WEATHER: Rain expected in THREE provinces
Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Tuesday, 18 August 2026.
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 fog and frost are expected in some provinces.
SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS
NIL
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS
NIL
ADVISORIES
NIL
Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces
Gauteng
Gauteng can expect fine and warm.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect fine and warm conditions.
Limpopo
In Limpopo, fine and warm.
North West
North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect fine and warm.
Free State
In the Free State, fine and cool to warm.
Northern Cape
Cloudy with fog patches over the western parts in the morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm with high level clouds in the south from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly, reaching strong during the afternoon.
Western Cape
Cloudy along the coast with a change of light rain in places over the Overberg and Garden Route Districts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool but warm over the northern parts of the West Coast District. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly to westerly along the south-west and south coast until midday, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-easterly but fresh to strong along the west coast.
The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High
Eastern Cape
The Western half: Fog patches in places in the morning, otherwise fine and cool, but warm in the extreme north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.
The Eastern half: Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool, but partly cloudy in the south. It will become cloudy along the coast in the evening with a chance of light rain and showers along the Wild Coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.
KwaZulu-Natal
Morning and evening fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. It will become cloudy from late afternoon with isolated evening showers and rain in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly in the south from mid-morning, spreading northwards from the late morning.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High
Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.