SUNDAY WEATHER: Cold in the southern part of the country with thunderstorms possible in the interior

By Staff Writer
Published: 29 August 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 30 August 2026
The maps cover: Sun 30 Aug – Sun 30 Aug


Very cold conditions can be expected in places over Sarah Baartman district municipality in the Eastern Cape, spreading eastwards in the evening.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Tsantsabane, Kgatelopele and Siyancuma local municipalities in the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool to warm.

MPUMALANGA
Fine and cool to warm.

LIMPOPO
Fine and warm.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy in the west, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers in the south.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy in the west in the morning where it will become fine, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cold to cool, with a chance of light rain over the south coast and adjacent interior in the morning. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly along the south coast, becoming light and variable in the evening, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, reaching strong along the west coast at times.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine in the north at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but cloudy and cold south of escarpment with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the coast. The wind along the coast will be fresh south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy from the east from mid-morning and cool to warm with scattered showers and rain in the extreme south from the afternoon, otherwise isolated, except in the extreme north. Evening fog patches are expected over the southern interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the south from mid-morning, spreading to Kosi Bay by the evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/24°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/23°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/24°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/28°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/24°C

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

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/28°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/26°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/29°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy becoming fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy becoming fine in the evening.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/18°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with a chance of light rain in the morning.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/16°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Fresh westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/16°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/19°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and rain from the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly from mid-morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/22°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine until mid-morning, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the evening.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine until mid-morning, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and rain from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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