SATURDAY WEATHER: Frost, fog and very cold overnight in the interior

By Staff Writer
Published: 14 August 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 15 August 2026
The maps cover: Sat 15 Aug – Mon 17 Aug


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the south-western parts of Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Morning frost in places in the south, otherwise fine and cool.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches over the Highveld, otherwise fine and cool to cold. It will be partly cloudy in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and cool.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cool.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine, windy and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the west coast otherwise fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly but easterly along the east coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning and evening fog in places in the south, otherwise fine and warm, but cool along the coast. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh easterly in the afternoon, but north-easterly from the evening.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog in places in the south-west, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly along the Wild Coast in the morning and late afternoon, otherwise south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the northern interior, otherwise fine and cool, but partly cloudy in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/22°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/19°C

VEREENIGING
Morning fog patches, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 1/18°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/20°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/19°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/23°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/23°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, with morning frost.
Minimum/Maximum: 2/20°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/22°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/27°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy with morning and evening fog.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/20°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/24°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy at first and in the evening, otherwise fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly becoming light to moderate easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/20°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy at first, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming north-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/22°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light north-westerly becoming light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly becoming light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/24°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/23°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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