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Africa
Cape Town
South Africa
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Cape Town compare to San Francisco?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Cape Town is 32% worse off vs in San Francisco
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Cape Town compared to San Francisco, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$35,765
-$130,714 (-79%) vs San Francisco
Tax Rate: 32%
Weather
How does the weather in Cape Town compare to San Francisco?
Cape Town has better overall weather
9.0/10(vs 8.7/10 in San Francisco)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
21°C(vs 19°C in San Francisco)
Average Low
13°C(vs 12°C in San Francisco)
Sunshine Hours
3,094h/yr+32h/yr
Average High in hottest month
25°C(vs 22°C in San Francisco)
Average Low in coldest month
9°C(vs 8°C in San Francisco)
Rainy Days
52/yr(same as San Francisco)
Muggy Days
7/yr+7/yr(+3350%)
Cloud Cover
30%(vs 34% in San Francisco)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Cape Town compare to San Francisco?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Cape Town compared to San Francisco?
SWE Affordability
3.5 years
1.5 years quicker than San Francisco
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Cape Town has around 0 Luma events listed.
That's 100% fewer events than San Francisco.
Salary Converter
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