FRIDAY WEATHER: Chilly in the south with isolated showers and thundershowers in a few provinces

By Staff Writer
Published: 10 September 2026

This forecast is for: Fri 11 September 2026
The maps cover: Fri 11 Sep – Sun 13 Sep


From Saturday it should be fine in places but partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the south and west.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

No warnings for now.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool to warm.

MPUMALANGA
Fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld. It will become partly cloudy along the escarpment in the afternoon.

LIMPOPO
Fine and warm to hot.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and cool to warm becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy in the south with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with light rain along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern interior from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly but light to moderate along the south coast at first.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be Light south-westerly, becoming easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and rain, except in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Durban, but moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south towards afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/26°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/25°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/24°C

MBOMBELA
Fine at first, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/28°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/26°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/25°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/25°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/27°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/31°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly becoming strong in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/24°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with light rain.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/17°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with light rain.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/20°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light south-westerly, becoming easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/20°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain from the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly to easterly by late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain from late afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly to easterly by late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy with isolated evening showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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