SATURDAY WEATHER: Below freezing in many parts of the country with frost and a warning for waves

By Staff Writer
Published: 3 July 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 04 July 2026
The maps cover: Sat 04 Jul – Sat 04 Jul


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 2 warning for damaging waves resulting in localised difficulty in navigation of small vessels, disruption to ports/harbours and beach activities along the Kwazulu-Natal coastline.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Morning frost in the central and southern parts, otherwise fine and cool to cold.

MPUMALANGA
Morning frost in places over the Highveld, otherwise fine and cold to cool but warm in places in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Find and cool.

NORTH-WEST
Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cold.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cold to cool. The wind along the coast will be fresh south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy at first with morning frost in places over the eastern interior, otherwise fine and cool to cold. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly in the southwest, otherwise light and variable.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning frost in places in the north, otherwise fine and cold, but cool along the coast. It will become partly cloudy from mid-morning. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning frost in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cold to cool, but very cold in places north of the escarpment. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light south-westerly towards midday.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and cool but cold in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming light to moderate south-westerly to southerly south of Cape St Lucia, reaching Kosi Bay in the evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/19°C

JOHANNESBURG
Morning frost, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/18°C

VEREENIGING
Morning frost, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 2/17°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/21°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/22°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -1/19°C

VRYBURG
Morning frost, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -4/19°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Morning frost, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -4/15°C

KIMBERLEY
Morning frost, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -4/16°C

UPINGTON
Morning frost, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -2/19°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/18°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy, becoming fine in the afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/19°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/19°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Fine.
Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming light south-westerly towards midday.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/20°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/22°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/24°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/21°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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