Wednesday's weather: Foggy morning in most regions, with thundershowers in 3 provinces

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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has predicted morning fog across the country with thundershowers in the Free State, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.
Warm and windy conditions are expected in the North West.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool.
Pretoria: 9°C — 22°C
Johannesburg: 9°C — 21°C
Vereeniging: 7°C — 22°C
Mpumalanga: Fine and cool with morning fog along the northern escarpment, becoming partly cloudy over the Highveld in the afternoon. Warm conditions are expected in the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 11°C — 22°C
Ermelo: 5°C — 19°C
Emalahleni: 5°C — 20°C
Standerton: 4°C — 21°C
Skukuza: 13°C — 27°C
Limpopo: Cloudy over the north-eastern escarpment at first, with drizzle expected. Otherwise, partly cloudy and cool to warm, with light rain in the Bushveld.
Polokwane: 7°C — 20°C
Phalaborwa: 13°C — 26°C
Tzaneen: 10°C — 24°C
Musina: 13°C — 25°C
Lephalale: 10°C — 25°C
Mokopane: 10°C — 24°C
North West: Fine at first, then partly cloudy and cool to warm. Windy conditions anticipated in the western parts.
Klerksdorp: 7°C — 23°C
Potchefstroom: 7°C — 22°C
Mahikeng: 8°C — 23°C
Rustenburg: 8°C — 23°C
Vryburg: 8°C — 24°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers expected in the west where it will also be windy.
Bloemfontein: 8°C — 21°C
Welkom: 9°C — 22°C
Bethlehem: 1°C — 20°C
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 12 - 13 August 2025.
Isolated showers & thundershowers are expected over the central & eastern parts of the country. Otherwise, fine & cool to warm. #saws #weatheroutlook #southafricanweather pic.twitter.com/koUj68bQqV
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) August 12, 2025
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches along the coast. Otherwise, partly cloudy, windy, and cool to warm. Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are possible in the eastern areas. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Upington: 9°C — 26°C
Kimberley: 10°C — 23°C
De Aar: 10°C — 22°C
Alexander Bay: 9°C — 18°C
Springbok: 7°C — 20°C
Calvinia: 0°C — 20°C
Sutherland: -5°C — 16°C
Western Cape: Cloudy in the western and southern parts during the morning with fog patches. Fine weather expected by the afternoon, featuring high-level clouds. Cold to cool conditions are expected overall.
Coastal wind: Light south-westerly along the south-western and southern coasts in the morning, becoming moderate south-easterly to easterly later.
Cape Town: 10°C — 16°C
Vredendal: 7°C — 19°C
Riversdale: 7°C — 18°C
George: 8°C — 16°C
Worcester: 4°C — 17°C
Beaufort West: 6°C — 22°C
Oudtshoorn: 3°C — 21°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog in some interior regions, partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers expected in the east. Coastal and adjacent interior regions will remain cloudy.
Coastal wind: Light north-westerly, turning light to moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy in some areas, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. The northern parts may experience scattered showers and thundershowers.
Coastal wind: Light and variable, becoming light to moderate south-easterly in the afternoon, becoming north-easterly north of Mazeppa Bay by evening.
Gqeberha: 11°C — 20°C
Makhanda: 9°C — 21°C
Cradock: 8°C — 24°C
Graaff-Reinet: 5°C — 22°C
East London: 12°C — 20°C
Port St Johns: 10°C — 22°C
Umtata: 7°C — 24°C
Komani: 8°C — 22°C
Qonce: 9°C — 20°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Fine and cool to warm conditions are expected, becoming partly cloudy over the western regions by the afternoon. Isolated showers and thundershowers are anticipated in the south-west, with evening fog along the south-east.
Coastal wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, turning southerly to south-westerly along the south coast.
Durban: 12°C — 23°C
Richards Bay: 13°C — 27°C
Pietermaritzburg: 7°C — 26°C
Ladysmith: 3°C — 24°C