In Tshwane (Pretoria) you may not water the garden between 06:00 and 18:00 (while Level 1 restrictions stand). Level 1 water restrictions declared by the City of Tshwane in its 2024 and 2025 notices. No watering of gardens with a hosepipe or sprinkler between 06:00 and 18:00 (one 2025 notice gave 05:00). We could not find a 2026 notice confirming or lifting this, so check the City’s current position.
Under level 1 water restrictions declared by the City of Tshwane in its 2024 and 2025 notices, watering is not allowed between 06:00 and 18:00, so water before 06:00 or after 18:00. The best time for the plants is the early morning, 04:00–06:00, when little is lost to evaporation and the leaves dry as the sun comes up.
The notice speaks of watering gardens generally and does not exempt borehole water. Ask the City before relying on a borehole during restricted hours.
That depends on the month, the planting and the sprinklers, not the city alone. The watering schedule on this site works it out from the climate recorded at your address and turns it into minutes for each month, inside Tshwane (Pretoria)'s hours.
City of Tshwane water restriction notices, 2024–2025, checked October 2026. We could not find a newer notice, so check with the municipality that it still stands.