While South Africa is at one with its love of football, the same can't be said for its Climate.
Winter in South Africa isn't quite like the typical UK winter but it is still winter in the southern hemisphere - so what will the weather be like for the World Cup?
The opening game is in Johannesburg, it has two stadiums Soccer City and Ellis park stadium.
The city is in the north of the country in the middle of the Veld and weather there should be dry, with sunny days but fairly chilly nights and temperatures here have been known to drop to below freezing at night.
Also on the veld sit the stadiums in Rustenburg, Polokwane, Pretoria and Nelspruit with similar weather patterns at this time of year.
Further south is Bloemfontein which being on the edge of the veld tends to be a bit cooler and wetter than the others.
On the east coast, Durban is the closest to a tropical climate with more rain in summer than winter and tends to be wetter than the veld.