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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>How full are Cape Town's dams?
16 points lower than this time last year.
74.0% · Healthy levelCity reading 19/10/2026Down 0.9 points on last week.
More visualsCombined storage of the six big dams, by date. The closest earlier year on this date was 2015 (73%). In 2017, the Day Zero year, it was 38%.
| Date | 2026 | 2025 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 70% | 90% | 70% to 90% |
| 15 Jan | 66% | 85% | 64% to 87% |
| 1 Feb | - | 81% | 59% to 83% |
| 15 Feb | - | 77% | 57% to 80% |
| 1 Mar | - | 72% | 53% to 76% |
| 15 Mar | - | 68% | 50% to 73% |
| 1 Apr | - | 65% | 45% to 69% |
| 15 Apr | - | 63% | 42% to 66% |
| 1 May | - | 60% | 41% to 63% |
| 15 May | - | 60% | 42% to 63% |
| 1 Jun | 72% | 60% | 46% to 65% |
| 15 Jun | - | 65% | 49% to 75% |
| 1 Jul | - | 73% | 53% to 82% |
| 15 Jul | - | 83% | 55% to 87% |
| 1 Aug | - | 85% | 67% to 96% |
| 15 Aug | - | 90% | 71% to 100% |
| 1 Sep | - | 93% | 81% to 101% |
| 15 Sep | - | 92% | 82% to 101% |
| 1 Oct | 76% | 92% | 82% to 101% |
| 15 Oct | - | 91% | 81% to 100% |
| 1 Nov | - | 87% | 81% to 100% |
| 15 Nov | - | 84% | 78% to 99% |
| 1 Dec | - | 80% | 75% to 97% |
| 15 Dec | - | 75% | 73% to 95% |
The middle half of all years since 2001 on each date.
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).
No water restrictions have been in effect since 1 November 2020. Permanent water-saving rules under the City's Water By-law still apply.
In effect from 01/11/2020. Source
If this summer goes like the last 25, dams could be about 36% full by 30 Apr (between 33% and 42%).
Summer is when the dams drop. Every litre saved now is still in the dam in April.
Estimate, not a City forecast. It assumes this season goes the way past seasons did.
Wet, soap with the tap off, rinse. It's the habit Cape Town leaned on in 2018.
A cover stops most of the water a pool loses to evaporation on hot, windy days.
A full load uses about the same water as a half one.
16 mm so far in October, about the usual 14 mm. 442 mm since 1 Apr, about the usual 437 mm.
Rain per week in the city centre, in mm, over the last 12 weeks, against the average for those weeks since 2001.
Source: Open-Meteo, central Cape Town. Most dam water falls in the mountain catchments, so city rain is a guide.