Breezy start with high clouds – Thursday weather forecast

Good morning, **Cape {town} Etc **family. Here is your weather forecast for Thursday, 1 October 2026.

Today’s weather in Cape Town will be breezy in the morning with sun and areas of high cloud, becoming broken intervals in the afternoon and turning colder, with a high of 22°C and a low of 15°C.

The UV index will reach as high as 6, while cloud cover will build to around 83% during the day.

A north-northwesterly wind will move through the Cape at around 30kph, with gusts reaching up to 56kph.

This evening, conditions will turn cloudy, with winds easing slightly to north-northwesterly at around 19kph, and gusts reaching up to 43kph. Cloud cover will increase further to around 99% overnight.

There is just a 1% chance of precipitation during the day, with no thunderstorms expected. Overnight, the chance of precipitation rises slightly to 25%, with no thunderstorms.

You can catch the sunrise at 06:24 and the sunset at 18:49, giving Cape Town around 12 hours and 25 minutes of daylight.

Wishing you a lovely Thursday.

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