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

The weather today across South Africa will be largely warm with partly cloudy skies. However, multiple severe weather warnings have been issued, including thunderstorms over Gauteng and Mpumalanga, damaging winds over the interior, and hazardous coastal conditions along both the west and southeast coasts.

Weather warnings and advisories for Monday, 6 October 2025

• Yellow Level 2 Warning:
  • Severe thunderstorms with hail, flooding, and poor visibility expected over Gauteng and the Highveld and escarpment areas of Mpumalanga.
• Yellow Level 2 Warning:
  • Damaging interior winds expected over the eastern Free State and western KwaZulu-Natal, posing risks to transport, infrastructure, and fire spread.
• Yellow Level 2 Warning:
  • Damaging waves expected between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay, affecting sea navigation.
• Yellow Level 1 Warning:
  • Damaging waves expected between Plettenberg Bay and East London, with risks to small vessels and harbours.
• Yellow Level 1 Warning:
  • Damaging coastal winds may disrupt beachfront activities between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay.
• Fire Danger Warning:
  • Extremely high fire danger in the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape and western North Westprovince.

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

• Gauteng
  • Pretoria: Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. 10/30°C
  • Johannesburg: Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers. 10/29°C
  • Vereeniging: Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. 11/29°C
• Mpumalanga
  • Mbombela: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 11/27°C
• Limpopo
  • Polokwane: Fine. 09/29°C
• North West
  • Mahikeng: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 18/30°C
  • Vryburg: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 16/29°C
• Free State
  • Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming fine in the afternoon. 14/25°C
• Northern Cape
  • Kimberley: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, clearing later. 15/25°C
  • Upington: Partly cloudy, becoming fine. 13/25°C
• Western Cape
  • Cape Town: Cloudy at times with light rain until afternoon. Wind: NW becoming light in the evening. 13/18°C
  • George: Fine early, then partly cloudy with afternoon light rain. Wind: W/SW, fresh later. 11/20°C
• Eastern Cape
  • Gqeberha: Partly cloudy. Wind: SW, becoming strong in the afternoon. 14/21°C
  • East London: Fine, becoming partly cloudy. Wind: Moderate to fresh SW. 16/23°C
• KwaZulu-Natal
  • Durban: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. Wind: NE turning SW. 18/24°C
  • Richards Bay: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. Wind: NE turning SW. 17/29°C
  • Pietermaritzburg: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/28°C