FRIDAY WEATHER: Morning fog in a few provinces but hot across many parts of the country

By Staff Writer
Published: 20 August 2026

This forecast is for: Fri 21 August 2026
The maps cover: Fri 21 Aug – Fri 21 Aug


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, southern parts of the Free State as well as the northern parts of the Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and warm.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog over the central parts, otherwise fine and warm.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and cool to warm.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog in morning over the southern parts, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light and variable east of Sill Bay but moderate south-easterly to easterly during the afternoon, otherwise fresh to strong south-easterly to easterly becoming south-westerly north of Cape Columbine from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but warm in places in the north where it will become fine in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the morning, otherwise light to moderate south-easterly, becoming north-easterly in the evening.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but windy and warm in places in the north where it will become fine in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, but light and variable in the south during the morning.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy with fog over the central and western interior in the morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the east from the evening. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly north of Cape St. Lucia, otherwise northerly to north-easterly, spreading to Kosi Bay by the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

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

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

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/27°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/27°C

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

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/29°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/30°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/28°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/31°C

UPINGTON
Fine
Minimum/Maximum: 12/33°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/24°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with fog in morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light and variable in the morning and evening, otherwise moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/25°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy becoming fine.
Wind: Light westerly in the morning, otherwise south-easterly, becoming moderate north-easterly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/20°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable in the morning, otherwise light to moderate south-easterly, becoming north-easterly from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/21°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/23°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with morning fog, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/25°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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