South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Wednesday, 3 September 2025

South Africa’s weather today remains mostly dry and warm, with clear skies dominating much of the interior.

Fire danger warnings have been issued across several provinces due to dry and windy conditions. Coastal areas will experience partly cloudy skies with strong winds in places.

Weather warnings and advisories for Wednesday, 3 September 2025

• Fire Danger Warnings:
  • Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in parts of:
    • Gauteng
    • Mpumalanga
    • Eastern Cape
    • Free State
    • North West
    • Eastern parts of Northern Cape
    • Central and eastern Limpopo
    • Northern and western KwaZulu-Natal
  • These conditions increase the risk of runaway fires, especially in dry, grassy areas.
• Impact-Based Warnings:
  • None.
• Advisories:
  • None.

Cape Town, Durban and JHB forecast: Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Cape Town weather

Durban weather

Johannesburg weather

What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast

• Gauteng
  • Pretoria: Fine. 13/31 °C
  • Johannesburg: Fine. 13/30 °C
  • Vereeniging: Fine. 12/30 °C
• Mpumalanga
  • Mbombela: Morning fog patches, otherwise fine. 16/34 °C
• Limpopo
  • Polokwane: Fine. 15/31 °C
• North West
  • Mahikeng: Fine. 10/32 °C
  • Vryburg: Fine. 15/32 °C
• Free State
  • Bloemfontein: Fine and windy. 08/31 °C
• Northern Cape
  • Kimberley: Fine and windy. 09/31 °C
  • Upington: Fine. 12/33 °C
• Western Cape
  • Cape Town: Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine. 12/20 °C
• Garden Route (George)
  • Cloudy at first, then partly cloudy. 10/19 °C
• Eastern Cape
  • Gqeberha: Partly cloudy. Windy. 14/20 °C
  • East London: Partly cloudy with strong winds. 16/21 °C
• KwaZulu-Natal
  • Durban: Fine at first, becoming partly cloudy. Windy. 17/25 °C
  • Richards Bay: Partly cloudy with isolated showers; clearing later. 16/29 °C
  • Pietermaritzburg: Fine, becoming partly cloudy. 12/29 °C