Cape Town neighbourhoods reign supreme in mobile speed tests in South Africa

Eight out of the top ten neighbourhoods with the fastest mobile data speeds in South Africa are located in Cape Town.

This was revealed in the Q2 2026 MyBroadband Insights research report about the average mobile network speeds in South Africa.

For this report, MyBroadband Insights used data collected through the MyBroadband Android speed test app.

MyBroadband did not use iOS data because the location data collected via the iPhone app is less accurate than that from the Android version.

The MyBroadband Speed Test apps provide users with their download speed, upload speed, latency, and signal strength — and after receiving their results, they can rate their satisfaction on a five-star scale.

MyBroadband’s speed test servers are hosted in Teraco’s vendor-neutral data centres to ensure a neutral testing environment.

NAPAfrica provides all network operators at its peering points a free 10Gbps connection to the MyBroadband Speed Test platform.

The data from these tests is downsampled to each unique user to ensure that no individual user has more influence over the result than any other.

The MyBroadband Speed Test app is free to download from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Both apps recently received a significant upgrade.

Between 1 April 2026 and 30 June 2026, there were 366,716 speed tests performed on the Android Speed Test app.

It showed that the average mobile download speed in South Africa in Q2 2026 was 95 Mbps, and the average upload speed was 22 Mbps.

Cape Town dominated the neighbourhoods that achieved the highest average mobile network speeds in the country.

Rondebosch East in Cape Town was the top performer, with an average download speed of 171 Mbps over the last three months.

This was followed by Mowbray, Pinelands and Rosebank in Cape Town. Umhlanga Ridge achieved fifth place and is the first neighbourhood outside Cape Town on the list.

Walmer in Gqeberha is the only other neighbourhood on the list that is not located in Cape Town, and achieved speeds averaging 146 Mbps.

NeighbourhoodAreaDownload (Mbps)Upload (Mbps)Latency (ms)Rondebosch EastCape Town170.8130.7326.08MowbrayCape Town162.9430.5825.54PinelandsCape Town160.1932.5924.50RosebankCape Town152.4829.0527.93Umhlanga RidgeuMhlanga150.6030.9730.01Century CityCape Town147.0930.7832.46WalmerGqeberha145.7820.8738.67Vasco EstateCape Town139.6235.4826.55ForeshoreCape Town136.7133.0726.59Cape Town City CentreCape Town133.4128.6527.60

Neighbourhoods with the slowest mobile speeds

KwaZulu-Natal had the two neighbourhoods with the slowest mobile speeds, with Estcourt and Mooi River both averaging download speeds of between 47 and 48 Mbps.

Vosloorus, a large township South of Boksburg, and Krugersdorp on the West Rand followed with speeds in the low 50 Mbps range. Cape Town also featured on the slowest list with Kenwyn and Newlands.

While these areas have the slowest average download speeds, all the speeds on the list are still respectable and more than enough for most people’s needs.

The table below shows the neighbourhoods with a high number of tests which achieved the lowest average speeds.

NeighbourhoodAreaDownload (Mbps)Upload (Mbps)Latency (ms)EstcourtKwaZulu-Natal47.3313.5534.72Mooi RiverKwaZulu-Natal47.7517.7632.79VosloorusAlberton51.0318.8927.72KrugersdorpKrugersdorp54.4015.4528.91KenwynCape Town56.9610.0228.70NewlandsCape Town63.4415.0630.77PietermaritzburgPietermaritzburg64.6517.3840.53O.R. TamboKempton Park65.6323.4427.32RandjesparkMidrand65.6325.0327.29Glen MaraisKempton Park70.5518.0243.83