WEATHER: Light rain and thunderstorms expected in SA

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 fine, cool conditions are expected in some provinces this week.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Musina and Thulamela municipalities of Limpopo on Thursday (24/09/2026).

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog patches in places in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but warm in the Lowveld. Isolated showers and thundershowers can be expected in the afternoon.

Limpopo

Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in places in the south and central in the afternoon.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect fine and warm.

Free State

In the Free State, partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south and along Lesotho border.

Northern Cape

Partly cloudy over the west and southern parts where isolated showers and thundershowers are expected. Otherwise fine and cool to warm, but hot over the northern parts. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly.

Western Cape

Cloudy with morning fog patches over the west and southern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool warm but hot over the west coast with isolated showers and thundershowers over the extreme north-eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly along the south-west and south-coast until afternoon, otherwise light and variable.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very high

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy with fog and in places and light rain along the coast and adjacent interior (east of Cape St Francis) in the morning, otherwise fine and warm but cool along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly.

The Eastern half: Cloudy with fog in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly in the extreme north at first, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.