Light rain is forecast for most parts of the country.
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Morning fog and light rain are forecast for most parts of the country, except for Gauteng, where partly cloudy and cool conditions are expected, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2: Damaging coastal winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea are expected between Table Bay and Cape Agulhas.
In the SAWS’ 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.
SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool.
Pretoria: 12°C — 18°C
Johannesburg: 10°C — 18°C
Vereeniging: 6°C — 17°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy with morning fog patches in places in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 10°C — 22°C
Ermelo: 4°C — 18°C
Emalahleni: 7°C — 20°C
Standerton: 4°C — 19°C
Skukuza: 12°C — 25°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches over the northern interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain except in the south.
Polokwane: 9°C — 20°C
Phalaborwa: 14°C — 25°C
Tzaneen: 11°C — 23°C
Musina: 13°C — 25°C
Lephalale: 11°C — 23°C
Mokopane: 10°C — 21°C
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 19 – 20 May 2026.
Cloudy to partly cloudy & cold to cool conditions are expected, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers possible over most parts of the country except in places over the central parts.
#saws #weather pic.twitter.com/7QJeyyKquj— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) May 19, 2026
North West: Morning fog in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the western parts.
Klerksdorp: 7°C — 21°C
Potchefstroom: 6°C — 20°C
Mahikeng: 10°C — 21°C
Rustenburg: 11°C — 21°C
Vryburg: 7°C — 22°C
Free State: Morning fog in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the western parts.
Bloemfontein: 7°C — 20°C
Welkom: 8°C — 21°C
Bethlehem: 1°C — 18°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog over the western part, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, but cold over the southern parts, where it will be cloudy.
Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the central parts and eastern parts, but scattered in the south-eastern.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming light to moderate southerly to south-westerly from the afternoon.
Upington: 13°C — 25°C
Kimberley: 9°C — 21°C
De Aar: 10°C — 18°C
Alexander Bay: 16°C — 20°C
Springbok: 11°C — 21°C
Calvinia: 13°C — 22°C
Sutherland: 9°C — 18°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy in the west with morning fog in place over the north-western part, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-eastern part.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly along the west coast, otherwise fresh to strong south-easterly to easterly, reaching gale force along the south-west coast in the morning.
Cape Town: 17°C — 24°C
Vredendal: 12°C — 28°C
Riversdale: 15°C — 21°C
George: 15°C — 21°C
Worcester: 14°C — 20°C
Beaufort West: 12°C — 20°C
Oudtshoorn: 13°C — 20°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool with light showers along the coast and in the extreme west.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool but cloudy along the coast, where light morning rain is expected in places.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 17°C — 20°C
Makhanda: 14°C — 20°C
Cradock: 8°C — 21°C
Graaff-Reinet: 9°C — 21°C
KuGompo City (East London): 17°C — 20°C
Port St Johns: 14°C — 23°C
Mthatha: 8°C — 20°C
Komani: 6°C — 21°C
Qonce: 13°C — 20°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the morning and evening along the coast and adjacent interior.
The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming moderate southerly to south-easterly towards midday.
Durban: 18°C — 24°C
Richards Bay: 16°C — 25°C
Pietermaritzburg: 8°C — 23°C
Ladysmith: 5°C — 22°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
