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While the Cape provinces will experience hot, mostly fine conditions perfect for outdoor activities, the central and eastern parts of the country should prepare for unsettled weather with potential storm activity.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings of severe thunderstorms and extreme heat in parts of the country on Monday, with a Yellow Level 2 alert for heavy downpours that could trigger localised flooding, excessive lightning, and small hail in several provinces.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms associated with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning and large amounts of small hail are expected in places over the central and southern parts of Limpopo, escarpment, and Mpumalanga Highveld, the extreme eastern parts of both the Free State and North West, northern parts of Gauteng, and the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal.
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 28 - 29 December 2025.
Partly cloudy and cool conditions are expected over the central & eastern parts of the country, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers possible from the afternoon. Otherwise, fine & warm to hot. #saws pic.twitter.com/vmWyKDhi4H
In the SAWS’ 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. SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories
Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the western interior of the Northern Cape and the western and south-eastern parts of the Western Cape.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers expected throughout the day.
Pretoria: 16°C - 29°C
Johannesburg: 15°C - 26°C
Vereeniging: 14°C - 28°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches will form along the escarpment, clearing to reveal cloudy and warm weather. Scattered showers and thundershowers are likely.
Mbombela: 17°C - 24°C
Ermelo: 12°C - 24°C
Emalahleni: 15°C - 26°C
Standerton: 15°C - 24°C
Skukuza: 20°C - 25°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and warm weather, though cooler conditions are expected in the Lowveld. Scattered showers and thundershowers are anticipated.
Polokwane: 17°C - 26°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C - 24°C
Tzaneen: 19°C - 26°C
Musina: 20°C - 26°C
Lephalale: 20°C - 29°C
Mokopane: 19°C - 29°C
North West: Morning fog patches in eastern areas will give way to partly cloudy conditions. Warm to hot temperatures, with very hot conditions in the western parts. Isolated showers and thundershowers are possible, becoming more scattered in the extreme east.
Klerksdorp: 16°C - 31°C
Potchefstroom: 16°C - 30°C
Mahikeng: 17°C - 31°C
Rustenburg: 17°C - 30°C
Vryburg: 18°C - 34°C
Free State: Partly cloudy skies with warm to hot temperatures. Isolated showers and thundershowers are possible in eastern areas, becoming scattered in the extreme east.
Bloemfontein: 16°C - 33°C
Welkom: 17°C - 32°C
Bethlehem: 14°C - 28°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches expected along the coast before clearing to fine, hot to very hot conditions. Cloud cover will increase in the north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers possible. Coastal winds will be light to moderate north-westerly to northerly.
Upington: 21°C - 39°C
Kimberley: 17°C - 36°C
De Aar: 17°C - 34°C
Alexander Bay: 17°C - 26°C
Springbok: 20°C - 32°C
Calvinia: 16°C - 38°C
Sutherland: 13°C - 35°C
Western Cape: Fog patches along the west coast in the morning, then fine and hot to very hot weather. Coastal areas will remain cool to warm. South and south-western coasts will experience fresh to strong south-easterly to easterly winds, while other coastal areas will have light to moderate north-westerly to westerly winds, spreading to the south-western coast from late afternoon.
Cape Town: 20°C - 35°C
Vredendal: 15°C - 31°C
Riversdale: 18°C - 35°C
George: 16°C - 25°C
Worcester: 17°C - 38°C
Beaufort West: 18°C - 39°C
Oudtshoorn: 16°C - 39°C
Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches in places before clearing to fine, warm to hot conditions in the west, while the eastern half will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers possible in eastern parts. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh easterly in the west, becoming north-easterly then easterly from midday in the east.
Gqeberha: 18°C - 27°C
Makhanda: 15°C - 29°C
Cradock: 14°C - 35°C
Graaff-Reinet: 13°C - 34°C
East London: 19°C - 23°C
Port St Johns: 17°C - 23°C
Mthatha: 14°C - 25°C
Komani: 14°C - 31°C
Qonce: 16°C - 27°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over interior areas, then cloudy and cool to warm conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers expected. Coastal winds will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.
Durban: 21°C - 25°C
Richard’s Bay: 21°C - 26°C
Pietermaritzburg: 17°C - 24°C
Ladysmith: 17°C - 27°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
