THURSDAY WEATHER: Isolated rain or thunderstorms in the north-east and foggy towards the coast in the morning

By Staff Writer
Published: 30 September 2026

This forecast is for: Thu 01 October 2026
The maps cover: Thu 01 Oct – Sat 03 Oct


Fine and warm in the south and west but cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north and north-east.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

No warnings for now.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north at first, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold, becoming partly cloudy.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme west.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will become partly cloudy in the late afternoon.

NORTH-WEST
Isolated showers and rain in the north-east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but cloudy in the north.

THE FREE STATE
Fine to partly cloudy and cool.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool along the coast with morning fog patches, otherwise fine, windy and cool to warm. It will be partly cloudy in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool along the west and south-west coast with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and warm to hot but very hot in places over the southern interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly but strong along the south-west coast and in places along the south coast. It will become moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly along the south coast from late afternoon into the evening.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly north of Richards Bay at first, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming strong at times in the south.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy in the late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/16°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy in the late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/14°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy in the late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/14°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/17°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/15°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy in the late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/19°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy and windy. It will become partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/21°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/21°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/23°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with morning fog patches, otherwise fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/21°C

GEORGE
Fine and windy, becoming cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-westerly but strong in the morning, becoming moderate easterly to south-easterly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/33°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Fine.
Wind: Fresh to strong north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate easterly to north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong towards afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly towards midday.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise, partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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