SUNDAY WEATHER: Chilly overnight with morning fog – possible thunderstorms and widespread rain in places

By Staff Writer
Published: 3 October 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 04 October 2026
The maps cover: Sun 04 Oct – Tue 06 Oct


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

No warnings for now.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool but warm in the extreme north with isolated showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be warm in places in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. There will be morning fog patches in the north-east.

NORTH WEST
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy, windy and cool to warm but hot over the west coast, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the central parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine to partly cloudy, but cloudy and cool over the eastern parts with isolated afternoon showers in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly along the west, and south-west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh south-easterly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly, becoming north-easterly from late morning, reaching strong in places in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the eastern interior, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/23°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/21°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/22°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/22°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/22°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers
and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/23°C

UPINGTON
Cloudy and windy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

GEORGE
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly to easterly, but fresh at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/22°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly, becoming fresh to strong north-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/19°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy with widespread showers and rain, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/21°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/24°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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