When is it cheapest to stay in Cape Town?

The 10 cheapest nights

The 10 cheapest of the next 71 measured nights in Cape Town ask a median of $101 to $115, against $129 across all 71 nights.

Each figure is the median asking price for one night; a date opens that night's places on the town page.

The cheapest 7 nights in a row

The cheapest 7 nights in a row in Cape Town run from 20 November 2026 to 26 November 2026: their nightly medians add up to $785, with a middle night of $112.

• Runs of 7 consecutive measured nights compared: 65; a night that was not measured breaks a run.
• The dearest 7 nights in a row run from 29 December 2026 to 4 January 2027, adding up to $1 174.

The sum of nightly medians is the 7 nights' median asking prices added together; it is not a price offered for the week.

The cheapest weekend

The cheapest Friday and Saturday nights in Cape Town are 20 November 2026 and 21 November 2026: medians of $112 and $119, $231 for the two nights (sum of nightly medians).

• Weekends compared: 10, each a measured Friday night followed by a measured Saturday night.

Each row is a Friday night and the Saturday night after it; places are counted Friday / Saturday.

Month by month

The cheapest month of the next 71 measured nights in Cape Town: November 2026, a median of $119 over 18 nights; the dearest: January 2027, $135 over 22 nights.

A month counts only its nights in this window, and only with at least 15 of them; its month page also counts nights already past.

Places at $125 or less on the cheapest night

On the cheapest night, 30 November 2026, 58% of the places with a price in Cape Town (114 of 198) asked $125 or less.

$125 is the median of all 71 nights ($129) rounded to a round price, the same ceiling the town page uses; the date opens the list of places by name.

Night-by-night price calendar

Nightly medians in Cape Town over the next 71 measured nights, 13 November 2026 to 22 January 2027, run from $101 to $182; the median of all of them is $129.

A place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price; a date missing from the table was not measured.

What was measured

Nights measured in Cape Town: 71, from 13 November 2026 to 22 January 2027; each with at least 30 places showing a price.

• Up to 208 places checked per night; a place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price.
• Prices in USD, as shown on the day each night was read, on 25 October 2026.
• Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast; prices move after the scan.