TUESDAY WEATHER: A foggy start across many parts of the country and a chance of thunderstorms

By Staff Writer
Published: 21 September 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 22 September 2026
The maps cover: Tue 22 Sep – Thu 24 Sep


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

No warnings for now.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy with morning fog patches in places over the Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be warm in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy in the morning with a chance of drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the central and south-eastern parts.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches in the east and along the Lesotho border, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except over the extreme south-western parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly along the west and south-west coast at first, otherwise moderate north-easterly becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog, south of escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but cool along the coast. Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected but scattered in the west from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light north-easterly, becoming moderate easterly in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog, south of escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly towards midday.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, becoming easterly to north-easterly in the south from mid-morning, spreading northward in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/22°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog and drizzle, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/25°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/24°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers
Minimum/Maximum: 12/22°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers
Minimum/Maximum: 14/22°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/31°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable becoming moderate south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/21°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with morning and evening fog.
Wind: Light and variable at first, otherwise light south-easterly, becoming north-easterly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy with morning fog and isolated showers and rain from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming north-easterly at night.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light and variable at first, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/25°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-westerly, becoming southerly to south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/24°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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