Friday&#x2019s weather: Fog, hot and windy conditions, with thundershowers in 4 provinces

Morning fog is predicted for most provinces on Friday.

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Most parts of the country can expect morning fog,followed by cloudy,windy and warm conditions,with isolated thundershowers in some provinces,according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Hot conditions are forecast for Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

The weather in your province

Pretoria: 15°C — 29°C

Johannesburg: 14°C — 27°C

Vereeniging: 14°C — 28°C

Mpumalanga: Fine and warm,but hot in the Lowveld.

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Mbombela: 14°C — 29°C

Ermelo: 12°C — 27°C

Emalahleni: 9°C — 26°C

Standerton: 8°C — 27°C

Skukuza: 11°C — 32°C

Limpopo: Fine and warm,with hot conditions in some areas.

Polokwane: 9°C — 29°C

Phalaborwa: 13°C — 34°C

Tzaneen: 12°C — 32°C

Musina: 14°C — 35°C

Lephalale: 14°C — 33°C

Mokopane: 11°C — 31°C

North West: Partly cloudy,windy and warm,with isolated morning showers and thundershowers over the western parts.

Klerksdorp: 10°C — 29°C

Potchefstroom: 11°C — 28°C

Mahikeng: 12°C — 29°C

Rustenburg: 12°C — 29°C

Vryburg: 11°C — 29°C

Free State: Partly cloudy,with isolated morning showers and thundershowers in the western areas.

Bloemfontein: 13°C — 25°C

Welkom: 13°C — 28°C

Bethlehem: 8°C — 25°C

Northern Cape: Fog along the coastline early on,followed by isolated morning showers and thundershowers over the eastern areas. Windy in the east,otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

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Coastal wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

Upington: 12°C — 26°C

Kimberley: 14°C — 23°C

De Aar: 13°C — 22°C

Alexander Bay: 13°C — 19°C

Springbok: 13°C — 22°C

Calvinia: 6°C — 23°C

Sutherland: 0°C — 21°C

Weather forecast for today and tomorrow,28-29 August 2025:

Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and south-eastern parts of RSA.⚠️Severe thunderstorms #SAWS #SAWeather #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/knlijuudmN

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) August 28,2025

Western Cape: Fog along the coast early in the day,otherwise partly cloudy and cool,warming up over the eastern interior.

Coastal wind: Moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly,shifting to south-westerly along the west coast in the afternoon.

Cape Town: 12°C — 19°C

Vredendal: 10°C — 22°C

Riversdale: 9°C — 23°C

George: 9°C — 20°C

Worcester: 8°C — 22°C

Beaufort West: 13°C — 27°C

Oudtshoorn: 9°C — 25°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with morning fog and light rain in some southern parts. Partly cloudy and warm elsewhere,with isolated showers and thundershowers (except the extreme west).

Coastal wind: Light and variable,becoming light to moderate south-westerly from late morning.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Windy in the north. Elsewhere,cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers,except in the north-east and along the Wild Coast.

Coastal wind: Light and variable early on,turning moderate north-easterly,with a south-westerly wind in the south by afternoon.

Gqeberha: 13°C — 19°C

Makhanda: 11°C — 23°C

Cradock: 10°C — 25°C

Graaff-Reinet: 11°C — 26°C

East London: 14°C — 23°C

Port St Johns: 14°C — 25°C

Mthatha: 13°C — 28°C

Komani: 11°C — 26°C

Qonce: 12°C — 24°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches are expected over the interior,clearing later for partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions.

Coastal wind: Light to moderate south-westerly in the south during the morning and evening. Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly winds dominate otherwise.

Durban: 19°C — 25°C

Richards Bay: 20°C — 32°C

Pietermaritzburg: 12°C — 30°C

Ladysmith: 11°C — 29°C

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.