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Light showers and thundershowers are expected in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West and Free State. Light rain can be expected in KZN, the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has forecast damaging coastal winds between Port Alfred and KwaDukuza, resulting in disruptions and difficulty in navigation at sea, while light showers and thundershowers are expected in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West and Free State. Light rain can be expected in KZN, the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow level 1 warning: Damaging coastal winds resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea, localised disruption of small harbours and/or ports for a short period of time and small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing in a locality are expected between Port Edward and KwaDukuza in the morning.
In the SAWS’s colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 22 - 23 January 2026.
Fine and hot in the west, otherwise partly cloudy & warm to cool conditions are expected with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-western part of Limpopo.#saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/hE8Q6HtoSR
The SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and level 4 is low. Level 9 is medium.
Advisories
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo and Amathole local municipalities of the Eastern Cape from 24 January until 29 January.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 14°C — 30°C
Johannesburg: 14°C — 30°C
Vereeniging: 15°C — 31°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela: 18°C — 29°C
Ermelo: 14°C — 27°C
Emalahleni: 15°C — 28°C
Standerton: 15°C — 29°C
Skukuza: 23°C — 29°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 18°C — 28°C
Phalaborwa: 20°C — 30°C
Tzaneen: 20°C — 29°C
Musina: 21°C — 30°C
Lephalale: 19°C — 30°C
Mokopane: 18°C — 29°C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.
Klerksdorp: 16°C — 33°C
Potchefstroom: 15°C — 31°C
Mahikeng: 15°C — 32°C
Rustenburg: 17°C — 33°C
Vryburg: 17°C — 34°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme east. Windy conditions are expected in the south.
Bloemfontein: 15°C — 33°C
Welkom: 17°C — 33°C
Bethlehem: 14°C — 30°C
Northern Cape: Cloudy with fog patches along the coast at first; otherwise fine, windy, and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the east. Coastal winds will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh to strong in the afternoon.
Upington: 20°C — 36°C
Kimberley: 18°C — 36°C
De Aar: 17°C — 32°C
Alexander Bay: 16°C — 25°C
Springbok: 16°C — 26°C
Calvinia: 11°C — 30°C
Sutherland: 6°C — 27°C
Western Cape: Fine in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with a chance of light showers and rain along the south coast. Coastal winds will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 16°C — 27°C
Vredendal: 13°C — 28°C
Riversdale: 14°C — 26°C
George: 15°C — 23°C
Worcester: 13°C — 30°C
Beaufort West: 15°C — 31°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C — 30°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm, but cool in places along the coast. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm, but cool in places along the coast, with a chance of light rain and showers in places south of the escarpment. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Gqeberha: 18°C — 24°C
Makhanda: 15°C — 26°C
Cradock: 13°C — 31°C
Graaff-Reinet: 13°C — 30°C
East London: 18°C — 26°C
Port St Johns: 18°C — 25°C
Mthatha: 14°C — 27°C
Komani: 13°C — 30°C
Qonce: 15°C — 28°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning and evening fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly in the north at first, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly in the south by evening.
Durban: 22°C — 27°C
Richard’s Bay: 22°C — 27°C
Pietermaritzburg: 16°C — 28°C
Ladysmith: 15°C — 31°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
