What’s the weather in South Africa? – Here’s the forecast for Thursday, 6 November 2025

The weather in South Africa on Thursday, 6 November 2025, is dominated by widespread thunderstorms across the central and eastern parts of the country. Severe weather conditions including hail, strong winds, and heavy downpours are expected in several provinces, with scattered showers and thundershowers forecast for most inland regions. Coastal areas in the south may experience light to moderate rain and gusty winds.

Weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 6 November 2025

• Impact-Based Warnings:
  • Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms are expected over:
    • North West
    • Gauteng
    • Most parts of the Free State
    • Highveld of Mpumalanga
    • South-western Limpopo
    • North-eastern Northern Cape
    • Extreme western KwaZulu-Natal
  • These storms may include damaging winds, small hail, heavy rain, lightning, and potential flooding.
  • Yellow Level 1: Damaging winds expected at sea between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon. Small vessels are at risk of capsizing.
• Fire Danger Warnings:
  • None.
• Advisories:
  • None.

What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast

• Gauteng:
  • Pretoria: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/27°C
  • Johannesburg: Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/25°C
  • Vereeniging: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/26°C
• Mpumalanga:
  • Mbombela: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/24°C
• Limpopo:
  • Polokwane: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/23°C
• North West:
  • Mahikeng: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/28°C
  • Vryburg: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 17/30°C
• Free State:
  • Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/29°C
• Northern Cape:
  • Kimberley: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 19/33°C
  • Upington: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 21/34°C
• Western Cape:
  • Cape Town: Fine. Wind: Fresh to strong south-easterly. 19/28°C
  • George: Cloudy with a chance of light rain. Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly. 14/20°C
• Eastern Cape:
  • Gqeberha: Cloudy with scattered showers and rain. Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly. 15/20°C
  • East London: Cloudy with scattered showers and rain. Wind: Moderate south-easterly. 16/21°C
• KwaZulu-Natal:
  • Durban: Cloudy with scattered showers and rain. Wind: Moderate easterly to south-easterly. 19/22°C
  • Richards Bay: Cloudy with scattered showers and rain. Wind: Moderate easterly to south-easterly. 19/23°C
  • Pietermaritzburg: Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 14/18°C