south africa weather forecast

Today’s weather forecast. Image: Adobe Stock

Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for all South African provinces, 8 November 2018

This forecast is designed to be a quick overview of what lies in store.

south africa weather forecast

Today’s weather forecast. Image: Adobe Stock

Weather data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.

Warnings: 

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Richersveld local municipality of the Northern Cape.

Watches: 

None.

Special weather advisories

None.

Weather forecast and UV index for all provinces

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool but warm in the north.

UVB sunburn index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga: Early morning fog patches on the Highveld and along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool becoming fine in the afternoon. It will be warm in the Lowveld.

Limpopo: Early morning fog patches in places over the central parts and along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but warm in the Lowveld.

North-West Province: Partly cloudy in the eastern parts at first, otherwise fine and warm.

Free State: Cloudy with morning fog patches in the east where it will be cool, otherwise fine and warm.

Northern Cape: Fine and warm, but hot in the central and northern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to southerly, becoming strong late afternoon.

Western Cape: Fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly, becoming strong north of Cape Point this afternoon.

UVB index: Extreme.

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cool along the coast, otherwise fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming light to moderate easterly to south-easterly from the late morning.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and cool to warm, but cloudy with morning fog patches along the escarpment. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, but fresh to strong during the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy becoming fine and cool by the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly in the extreme north at first, otherwise Moderate east to north-easterly.

UVB index: Very high.