Tuesday brings rain, big waves, cold and snow as cold front sweeps across South Africa

By Staff Writer
Published: 4 August 2025 [updated 5 August]

This forecast is for: Tue 05 August 2025
The maps cover: Tue 05 Aug – Thu 07 Aug

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Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in places over the interior of the Namakwa district (Northern Cape) and Witzenberg Municipality of the Western Cape, and light snowfall is expected on Tuesday over the northern high lying areas of the Eastern Cape according to the SA Weather Service.

SEE ALSO: Snowfall possible in all South African provinces, Lesotho and Namibia this week (4-7 August).

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

A. level 1 warning for damaging waves leading to localised disruption of beachfront activities between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Tuesday morning, while reaching 5.5m south of Saldanha Bay.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the western half of the North West, the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well as the Nyandeni Local Municipality of the Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

1. GAUTENG
Fine and cool with morning frost in places in the south.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High

2. MPUMALANGA
Fine and cool, but warm in places in the Lowveld.

3. LIMPOPO
Fine and cool to warm.

4. NORTH-WEST
Fine, windy and cool, becoming partly cloudy in the west.

5. FREE STATE
Fine, windy and cool, becoming partly cloudy in the west.

6. NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy in the extreme west with scattered showers, otherwise partly cloudy windy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the east. It will be very cold in places in the south-west. The wind along coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

7. WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold with isolated showers over the eastern interior, otherwise scattered to widespread. It will be very cold over the interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh west to north-westerly becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with scattered afternoon showers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and cool, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers south of the escarpment in the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and warm but cool in places in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly becoming strong in places north of Durban. It will become light southerly to south-westerly south of Durban in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/23°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/21°C

VEREENIGING
Fine with morning frost in places.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/22°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/25°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/23°C

MAHIKENG
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/24°C

VRYBURG
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/24°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/22°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/23°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/18°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with widespread morning rain and showers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-westerly becoming south-westerly from afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/15°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

GEORGE
Cloudy with scattered morning rain and showers.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly becoming westerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/15°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with afternoon and evening rain and showers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south westerly
Minimum/Maximum: 15/19°C

EAST LONDON
Fine becoming cloudy in the evening with light rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south westerly
Minimum/Maximum: 18/24°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/27°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/29°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/27°C

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