Take a detailed look at what the weather has in store for South Africa’s nine provinces this Wednesday, 2 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: Fine and warm.
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: Fine and warm but hot in places on the Lowveld.
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: Fine and warm but hot in places on the Limpopo Valley.
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: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy 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: Fine becoming partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south.
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: Misty conditions in the morning, otherwise fine, becoming partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm but hot in the north, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly, becoming light to moderate westerly towards the late evening.
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: Partly cloudy to cloudy along the southern parts, with misty conditions early in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy to fine and cool to warm.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the south, but moderate southerly along the west coast, becoming fresh south-easterly in the south-west from the afternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High
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: Morning fog in the south, otherwise fine and cool to warm becoming partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The Western half – wind: The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming southeasterly by midday.
The Eastern half: Morning fog in the south west, otherwise fine and cool to warm becoming partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The Eastern half-wind: The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming moderate north-easterly by evening.
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: Fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to northeasterly, reaching fresh in the north at times, becoming light to moderate southerly to south-westerly from the south.
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. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Disruptive Rainfall leading to flooding of roads and settlements, and major disruption of traffic flow are expected over the Overberg and Garden Route District Municipalities in the Western Cape on Thursday.
B. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Damaging Wind leading to damage to temporary structures and settlement, injuries and danger to life from flying debris, transport routes and travel services affected is expected over the Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape as well as parts of the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and the Little Karoo District Municipalities in the Western Cape on Thursday afternoon into Friday.
C. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Damaging Wind and Waves leading to disruption of ports/harbours, danger to navigation at sea are expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenburg Bay from Thursday to Friday.
D. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Disruptive Rain leading to localised flooding of settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is expected in places in places over Koukamma, Kouga and Nelson Mandela Bay Local Municipalities
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places in the Blouberg Local Municipality of Limpopo, most parts of the Northern Cape except the western parts, as well as Mohokare Local Municipality of the Free State.
An intense Cut-Off Low (COL) is expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape provinces from Thursday into Friday (03-04 September 2026). The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions, as well as disruptive rainfall, damaging interior winds and damaging coastal winds and waves can be expected.
Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service
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