SATURDAY WEATHER: Frost, fog and warnings for wind & waves

By Staff Writer
Published: 31 July 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 01 August 2026
The maps cover: Sat 01 Aug – Sat 01 Aug


From the weekend it should be fine and cool, except along the east coast of the country where it will be partly cloudy with isolated showers possible on Saturday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 2 warning for damaging coastal winds and waves leading to difficulty in navigation, localised disruption of small harbours and/or ports for a short period of time, and small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing in a locality between KwaDukuza and Kosi Bay until Sunday.

B. level 2 warning damaging interior winds leading to localised damage to settlements are expected over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Sunday.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool to cold.

MPUMALANGA
Fine and cool.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy in the south-west, otherwise fine and cool.

NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy in the north-east, otherwise fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and cool to cold.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Evening fog along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to cold. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly but light along the west coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cool, but partly cloudy in the south. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northeasterly, reaching strong in places.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog and frost in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cool to cold, but partly cloudy along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the Wild Coast in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh northeasterly, reaching strong in places in the south from the evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy with morning fog over the central and western interior, otherwise fine and cool to cold, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy in the east from the afternoon with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly but strong north of Mtunzini.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/21°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/17°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/18°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/21°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/19°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/21°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/22°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 1/19°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 1/21°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 1/24°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/25°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly, reaching strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/20°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/19°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, reaching fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/18°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/17°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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