Friday's weather: Thundershowers for most regions; fine and warm conditions in 3 provinces
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool to warm.
Pretoria: 7°C — 25°C
Johannesburg: 6°C — 24°C
Vereeniging: 4°C — 24°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 11°C — 28°C
Ermelo: 4°C — 21°C
Emalahleni: 7°C — 22°C
Standerton: 1°C — 23°C
Skukuza: 8°C — 31°C
Limpopo: Fine and warm.
Polokwane: 7°C — 26°C
Phalaborwa: 11°C — 31°C
Tzaneen: 10°C — 26°C
Musina: 12°C — 30°C
Lephalale: 8°C — 28°C
Mokopane: 8°C — 25°C
North West: Partly cloudy, windy, and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-east.
Klerksdorp: 9°C — 24°C
Potchefstroom: 9°C — 24°C
Mahikeng: 10°C — 25°C
Rustenburg: 10°C — 25°C
Vryburg: 10°C — 26°C
Free State: Partly cloudy, windy, and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 10°C — 23°C
Welkom: 12°C — 24°C
Bethlehem: 5°C — 20°C
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 14 - 15 August 2025.
Partly cloudy & cool to warm conditions are expected, with Isolated showers & thundershowers over the central & eastern parts of the country. #saws #weatheroutlook #southafricanweather pic.twitter.com/iAW3tXihDT
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) August 14, 2025
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy, and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in places in the east. Coastal wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Upington: 8°C — 20°C
Kimberley: 12°C — 24°C
De Aar: 9°C — 20°C
Alexander Bay: 11°C — 18°C
Springbok: 7°C — 15°C
Calvinia: 1°C — 16°C
Sutherland: -1°C — 14°C
Western Cape: Cloudy and cool along the west and south coasts. Otherwise, partly cloudy and cool to cold, with isolated thundershowers in the south-east. Coastal wind: Light and variable at first, becoming moderate north-westerly but moderate to fresh south-westerly along the south coast.
Cape Town: 10°C — 18°C
Vredendal: 7°C — 18°C
Riversdale: 9°C — 18°C
George: 9°C — 17°C
Worcester: 8°C — 19°C
Beaufort West: 4°C — 18°C
Oudtshoorn: 7°C — 19°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the south. Coastal wind: Light easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with morning fog in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the north-east. Coastal wind: Light to moderate north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 12°C — 20°C
Makhanda: 13°C — 21°C
Cradock: 9°C — 23°C
Graaff-Reinet: 7°C — 21°C
East London: 16°C — 23°C
Port St Johns: 17°C — 22°C
Mthatha: 11°C — 24°C
Komani: 11°C — 23°C
Qonce: 12°C — 24°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except for the extreme north-east where it will remain fine. Coastal wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Durban: 17°C — 24°C
Richard's Bay: 18°C — 28°C
Pietermaritzburg: 12°C — 27°C
Ladysmith: 8°C — 26°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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