TUESDAY WEATHER: Still chilly overnight and foggy in places but much warmer in the day

By Staff Writer
Published: 17 August 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 18 August 2026
The maps cover: Tue 18 Aug – Thu 20 Aug


From Wednesday it should be fine and warm to cool, but partly cloudy along the east coast and the adjacent interior with isolated rain and showers possible in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

No warnings for now.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and warm.

MPUMALANGA
Fine and warm.

LIMPOPO
Fine and warm.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and cool to warm.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog patches over the western parts in the morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm with high level clouds in the south from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly, reaching strong during the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy along the coast with a change of light rain in places over the Overberg and Garden Route Districts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool but warm over the northern parts of the West Coast District. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly to westerly along the south-west and south coast until midday, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-easterly but fresh to strong along the west coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fog patches in places in the morning, otherwise fine and cool, but warm in the extreme north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool, but partly cloudy in the south. It will become cloudy along the coast in the evening with a chance of light rain and showers along the Wild Coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning and evening fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. It will become cloudy from late afternoon with isolated evening showers and rain in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly in the south from mid-morning, spreading northwards from the late morning.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/29°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/27°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/26°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/24°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/28°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/29°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/27°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/25°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/26°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/29°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate southerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/19°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with light rain during the early morning.
Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming light north-easterly from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/17°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy at times.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/19°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/21°C

DURBAN
Party cloudy with isolated evening showers and rain.
Wind: Light northerly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly from mid-morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from late morning.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/24°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated evening showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/26°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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