Is it safe to be outside in Saldanha today?
Yes — it's a good time to be outside in Saldanha right now: Good to go — Clear and calm. A good day to be outside. It's about 18° (feels like 16°), no rain expected soon, and UV peaks around 6. Air quality is fair (European AQI 27). Fire danger is low (index 4).
Clear and calm. A good day to be outside.
Updated 12:45, 11 Sep (SAST) · live weather for Saldanha
- 18°now
- 16°feels like
- 27 km/hwind
- 70%humidity
- UV 6peak today
- AQI 27air
- FDI 4fire danger
Today in Saldanha
- Fire danger FDI 4Low fire danger — the veld isn’t dangerously dry today.
- Air quality AQI 27Air is clean and easy to breathe today.
- UV & sun UV 6Sun is gentle today (peaks around UV 6).
Next 7 days
- Fri14° / 19°
- Sat14° / 21°
- Sun14° / 24°
- Mon13° / 16°
- Tue13° / 17°UV 6
- Wed12° / 19°UV 7
- Thu12° / 17°
Weather in Saldanha
Saldanha sits on the cool West Coast, where morning fog, brisk wind and winter cold fronts shape the day more than rain. On the breezy West Coast, Saldanha is dry and wind-swept, cooled by the cold Atlantic.
Open the live Saldanha appHow Saldanha has changed
There has been little measurable change in how much of the land around Saldanha is built on since 2017. The built-up area looks much the same on satellite images today as it did then.
We measure the same 10 km by 10 km square around every place we cover. How we measured this
Land cover: Impact Observatory, Esri and Microsoft, CC-BY-4.0. Derived from Copernicus Sentinel data.
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Common questions
Is it safe to be outside in Saldanha right now?
Yes — it's a good time to be outside in Saldanha right now: Good to go — Clear and calm. A good day to be outside. It's about 18° (feels like 16°), no rain expected soon, and UV peaks around 6. Air quality is fair (European AQI 27). Fire danger is low (index 4).
Will it rain in Saldanha today?
No rain is expected in Saldanha in the next few hours. The 7-day outlook shows what's coming.
How hot is it in Saldanha today?
It's about 18° in Saldanha right now, feeling like 16°, with a high near 19° and a low near 14°.
Is the UV high in Saldanha today?
Today's UV in Saldanha peaks around 6 (high) — wear sunscreen and a hat around midday.
What is the fire danger in Saldanha today?
Fire danger in Saldanha is low right now, at a fire-danger index of 4. The veld is not dangerously dry today. No active fire detections within 150 km of Saldanha in the last twelve hours, though satellites cannot see through thick cloud.
Overhead is a free guide built on live open weather data from Open-Meteo. It is advisory only — for official warnings and emergencies, follow the South African Weather Service.