Snowfall is expected over the mountains of the Western Cape, southern Northern Cape and high ground of the Eastern Cape.
A series of intense cold fronts is expected to bring heavy rainfall, strong winds and flooding to the Western Cape and parts of the Eastern Cape on Monday, with conditions set to persist into Tuesday.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued nine weather warnings for the two provinces, ranging from disruptive rainfall and damaging winds to snowfall over the Eastern Cape mountains and storm surge alerts along the coast.
Impact-based warnings
Orange Level 8 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, bridges and formal and informal settlements, mudslides and danger to life due to fast-flowing rivers is expected over the mountainous regions of the Drakenstein, Stellenbosch, the western parts of the Theewaterskloof, City of Cape Town, Breede Valley and Witzenberg local municipalities of the Western Cape until Tuesday.
Orange Level 6 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements is expected over the southern West Coast and the western parts of the Overberg districts of the Western Cape until Tuesday.
Orange Level 6 warning: Damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea and damage to coastal infrastructure are expected along the coast between Lambert’s Bay and Cannon Rocks until Tuesday.
Orange Level 5 warning: Damaging interior winds leading to damage of formal and informal settlements, power interruptions and closure of some routes due to falling trees are expected over the central parts of the Western Cape and northern and central parts of the Eastern Cape, but expected in the Western Cape until Tuesday.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea are expected along the coast between Alexander Bay and Lambert’s Bay and Cannon Rocks and East London until Tuesday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements is expected over the northern parts of the West Coast, eastern parts of the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts of the Western Cape until Tuesday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to localised damage of informal settlements, falling trees and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes are expected in places in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, as well as the central and southern parts of the Northern Cape until Tuesday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive snowfall leading to loss of vulnerable livestock, disruption of traffic due to icy roads and possible closure of mountain passes is expected over the northern part of the Eastern Cape until Monday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Storm surge leading to localised flooding of low-lying coastal areas is expected between Saldanha Bay and Algoa Bay until Tuesday.
Extended weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday, 11-12 May 2026:
Fine and cool to warm in the north and east, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain in the southern parts but widespread in the south-west#saws #weatheroutlook #Warning pic.twitter.com/mk8fhsddBP— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) May 9, 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, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories
A series of intense cold fronts is expected; therefore, the public (especially the elderly) and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the southern parts of Namakwa District in the Northern Cape and western interior of the Western Cape, as well as Chris Hani and Joe Gqabi district municipalities of the Eastern Cape until Tuesday.
Snowfalls are also expected over the mountains of the Western Cape and southern parts of the Northern Cape as well as over the high ground of the Eastern Cape.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Fine and cool to cold conditions. A relatively calm day compared to the south and west.
Pretoria: 7°C – 19°C
Johannesburg: 4°C – 15°C
Vereeniging: 5°C – 15°C
Mpumalanga: Fine and cool to warm, but cold in places in the east and south. Dress in warm layers.
Mbombela: 10°C – 27°C
Ermelo: 6°C – 16°C
Emalahleni: 7°C – 18°C
Standerton: 5°C – 17°C
Skukuza: 16°C – 31°C
Limpopo: Fine and cool to warm conditions throughout the day.
Polokwane: 12°C – 24°C
Phalaborwa: 17°C – 30°C
Tzaneen: 14°C – 26°C
Musina: 16°C – 31°C
Lephalale: 14°C – 26°C
Mokopane: 11°C – 26°C
North West: Fine but windy and cool to warm.
Klerksdorp: 4°C – 17°C
Potchefstroom: 5°C – 17°C
Mahikeng: 5°C – 17°C
Rustenburg: 6°C – 20°C
Vryburg: 2°C – 17°C
Free State: Partly cloudy to cloudy in the south, where isolated showers are expected. Otherwise fine, windy and cold across the province.
Bloemfontein: 2°C – 13°C
Welkom: 2°C – 15°C
Bethlehem: -2°C – 11°C
Northern Cape: Fine to partly cloudy in the north, but cloudy, windy and very cold to cold elsewhere with isolated showers and thundershowers. Snowfall is expected in the southern parts. Coastal winds are fresh to strong, west to north-westerly.
Upington: 5°C – 17°C
Kimberley: 2°C – 15°C
De Aar: 1°C – 10°C
Alexander Bay: 13°C – 18°C
Springbok: 4°C – 12°C
Calvinia: 5°C – 12°C
Sutherland: 0°C – 10°C
Western Cape: Cloudy, windy and cool to cold with widespread to scattered rain and showers, isolated only in the north-east. This is the most severely affected province with multiple active warnings. Avoid all unnecessary travel. Coastal winds gale to strong gale westerly to north-westerly.
Cape Town: 11°C – 17°C
Vredendal: 12°C – 15°C
Riversdale: 10°C – 18°C
George: 10°C – 18°C
Worcester: 10°C – 17°C
Beaufort West: 7°C – 15°C
Oudtshoorn: 10°C – 17°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Snowfall expected in the northern areas. Otherwise cloudy, windy and cold with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior, becoming scattered west of Gqeberha. Coastal winds are strong to gale force north-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Snowfall expected in the northern areas. Otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cold, but cooler along the coast. Coastal winds are strong north-westerly.
Gqeberha: 10°C – 18°C
Makhanda: 9°C – 17°C
Cradock: 3°C – 13°C
Graaff-Reinet: 2°C – 12°C
East London: 15°C – 20°C
Port St Johns: 13°C – 21°C
Mthatha: 6°C – 18°C
Komani: 3°C – 14°C
Qonce: 10°C – 16°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Mostly fine and cool, but warm in the east. One of the calmer provinces on Monday. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly north of Durban, otherwise fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly.
Winds will become moderate to fresh north-easterly south of Richards Bay during the afternoon, turning easterly to south-easterly north of Mtunzini at times.
Durban: 18°C – 25°C
Richards Bay: 18°C – 25°C
Pietermaritzburg: 9°C – 22°C
Ladysmith: 8°C – 22°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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