By Staff Writer

Published: 8 February 2026

This forecast is for: Mon 09 February 2026

The maps cover: Mon 09 Feb – Tue 10 Feb

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to over the Overberg District Municipality and Langeberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape; as well as the southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised flash flooding and large amounts of small hail over the City of Cape Metro Municipality, Cape Winelands and Central Karoo Local Municipalities in the Western Cape, extreme Eastern parts of Northern Cape, south-western parts of Free State, as well as Joe Gqabi, Chris Hani (excluding Inxuba Yethemba) District Municipalities, Matatiele, Umzimvubu, Ntabankulu and Mhlontlo Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy with a chance of drizzle along the escarpment in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy with a chance of drizzle along the escarpment in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the south-west.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the far east.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts, but widespread in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly, becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly from late afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy over the extreme north-western, where it will be hot, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the Overberg area, spreading to the eastern parts in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly along the northern parts of the west coast where it will become light to moderate south-westerly from the afternoon, otherwise moderate to fresh south-easterly but strong at times along the south-west coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy at times and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy at times and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places in the north-east. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the south, otherwise isolated, except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/32°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy in the morning becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/29°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy in the morning becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/32°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/32°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/31°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/28°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/25°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Fresh to strong easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/27°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Fresh to strong easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/28°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly by late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/30°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated morning showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly becoming moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly by late morning
Minimum/Maximum: 22/33°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/32°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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