SATURDAY WEATHER: Morning fog, some rain in the east and a high fire danger in the central interior

By Staff Writer
Published: 23 January 2026 [updated 24 January]

This forecast is for: Sat 24 January 2026
The maps cover: Sat 24 Jan – Sat 24 Jan


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A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo and Amathole District Municipalities in the Eastern Cape until Thursday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and northern parts of the Northern Cape, western and central parts of the Free State as well as the extreme south-western parts of North West.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy at first with morning drizzle along the escarpment and Lowveld, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the Highveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy at first with morning light rain and drizzle in the central and eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thundershowers in the south-west.

NORTH-WEST
Morning fog patches over the eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern parts.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches over the eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be fine in the west.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and hot to very hot but warm along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly becoming strong from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy along the south coast at first, and along the south-west coast in the evening, otherwise fine and warm but hot over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly along the south coast, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly but strong along the northern parts of the west coast in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the afternoon, but light and variable in the evening.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with light rain in places along the East Coast and adjacent interior in the morning. It will become fine in the afternoon over the interior, but cloudy again by late evening. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-westerly in the north, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly spreading to the north by late afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/31°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy at first with morning drizzle, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/28°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy at first with light rain in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/31°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/35°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/35°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/37°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/39°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Moderate south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the afternoon, but light and variable in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy at times in the afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable at first, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated evening showers and rain.
Wind: Light north-westerly at first, otherwise light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/27°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/29°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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