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Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the central and eastern parts of the country, according to the South African Weather Service.
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Severe thunderstorms and damaging winds are expected across parts of South Africa, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, excessive lightning, and small hail may lead to the flooding of roads, settlements, and low-lying areas in the Free State (except the extreme south), central and southern North West, and north-western KwaZulu-Natal.
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 23 - 24 December 2025.
Cloudy & cool in the east, otherwise partly cloudy & warm with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers expected over the central & eastern parts of the country. It will be hot in places over the western interior pic.twitter.com/pEcFkoAAzS
Yellow Level 3 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail are expected in the extreme south-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal. This could result in localised flooding, damage to infrastructure, and settlements.
Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging coastal winds may disrupt small harbours and ports and cause difficulty in navigation at sea between Saldanha Bay and Cape Agulhas.
In the SAWS’ 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.
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.
The weather in your province:
Gauteng: Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 17°C - 27°C
Johannesburg: 16°C - 26°C
Vereeniging: 16°C - 27°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches over the Highveld and Escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Limpopo: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
North West: Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
Mahikeng: 17°C - 29°C
Vryburg: 18°C - 30°C
Free State: Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
Bloemfontein: 16°C - 30°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west where it will be fine.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Kimberley: 18°C - 31°C
Upington: 20°C - 35°C
Western Cape: Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the south. It will be hot to very hot in the north-west.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly in the west, otherwise south to south-easterly, becoming strong along the south-west from the afternoon.
Cape Town: 18°C - 29°C
George: 17°C - 22°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain.
The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming moderate south-easterly from late morning.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain, but scattered in the far east.
The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.
Gqeberha: 18°C - 22°C
East London: 20°C - 21°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be light northerly to north-westerly north of Richards Bay at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, spreading to Kosi Bay by the afternoon.
Durban: 20°C - 24°C
Richards Bay: 20°C - 25°C
Pietermaritzburg: 16°C - 22°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
