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Luxor vs Cape Town

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Bottom line

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 8°C on the annual average; Cape Town is the wetter, with 486 mm more rain a year, and Luxor the sunnier.

Warmer Luxor 8°C on the year

Wetter Cape Town 486 mm more a year

Sunnier Luxor 18 pp less cloud

Winter nights About the same winter lows close to each other

How the seasons compare

The differences between Luxor and Cape Town, in everyday terms.

Summers

Luxor has far hotter summers

Luxor: Extreme heat
Cape Town: Warm

Winters

Winters are similar

Luxor: Cool
Cape Town: Cool

Rain & snow

Cape Town is much wetter

Luxor: Very dry
Cape Town: Fairly dry

Sky

Luxor is sunnier

Luxor: Sunny
Cape Town: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 8°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Cape Town is the wetter — about 486 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Luxor has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Luxor runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	23	25	30	35	39	41	41	41	39	35	29	24
Cape Town	28	28	27	25	21	19	18	19	20	23	25	27
Difference	+5	+3	-3	-10	-18	-22	-23	-22	-19	-12	-5	+2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	23	25	30	35	39	41
Cape Town	28	28	27	25	21	19
Difference	+5	+3	-3	-10	-18	-22

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	41	41	39	35	29	24
Cape Town	18	19	20	23	25	27
Difference	-23	-22	-19	-12	-5	+2

Avg low (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	7	9	13	17	22	25	26	25	23	19	13	8
Cape Town	16	16	15	12	10	7	7	7	9	11	13	15
Difference	+10	+7	+2	-6	-12	-17	-19	-18	-14	-9	—	+7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	7	9	13	17	22	25
Cape Town	16	16	15	12	10	7
Difference	+10	+7	+2	-6	-12	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	26	25	23	19	13	8
Cape Town	7	7	9	11	13	15
Difference	-19	-18	-14	-9	—	+7

Precipitation (mm) Cape Town runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	2	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Cape Town	6	16	18	57	81	90	79	59	31	41	19	12
Difference	+4	+16	+17	+55	+69	+90	+79	+59	+30	+41	+16	+12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	2	0	2	2	12	0
Cape Town	6	16	18	57	81	90
Difference	+4	+16	+17	+55	+69	+90

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	0	0	1	1	3	0
Cape Town	79	59	31	41	19	12
Difference	+79	+59	+30	+41	+16	+12

Cloud cover (%) Cape Town runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10	9	8	9	11	15	22
Cape Town	26	26	28	33	41	42	38	42	42	37	35	30
Difference	+1	+1	+3	+6	+16	+32	+29	+35	+33	+26	+20	+8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10
Cape Town	26	26	28	33	41	42
Difference	+1	+1	+3	+6	+16	+32

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	9	8	9	11	15	22
Cape Town	38	42	42	37	35	30
Difference	+29	+35	+33	+26	+20	+8

Relative humidity (%) Cape Town runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18	20	21	25	30	40	47
Cape Town	65	66	68	71	76	80	82	82	81	76	71	67
Difference	+20	+29	+41	+51	+58	+62	+62	+61	+56	+45	+31	+20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18
Cape Town	65	66	68	71	76	80
Difference	+20	+29	+41	+51	+58	+62

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	20	21	25	30	40	47
Cape Town	82	82	81	76	71	67
Difference	+62	+61	+56	+45	+31	+20

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Luxor trends → · Cape Town trends →

Methodology & sources

Luxor

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Luxor Intl, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Cape Town

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Cape Town Intl, a weather station, about 17 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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