Ubuntu Weather
South African weather, alerts
Free · In‑App Purchases
New: swell forecasts on the wind map. Tap anywhere for wave height, direction and period, or wind speed and gusts. Built for South African weather.
Ubuntu Weather — built for South African weather, by a Joburg developer.
SAWS severe weather warnings. Lightning alerts the moment EUMETSAT detects a strike near you. A live wind map and satellite maps. Hourly and 14-day forecasts, a morning briefing, coastal tides, a proper moon
page, sport fixtures with the weather at each venue, and solar forecasts for your panels. And the only weather app with a Braai Gauge™.
FREE
• Hourly and 14-day forecasts with rain chance, temperature and rain charts
• Morning briefing — a daily notification with your high and low, when rain is likely, UV and strong wind, at the time you choose
• Live wind on your Home screen — wind streaks flowing over your area, with the speed, direction and gusts where you are
• Braai Gauge™ plus activity scores for pool days, hiking, fishing and gardening
• Share today's weather as a card to WhatsApp, family groups and friends
• Tap Humidity, UV, Pressure or Air Quality for 24-hour charts and tips — today's UV peak and when to cover up, pressure trends, and PM2.5, PM10, ozone and NO₂ against WHO guidelines
• Moon page — a real photo of tonight's moon, shaded to its phase and shown the right way up for the southern hemisphere, with the dates and times of the next full, new and quarter moons. Moon phase on every
day of the 14-day forecast too
• Live altitude, steadied by your iPhone's barometer, plus the air pressure measured right where you are
• Coastal tide times 14 days ahead for seaside spots around South Africa
• Live EUMETSAT infrared satellite imagery
• Sport fixtures with the forecast at each venue — rugby, soccer, cricket, F1, MotoGP, tennis and golf
• Solar production forecast for your PV panels — today's curve and the week ahead
• Make Home your own — reorder the cards and hide the ones you don't need
• Home-screen and lock-screen widgets for weather, solar and fixtures
• Background photos that reflect where you are
• Know when SAWS warnings are active for your area
PREMIUM — R29/month, R299/year or R499 once-off for lifetime
• Full SAWS severe weather warnings, with push notifications the moment one is issued for your area
• Lightning push alerts with distance and direction when strikes are detected near you
• Full-screen wind map — the 3-day wind forecast animated across southern Africa, with gusts for any spot you tap
• Every satellite map layer — true colour, satellite rain estimates, convection and thunderstorm tracking, K-index, lightning and active fires
• No ads
WHY UBUNTU WEATHER
Apple Weather is fine, but it doesn't know about SAWS warnings, doesn't push lightning alerts when a Highveld storm rolls in, doesn't show you the wind blowing across the country, doesn't track your solar
production, doesn't tell you whether Saturday is braai weather, and doesn't show the weather at the venue for the afternoon's rugby. Ubuntu Weather does all of that.
GOT AN IDEA?
Use Suggestions in the menu to send us ideas, bug reports and screenshots — we read every one.
PRIVACY
Your location is used to fetch your weather, route your alerts and send your morning briefing. We don't sell your data or track you across other apps. Free users see ads from Google AdMob. Full details in our
Privacy Policy.
Wind forecast data: contains modified ECMWF data (CC BY 4.0).
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://ubuntuweather.co.za/privacy
Made in Johannesburg. Feedback welcome at support@ubuntuweather.co.za
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NEW: Swell forecast. Switch the wind map to Swell for animated wave height, direction and period along the whole SA coastline, three days ahead.
Tap anywhere on the wind or swell map for an instant reading, like "WSW 2.5 m · 12 s" or "NW 32 km/h, gusts 41".
Founder Lifetime: unlock Premium forever with one payment. Founder pricing is for a limited time.
Saved places: keep the coast, the farm or the folks back home one tap away.
Plus: set up solar from a new card on Home, a hint that the rain chart scrolls to 48 hours, tappable stat tiles, and tidier sports league settings.
The developer, Dietrich Gunther Lubbe, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Dietrich Gunther Lubbe
- Size
- 42.3 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Founder Lifetime $24.99
- Premium Annual $14.99
- Premium Monthly $0.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Dieter Lubbe
