M	M	M	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
90%	90%	90%	86%	82%	80%	79%	77%
UV
-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-

Wednesday (24 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
50%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
12°	12°	12°	14°	15°	14°	13°	13°
Feels like temperature (°C)
9°	9°	9°	11°	12°	11°	11°	10°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 19	WNW 17	WNW 15	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	NW 13	NW 13
Wind gust (mph)
31	27	24	26	28	24	21	22
Visibility
G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
74%	73%	73%	66%	63%	67%	74%	80%
UV
-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-

Thursday (25 July 2019)

02:00	05:00	08:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	30%	30%	10%	10%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
12°	12°	12°	14°	15°	14°	13°	12°
Feels like temperature (°C)
10°	10°	10°	11°	12°	12°	11°	11°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNW 14	NNW 14	NNW 15	NNW 16	NNW 17	NNW 13	NNW 9	N 6
Wind gust (mph)
24	25	26	28	31	23	17	13
Visibility
VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
83%	85%	87%	81%	74%	77%	84%	86%
UV
-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-

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