Cape Town is the ninth most congested city in the world, according to the 2024 INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard.
The Mother City earned this ranking for the second year in a row, however the data shows traffic is 13 worse than it was in the previous year.
The INRIX survey revealed that Capetonians, on average, experience a delay of 94 hours per year, versus the time they would have spent if they were driving during quieter, off-peak periods. This delay was 83 hours in 2023.
Istanbul emerged as the most congested city in 2024, ranking first in the INRIX survey ahead of New York City, Chicago, Mexico City, London, Paris, Jakarta and Los Angeles. Brisbane, Australia, rounded out the top 10.
Cape Town was the only South African city to make the global Top 25, and it fared far worse than its local counterparts, with Johannesburg residents experiencing a delay of 55 hours, followed by Pretoria 45 hours, Durban 35 hours and Pietermaritzburg 33 hours.