Light rain is expected in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Saturday will see fine and warm conditions across much of the country, with light rain expected in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds resulting in localised damage to settlements, difficult driving conditions and problems for high-sided vehicles are expected in places over Joe Gqabi and Chris Hani district municipalities, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, as well as Kouga, Ndlambe and Ngqushwa in the Eastern Cape.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds and waves, resulting in localised disruptions to beachfront activities and difficulty in navigation, are expected between Plettenberg Bay and Port Alfred from mid-morning, spreading to Kosi Bay in the evening.
Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 21-22 August 2026:
No significant weather expected today, but light rain is possible over the extreme south-western parts of the Western Cape tomorrow.#SAWS pic.twitter.com/BDLCq6LQcW
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) August 21, 2026
In the SAWS’s colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.
The SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, level 5 is medium, and levels 4 and 8 are low.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Fine and warm.
Pretoria: 13—28°C
Johannesburg: 12—27°C
Vereeniging: 8—28°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog in the east, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in parts of the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 13—31°C
Ermelo: 9—26°C
Emalahleni: 11—25°C
Standerton: 6—28°C
Skukuza: 9—33°C
Limpopo: Morning fog in the east, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in places.
Polokwane: 9—29°C
Phalaborwa: 13—32°C
Tzaneen: 12—30°C
Musina: 13—31°C
Lephalale: 8—31°C
Mokopane: 11—29°C
North West: Fine and warm. It will be windy in the extreme south-west.
Klerksdorp: 8—30°C
Potchefstroom: 7—29°C
Mahikeng: 10—29°C
Rustenburg: 10—29°C
Vryburg: 5—28°C
Free State: Fine, windy and cool to warm.
Bloemfontein: 7—29°C
Welkom: 9—29°C
Bethlehem: 1—26°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the south-west during the morning, where it will be cold, otherwise fine and cool to warm. It will be windy in the extreme east.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong in the evening.
Upington: 11—29°C
Kimberley: 9—31°C
De Aar: 7—26°C
Alexander Bay: 8—23°C
Springbok: 9—21°C
Calvinia: 3—19°C
Sutherland: -2—17°C
Western Cape: Cloudy with morning mist in places over the southern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool. Light rain is expected over the south-western parts in the evening.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, but moderate north-westerly in the morning.
Cape Town: 11—17°C
Vredendal: 7—23°C
Riversdale: 9—21°C
George: 9—23°C
Worcester: 9—21°C
Beaufort West: 7—21°C
Oudtshoorn: 7—22°C
Eastern Cape: Cloudy with morning fog in places in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the north-east. Light rain can be expected in places along the coast west of Gqeberha at night.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly in the early morning, otherwise fresh to strong south-westerly, reaching gale force in places.
Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, but windy in places. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong south-westerly from mid-morning.
Gqeberha: 11—19°C
Makhanda: 10—20°C
Nxuba (Adelaide): 7—25°C
Robert Sobukwe Town (Graaff-Reinet): 7—24°C
KuGompo (East London): 14—23°C
Port St Johns: 15—27°C
Mthatha: 10—31°C
Komani: 7—28°C
Qonce: 10—23°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the east from the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong south-westerly from the south in the afternoon, spreading northwards.
Durban: 17—29°C
Richards Bay: 14—34°C
Pietermaritzburg: 10—33°C
Ladysmith: 9—30°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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