The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role. The current mayor is Geordin Hill-Lewis of the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Current office

This is a list of mayors of Cape Town in South Africa:

City of Cape Town (December 2000–present)

Historic offices

Metropolitan Local Councils (June 1996–December 2000)

Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC)

City of Cape Town Municipality (Central Substructure)

City of Tygerberg Municipality (Tygerberg Substructure)

South Peninsula Municipality (Southern Substructure)

Helderberg Municipality (Helderberg Substructure)

Oostenberg Municipality (Eastern Substructure)

Blaauwberg Municipality (Northern Substructure)

City of Cape Town Transitional Council (February 1995–June 1996)

Mayors prior to nonracial dispensation

Cape Colony (1840-1910)

Union of South Africa (1910-1961)

Republic of South Africa (1961-Present)