(Posted 02nd September 2026)

Travellers planning a trip to South Africa between September 2026 and January 2027 may want to keep an eye on the weather. The latest seasonal outlook from the South African Weather Service (SAWS) points towards a hotter-than-normal summer, with an increasingly strong El Niño raising the likelihood of drier conditions across large parts of the country…. READ MORE
Travellers planning a trip to Southern Africa during the 2026/27 rainy season from October 2026 to March 2027 may want to keep an eye on the latest regional climate outlook. The consensus forecast from the Thirty-Third Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-33) points to a generally drier-than-normal start to the season across much of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, followed by below-normal rainfall across large parts of central and southern Southern Africa early in 2027…. READ MORE






