Easter Weekend? First snowfall of the year possible for South Africa and Lesotho

By Staff Writer
Published: 30 March 2026

This forecast covers: Sun 05 Apr – Tue 07 Apr


It does appear that this snow event may have gone away completely, but we will continue to monitor that data leading up to the Easter weekend.

Snowfall is indicated from late Sunday evening and into Monday for the Western Cape, as well from Monday and into Tuesday in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho.

Snowfall on the Easter weekend is not unusual at all.

In the Eastern Cape lower-level snow is indicated around Barkly East, Rhodes, Matatiele and Cederville.

In KwaZulu-Natal lower-level snow is indicated around Underberg, Himeville and Swartberg.

In Lesotho snow is indicated for all of the area indicated on the map, including places such as Afriski, Sani Pass and Semonkong.

Note that this is very much an advance forecast and the data has been and will likely continue to be quite volatile. We have been watching the data for a few days already and it has indicated anything from no snow to a fair amount of snow, so the final result could be nothing at all.


The map indicates where we are seeing the possibility of snow, but it may not fall in all of the areas shown on the map. As with any forecast of any kind (temperature, clouds, rain, wind), what eventually happens may or may not be similar to the forecast. Snow indicated may reduce or vanish completely in some areas, or the dates and times may change.


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