Christmas day weather forecast for EVERY province: Sun cream and umbrellas!

Weather around South Africa on Christmas day, Saturday 25 December, will range from boiling hot to cloudy with a chance of rain in the Eastern Cape.

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Wherever you find yourself celebrating, best you pack your sun cream, a hat – and an umbrella!

Sun and rain for South Africa’s nine provinces

In no particular order, the early weather forecast – four days out at the time of publishing – for the major cities in each of Mzansi’s nine provinces according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS) is:

EASTERN CAPE

Gqeberha

Minimum – 18

Maximum – 21

Forecast: Overcast with rain

East London

Minimum – 17

Maximum – 21

Forecast: Overcast with rain

FREE STATE

Bloemfontein

Minimum – 14

Maximum – 28

Forecast: Sunny

GAUTENG

Johannesburg

Minimum – 15

Maximum – 25

Forecast: Cloudy with sun

Pretoria

Minimum – 16

Maximum – 29

Forecast: Cloudy with sun

KWAZULU-NATAL

Durban

Minimum – 20

Maximum – 24

Forecast: Cloudy

LIMPOPO

Polokwane

Minimum – 18

Maximum – 27

Forecast: Cloudy

MPUMALANGA

Nelspruit / Mbombela

Minimum – 18

Maximum – 28

Forecast: Cloudy

NORTHERN CAPE

Upington

Minimum – 18

Maximum – 32

Forecast: Sunny and hot

NORTH WEST

Potchefstroom and Sun City

Minimum – 17

Maximum – 31

Forecast: Cloudy

WESTERN CAPE

Cape Town

Minimum – 16

Maximum – 24

Forecast: Sunny