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Morning fog is expected is most parts, while hot conditions are forecast for Western Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Morning fog is forecast for most parts of the country; the day will, however, also bring about thundershowers, while scorching conditions are expected in the Western Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
An orange level 9 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in widespread flooding of roads and settlements, widespread mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion, danger to life due to fast-flowing streams, widespread damage to property, buildings and loss of livelihood and livestock as well as possible widespread displacement of affected communities are expected over the eastern parts of Limpopo (Vhembe and Mopani District Municipalities) and over Mpumalanga Lowveld and escarpment (Ehlanzeni District Municipality).
Orange level 6 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in flooding of roads and settlements, mudslides, rockfalls, and soil erosion, danger to life due to fast-flowing streams, damage to property, infrastructure, loss of livelihood and livestock are expected over the central parts of Limpopo (parts of Capricorn and Sekhukhune district municipalities) and eastern Highveld of Mpumalanga (Emakhazeni, Msukaligwa, Mkhondo and Chief Albert Luthuli local municipalities).
Weather forecast : 13 - 14 January 2026.
Widespread showers & thundershowers anticipated over Mpumalanga & Limpopo resulting in significant impacts of rain and flooding but isolated to scattered in the central, with chance of rain along the south-west coast.#saws pic.twitter.com/cxht2cjhd2
Yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in localised flooding of susceptible formal/informal settlements or roads, low-lying areas and bridges, localised mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion are expected in places over the central parts of Mpumalanga and western parts of Limpopo, excluding the extreme south-western parts, as well as the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
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 higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.
SAWS uses numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and level 4 is low.
Advisories
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Central and Little Karoo districts, as well as Witzenberg municipality of the Western Cape, over most parts of the Eastern Cape, the southern half of North West, the Free State, and the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape.
Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the north-eastern parts, in places over the eastern parts, and over the Cape Winelands in the Western Cape as well as the Khai-Ma Municipality in the Northern Cape.
Hot, humid and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered over the extreme north-eastern parts.
Pretoria: 17°C — 28°C
Johannesburg: 15°C — 26°C
Vereeniging: 16°C — 29°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers in the east, otherwise scattered showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela: 19°C — 24°C
Ermelo: 14°C — 25°C
Emalahleni: 13°C — 28°C
Standerton: 14°C — 26°C
Skukuza: 22°C — 25°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-west.
Polokwane: 18°C — 20°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C — 23°C
Tzaneen: 20°C — 23°C
Musina: 21°C — 25°C
Lephalale: 21°C — 31°C
Mokopane: 19°C — 25°C
North West: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp: 17°C — 32°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C — 32°C
Mahikeng: 18°C — 32°C
Rustenburg: 19°C — 31°C
Vryburg: 18°C — 33°C
Free State: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 18°C — 34°C
Welkom: 19°C — 33°C
Bethlehem: 13°C — 29°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east.
Fine and warm in places in the west. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Upington: 23°C — 40°C
Kimberley: 21°C — 37°C
De Aar: 21°C — 38°C
Alexander Bay: 19°C — 27°C
Springbok: 15°C — 32°C
Calvinia: 14°C — 31°C
Sutherland: 12°C — 29°C
Western Cape: Morning fog along the south coast and northern parts of the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places over the eastern interior.
Isolated showers and rain are expected in the extreme south-western parts. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh west to south-westerly, becoming strong in the south-west from the evening.
Cape Town: 18°C — 28°C
Vredendal: 15°C — 31°C
Riversdale: 19°C — 35°C
George: 20°C — 30°C
Worcester: 20°C — 33°C
Beaufort West: 20°C — 37°C
Oudtshoorn: 19°C — 38°C
Eastern Cape: Cloudy in the south in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but extremely hot in the north-east.
Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the north and eastern parts.
Gqeberha: 19°C — 28°C
Makhanda: 18°C — 33°C
Cradock: 19°C — 42°C
Graaff-Reinet: 19°C — 39°C
East London: 20°C — 30°C
Port St Johns: 20°C — 30°C
Mthatha: 17°C — 37°C
Komani: 16°C — 37°C
Qonce: 19°C — 36°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and rain. Cloudy with widespread to scattered showers and rain in the north.
Coastal winds will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly until late morning, becoming moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Durban: 23°C — 31°C
Richard’s Bay: 23°C — 33°C
Pietermaritzburg: 20°C — 33°C
Ladysmith: 18°C — 33°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
