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Triplandio Cape Town guide covers 10 travel guides across 26 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 40 self-guided walking tours in Cape Town with 168 POI, spanning 140.6 km in total. Get inspired by 14 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Cape Town
City & Country Data South Africa (Cape Town)
Key travel data for Cape Town — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 South Africa
Cost
HIGH
Safety
25
Health
38
Lifestyle
74
Infra
56
Rank
#66
Score
36
Tourists
3.9M/y
GDP/cap
$6.6k
Life Exp
66.3 yrs
Population
64.7M
Currency
ZAR R
Language
Zulu
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Cape Town
Coffee
$2.50
Beer
$2.50
Lunch
$7.50
Groceries
$25.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.50
Transit
$1.50
Fuel
$1.20/l
Internet
$35.00/m
Salary
$1,500/m
Best time to visit Cape Town (South Africa)
Now (September) avg: 14°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Dec & Oct.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
18°C / 11°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:30 / 18:45
Local time
22:44
Sea Temp
14°C
Best Months 
Dec & Oct
Dec & Oct
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Feb
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Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
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Oct
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Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Sea temperature
Sea warmth for swimming, by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
A cured and dried meat snack, traditionally beef or game. A baked curried mince dish with an egg-based topping. A traditional South African sausage made from beef and spices. A slow-cooked stew made with meat and vegetables, commonly featuring lamb and greens. A hollowed-out bread loaf filled with spicy curry. A fragrant and flavorful curry dish with a blend of spices and slow-cooked meat. A spicy vegetable relish often served with bread or pap. A large sandwich with fillings like steak, fries, and sauce. A sweet, plaited dough confectionery, deep-fried and soaked in syrup. A sweet and sticky baked dessert with apricot flavor. A creamy custard tart sprinkled with cinnamon. A type of fish commonly smoked and served with apricot jam. Grilled snoek fish basted with apricot glaze, typically cooked over open flames. Marinated meat skewers grilled over an open flame.
Traditional Local Food
Cape Town (South Africa)
Snack
Meat
Biltong
BIL-tong
Main course
Meat
Bobotie
boh-BOH-tee
Main course
Meat
Boerewors
boo-ruh-vors
Main course
Meat
Bredie
BREH-dee
Street food
Meat
Bunny Chow
BUN-nee Chow
🥩
Main course
Meat
Cape Malay Curry
Kaapse-Maleise kerrie
KAH-puhs Mah-LAYS kuh-ree
Side dish
Vegetarian
Chakalaka
cha-ka-lah-ka
🥩
Snack
Meat
Gatsby
gat-sbee
Dessert
Vegetarian
Koeksisters
kooks-SIS-ter
Dessert
Vegetarian
Malva Pudding
Malva Poeding
MAHL-vah PO-deeng
Dessert
Vegetarian
Melktert
milk-turt
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Smoked Snoek
Gerookte Snoek
guh-ROOK-tuh Snook
🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Snoek Braai
snoo-eck br-EYE
Main course
Meat
Sosatie
soh-SAH-tee
