WEDNESDAY WEATHER: Partly cloudy on the coast and fine but cool across most of the country

By Staff Writer
Published: 26 May 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 27 May 2026
The maps cover: Wed 27 May – Wed 27 May


Warnings from the SA Weather Service from Wednesday:

No impact warnings for now.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

GAUTENG
Fine.

MPUMALANGA
Fine and cool to warm, but partly cloudy over the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm, but fine in the central parts.

NORTH-WEST
Fine and cool to warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and cool to warm.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches over the extreme western parts, where it will be partly cloudy, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the west coast and adjacent interior, otherwise fine and cool. It will become partly cloudy in the south-west and south coast from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first becoming moderate north-westerly in the south-west from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool, but warm in the north. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool, but warm in places along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northeasterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog in places, otherwise fine and warm but cool in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Mtunzini, otherwise light to moderate south-westerly to southerly. It will become light to moderate northerly to northeasterly south of Richards Bay in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/23°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/22°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/20°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C

POLOKWANE
Fine
Minimum/Maximum: 8/22°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/25°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/26°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/23°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/26°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/28°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable becoming north-westerly towards the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/19°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/20°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/21°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy, becoming fine and cool.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy, becoming fine in the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming light to moderate northerly to north-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy, becoming fine in the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly, becoming northerly to north-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog patches, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/25°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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