Heat waves and scorching temperatures are expected in multiple regions. (Sean Gladwell/Getty Images)
Prepare for a hot day across many regions, according to the South African Weather Service, with heat waves expected in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Cloudy conditions will affect parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, while isolated showers and thundershowers are forecast for the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
Advisories
A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga until at least Sunday.
Very hot and humid weather resulting in extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected in the Lowveld, Limpopo Valley, and Western Bushveld of Limpopo.
The weather in your region
Gauteng: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the south during the evening. It will be very hot in the extreme north.
- Pretoria 17°C — 33°C
- Johannesburg 14°C — 32°C
- Vereeniging 17°C — 33°C
Mpumalanga: Fine and hot to very hot.
- Mbombela 14°C — 33°C
- Ermelo 13°C — 31°C
- Emalahleni 15°C — 32°C
- Standerton 11°C — 33°C
- Skukuza 14°C — 39°C
Limpopo: Fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in parts of the Lowveld.
- Polokwane 12°C — 34°C
- Phalaborwa 16°C — 39°C
- Tzaneen 15°C — 36°C
- Musina 17°C — 39°C
- Lephalale 15°C — 38°C
- Mokopane 16°C — 36°C
North West: Partly cloudy, windy and hot.
- Klerksdorp 16°C — 33°C
- Potchefstroom 15°C — 32°C
- Mahikeng 17°C — 34°C
- Rustenburg 15°C — 34°C
- Vryburg 12°C — 35°C
Free State: Partly cloudy, windy, and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-west.
- Bloemfontein 9°C — 31°C
- Welkom 13°C — 32°C
- Bethlehem 11°C — 29°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy, and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west and north. It will be fine in the extreme west.
Coastal wind – light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
- Upington 11°C — 28°C
- Kimberley 11°C — 31°C
- De Aar 8°C — 27°C
- Alexander Bay 9°C — 19°C
- Springbok 7°C — 18°C
- Calvinia 0°C — 23°C
- Sutherland -2°C — 19°C
Western Cape: Morning fog in places in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool, but fine in the west.
Coastal wind – moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly along the west and south-west coast, otherwise light and variable.
- Cape Town 12°C — 21°C
- Vredendal 7°C — 21°C
- Riversdale 11°C — 21°C
- George 11°C — 18°C
- Worcester 8°C — 25°C
- Beaufort West 9°C — 23°C
- Oudtshoorn 10°C — 24°C
Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cool, but cloudy with light rain and drizzle along the coast and adjacent interior mainly in the morning.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly, but south-easterly in the afternoon. It will become moderate to fresh north-easterly in the evening.
Morning fog is expected in places over the eastern half of the province’s interior, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, but light rain and drizzle along the coast and adjacent interior. It will be windy and warm in places in the north.
Coastal wind – light to moderate south-westerly, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon, but north-easterly at night.
- Gqeberha 12°C — 19°C
- Makhanda 11°C — 19°C
- Cradock 4°C — 24°C
- Graaff-Reinet 4°C — 24°C
- East London 15°C — 21°C
- Port St Johns 16°C — 21°C
- Umtata 8°C — 23°C
- Komani 10°C — 23°C Qonce: 11°C — 20°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon, except in the north-east. It will be hot in places in the north-west.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly in the extreme north at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
- Durban 18°C — 22°C
- Richard’s Bay 20°C — 23°C
- Pietermaritzburg 16°C — 24°C
- Ladysmith 13°C — 33°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
