South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Thursday, 27 February 2025

South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 27 February 2025: Severe thunderstorms expected in multiple regions.

Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 27 February 2025.

Weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 27 February 2025

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued the following weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 27 February 2025:

  • Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to strong damaging winds, localised flooding of susceptible areas, roads, bridges, and dirt roads, danger to life due to fast-flowing streams, as well as localised damage to infrastructure, are expected over the eastern parts of Northern Cape, western and southern parts of Free State, eastern and southwestern parts of North West, most parts of Gauteng, northwestern parts of Mpumalanga, and south-central parts of Limpopo.
  • Fire danger warnings: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central parts of Western Cape, as well as the central and eastern parts of Northern Cape.

Cape Town, Durban and JHB weather forecast: Thursday, 27 February 2025

Cape Town

Temperature (°C)ConditionPrecipitation (%)Wind Speed (km/h)
25 / 18Partly Cloudy1013

Durban

Temperature (°C)ConditionPrecipitation (%)Wind Speed (km/h)
27 / 22Scattered Showers2010

Johannesburg

Temperature (°C)ConditionPrecipitation (%)Wind Speed (km/h)
29 / 16Rain758

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

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  • Gauteng: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
    • Pretoria: Min 17°C, Max 30°C
    • Johannesburg: Min 16°C, Max 29°C
    • Vereeniging: Min 15°C, Max 29°C
  • Mpumalanga: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
    • Mbombela: Min 17°C, Max 27°C
  • Limpopo: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
    • Polokwane: Min 18°C, Max 27°C
  • North West: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
    • Mahikeng: Min 19°C, Max 26°C
    • Vryburg: Min 18°C, Max 27°C
  • Free State: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
    • Bloemfontein: Min 18°C, Max 28°C
  • Northern Cape: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
    • Kimberley: Min 18°C, Max 30°C
    • Upington: Min 21°C, Max 34°C
  • Western Cape: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
    • Cape Town: Min 18°C, Max 25°C
      • Wind: Moderate southerly to south-easterly.
    • George: Min 17°C, Max 24°C
      • Wind: Light to moderate easterly.
  • Eastern Cape: Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
    • Gqeberha: Min 20°C, Max 23°C
      • Wind: Fresh to strong easterly.
    • East London: Min 20°C, Max 24°C
      • Wind: Fresh to strong north-easterly.
  • KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
    • Durban: Min 22°C, Max 27°C
      • Wind: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly.
    • Richards Bay: Min 20°C, Max 26°C
      • Wind: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly.
    • Pietermaritzburg: Min 16°C, Max 20°C

We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.