Gauteng
Weather: Fine and cool.
UVB Index: High – wear sunblock.
Facts:
- Smallest province by area (18,178 km²).
- Most populated with around 16 million people (2020 census).
- Capital: Johannesburg (25°44′46″S 28°11′17″E).
Mpumalanga
Weather: Partly cloudy in Lowveld and escarpment. Fog in morning. Fine and cool elsewhere.
Facts:
- Second smallest province (76,495 km²).
- Sixth in population with 4.7 million people.
- Capital: Mbombela (25°27′57″S 30°59′07″E).
Limpopo
Weather: Fog and drizzle in the east. Partly cloudy and cool elsewhere. Fine in central areas.
Facts:
- Fifth largest province (125,754 km²).
- Fifth in population with 5.9 million people.
- Capital: Polokwane (23°54′00″S 29°27′00″E).
North West
Weather: Fine, windy and cold. Becomes partly cloudy.
Facts:
- Sixth largest province (104,882 km²).
- Seventh in population with 4.2 million people.
- Capital: Mahikeng (25°51′56″S 25°38′37″E).
Free State
Weather: Fine and cold to cool. Windy in central and western areas.
Facts:
- Third largest province (129,825 km²).
- Second smallest population: 2.9 million.
- Capital: Bloemfontein (29°07′S 26°13′E), also SA’s judicial capital.
Northern Cape
Weather: Fog on coast. Fine and cool inland. Cloudy in northeast later. Windy inland.
Wind: Light south-easterly in the morning. Later, light to moderate north-westerly.
Facts:
- Largest province (372,889 km²).
- Smallest population: 1.3 million.
- Capital: Kimberley (28°44′18″S 24°45′50″E).
Western Cape
Weather: Fog along west and south coast. Fine and cool. Warm in places. Cloudy with evening drizzle in southwest.
Wind: Light to strong northerly. Turns south-westerly in the afternoon.
UVB Index: Low
Facts:
- Fourth largest province (129,449 km²).
- Third most populated: 7.2 million.
- Capital: Cape Town (33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E).
Eastern Cape
Weather: Fine and warm across both western and eastern halves.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Facts:
- Second largest province (168,966 km²).
- Fourth in population: 6.7 million.
- Capital: Bhisho (32°50′58″S 27°26′17″E).
KwaZulu-Natal
Weather: Partly cloudy in northeast. Fine and cool elsewhere. Warm in some eastern areas.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly early, then fresh north-easterly.
UVB Index: High
Facts:
- Seventh in size (94,361 km²).
- Second most populated: 11.5 million.
- Capital: Pietermaritzburg (29°37′S 30°23′E).
Weather Alerts
Yellow Level 1: Damaging winds in western Northern Cape. Local fire risk and settlement damage possible.
Fire Danger Warnings
Extreme Fire Risk:
- Beaufort-West and Prince Albert (Western Cape).
- Kareeberg (Northern Cape).
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