SATURDAY WEATHER: Windy along the south-west coast and foggy in the north-east

By Staff Writer
Published: 1 May 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 02 May 2026
The maps cover: Sat 02 May – Mon 04 May


Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

A. level 2 warning for damaging coastal winds leading to localised disruption to beachfront activities is expected between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas in the morning.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

GAUTENG
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog in places on the Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but warm on the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog in the south-western parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and cool to warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and cold to cool.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, but moderate to fresh southerly during the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy in the west with light rain at times in the Cape Peninsula, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly reaching strong between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas but gale force between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas until late afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light westerly becoming light southerly in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light westerly becoming light southerly in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

PRETORIA
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/25°C

JOHANNESBURG
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/23°C

VEREENIGING
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/23°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with possible fog in the early morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine
Minimum/Maximum: 9/20°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/21°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with light rain at times.
Wind: Fresh to strong northerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/18°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/24°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Light westerly becoming light southerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/23°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: Light westerly becoming light southerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

DURBAN
Fine to partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine to partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly to easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/26°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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