South Africa’s weather today brings widespread showers and thundershowers across several provinces, alongside severe storm alerts and extremely high fire danger conditions, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Weather warnings and advisories for Friday, 28 November 2025
- Yellow Level 4: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, localised flooding, small hail and damaging winds over Limpopo (except the extreme northeast) and Mpumalanga (except the far southwest).
- Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, flooding and small hail over the Free State, south-western North West, and central Eastern Cape.
- Yellow Level 1: Damaging coastal winds in the early morning between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay.
- Fire danger: Extremely high conditions expected across most of Northern Cape, northeastern Western Cape, north-western Eastern Cape, and North West.
- Advisories: None.
Cape Town, Durban and JHB forecast: Friday, 28 November 2025
Cape Town weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 / 18 | Mostly Sunny | 10 | 26 |
Durban weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 / 20 | Partly Sunny | 15 | 26 |
Johannesburg weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 / 15 | Light Rain | 75 | 19 |
What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast
- Gauteng:
- Pretoria: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 16/21
- Johannesburg: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 15/20
- Vereeniging: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 14/21
- Mpumalanga:
- Mbombela: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 17/24
- Limpopo:
- Polokwane: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 17/25
- North West:
- Mahikeng: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/27
- Vryburg: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 17/29
- Free State:
- Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/25
- Northern Cape:
- Kimberley: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/26
- Upington: Partly cloudy. 21/36
- Western Cape:
- Cape Town: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy from evening; moderate to fresh NW–W winds. 18/25
- George: Cloudy with isolated evening showers and thundershowers; light to moderate E–SE winds. 17/27
- Eastern Cape:
- Gqeberha: Partly cloudy with afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers; fresh to strong easterly winds. 19/26
- East London: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers; moderate to fresh NE winds. 20/28
- KwaZulu-Natal:
- Durban: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers; moderate to fresh E–NE winds. 20/28
- Richards Bay: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers; southerly winds becoming fresh NE. 20/31
- Pietermaritzburg: Morning fog, then cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/29
