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Live cameras in Cape Town

Cape Town has 214 live public cameras on opencam — 20 webcams and 194 traffic cameras — from 8 sources, within 40 km of the centre. 9 of them stream live video.

Cameras
214
Traffic cams
194
Sources
8

Live

Cape Town right now

Each frame is fetched live from the camera that takes it; these were checked less than a minute ago.

220 cameras in Cape Town, 214 live now

and 140 more on the live map
Open Cape Town on the live map

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Questions about the webcams

How many webcams are there in Cape Town?
opencam knows 214 public cameras within 40 km of Cape Town: 20 webcams and 194 traffic cameras.
Are the webcams in Cape Town live?
Yes. Each picture is fetched from the camera when you open the page and again every 15 seconds while you watch; video cameras stream continuously. opencam stores none of it.
How often do the images from Cape Town update?
Snapshot cameras publish a new frame every few minutes, and the map asks for it again every 5 seconds while you watch. 9 of the cameras in Cape Town stream live video instead.

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