Take a detailed look at what the weather has in store for South Africa’s nine provinces this Saturday, 5 September 2026.
Struggling to decide what to wear? Here’s what today’s weather has in store for South Africa’s nine provinces**.**
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Temperature: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High
Where does Gauteng rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Gauteng is the **smallest **of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 18 178 square kilometres.
Where does Gauteng rank in population among South Africa’s provinces?
Gauteng is the **biggest **in terms of population, with an estimated 16 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Gauteng?
The administrative capital of the province is Johannesburg, which is situated at 25°44′46″S 28°11′17″E.
Temperature: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be cloudy in the east.
Where does Mpumalanga rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Mpumalanga is the second smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 76 495 square kilometres.
Where does Mpumalanga rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
Mpumalanga is the sixth most populous, with an estimated 4.7 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Mpumalanga?
The capital and largest city in the province is Mbombela (formerly known as Nelspruit), which is situated at 25°27′57″S 30°59′07″E.
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Temperature: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the southwest. it with be cloudy in the east.
Where does Limpopo rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Limpopo is the fifth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 125 754 square kilometres.
Where does Limpopo rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
Limpopo is the fifth most populous, with an estimated 5.9 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Limpopo?
The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, which is situated at 23°54′00″S 29°27′00″E.
Temperature: Cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the west.
Where does the North West rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The North West is the sixth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 104 882 square kilometres.
Where does the North West rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The North West is the seventh most populous, with an estimated 4.2 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the North West?
Its capital is Mahikeng (formerly known as Mafikeng), which is situated at 25°51′56″S 25°38′37″E.
Temperature: Cloudy, windy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the extreme east.
Where does the Free State rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Free State is the third largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 129 825 square kilometres.
Where does the Free State rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Free State is the second smallest in terms of population, with an estimated 2.9 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Free State?
Formerly known as the Orange Free State, its capital and biggest city is Bloemfontein, South Africa’s judicial capital. It is situated at 29°07′S 26°13′E.
Temperature: Cloudy in the central and eastern parts where widespread to scattered showers and thundershowers, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers expected in places over the western parts. Morning fog patches are expected in places in the south.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh south-easterly.
Where does the Northern Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Northern Cape is the largest of South Africa’s nine provinces at 372 889 square kilometres.
Where does the Northern Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Northern Cape is the smallest in terms of population, with an estimated 1.3 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Northern Cape?
Its capital is Kimberley, which is situated at 28°44′18″S 24°45′50″E.
Temperature: Fine to partly cloudy and cool to warm, but cloudy over the north-eastern parts until the afternoon, with drizzle over the south-eastern parts in the evening.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly along the south coast, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly, reaching gale along the southwest coast.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate
Where does the Western Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Western Cape is the fourth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 129 449 square kilometres.
Where does the Western Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Western Cape is the third most populous, with an estimated 7.2 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Western Cape?
The capital city is Cape Town, which is situated at 33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E.
The Western half: Cloudy and cool with light rain in places along the coast.
The Western half – wind: The wind along the coast will be Moderate easterly.
The Eastern half: Cloudy and cool with light rain and showers.
The Eastern half-wind: The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate easterly to north easterly
Where does the Eastern Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Eastern Cape is the second largest of South Africa’s nine provinces at 168 966 square kilometres.
Where does the Eastern Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Eastern Cape is the **fourth **biggest in terms of population, with an estimated 6.7 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Eastern Cape?
Its capital is Bhisho, which is situated at 32°50′58″S 27°26′17″E.
Temperature: Cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly north of Richards bay at first, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly. It will become moderate to fresh north-easterly south of Durban by late morning, spreading to Cape St Lucia in the evening.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High
Where does KwaZulu-Natal rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
KwaZulu-Natal is the seventh largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 94 361 square kilometres.
Where does KwaZulu-Natal rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
KwaZulu-Natal is the second most populous, with an estimated 11.5 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of KwaZulu-Natal?
The capital city is Pietermaritzburg, which is situated at 29°37′S 30°23′E.
A. Orange Level 5 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms leading flooding of susceptible settlements and roads, strong gusty wind and hail causing damages to structures and falling trees and municipal service outages incidents due to excessive lightning activity over the central parts of Northern Cape.
B. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms leading localized flooding of susceptible settlements and roads, strong gusty wind and hail causing damages to structures and falling trees and municipal service outages incidents due to excessive lightning activity over the central and eastern parts of Northern Cape, as well as extreme western parts of North-West.
C. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms leading to localized wind and hail damages to structures and falling trees and local fire incidents due to excessive lightning over Free State and most parts of North-West.
D. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Damaging Wind and Waves leading to disruption of ports/harbours, danger to navigation at sea from Richards Bay to Kosi Bay.
E. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Damaging Wind leading to disruption of ports/harbours, danger to navigation at sea from Cape Town to Cape Agulhas.
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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service
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