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WEATHER: Isolated showers and thundershowers expected

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Tuesday, 4 August 2026.

South africa weather forecast
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Get daily updates on temperatures, winds and UVB levels, and see what the SA Weather Service predicts for the country.

Here’s the weather outlook for South Africa’s nine provinces.

The South African Weather Service has issued weather updates stating that rain is expected in some provinces.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire conditions are expected over Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape and Laingsburg local municipality in the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect fine and cool with morning frost in places in the south.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning frost in places over the Highveld and escarpment, otherwise fine and cool but warm on the Lowveld.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, fine and cool to warm.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect morning frost in places in the south, otherwise fine and cool.

Free State

In the Free State, morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cold to cool.

Northern Cape

Morning fog along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm but partly cloudy in the west with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly.

Western Cape

Partly cloudy with morning fog along the west and south-west coast, otherwise fine becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be light and variable becoming moderate north-westerly along the west coast from the evening

The expected UVB sunburn index is Moderate

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light northerly, becoming moderate south-westerly from late morning.

The Eastern half: Cold in places in the north, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northeasterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Fine and cool but warm in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northeasterly becoming fresh in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Very High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.