South Africa’s weather today brings a Level 2 severe thunderstorm alert affecting several central and northern provinces, along with extremely high fire danger conditions in parts of the Northern Cape, Free State and Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Weather warnings and advisories for Saturday, 6 December 2025
- Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, localised flooding, excessive lightning, large hail and damaging winds expected over:
- Free State
- South-western North West
- North-eastern Northern Cape
- Northern interior of Eastern Cape
- Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga
- Fire danger: Extremely high fire danger expected over:
- Central & eastern Northern Cape
- Western parts of Free State
- South-western Western Cape
- Advisories: None
Cape Town, Durban and JHB forecast: Saturday, 6 December 2025
Cape Town weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 / 19 | Sunny | 0 | 27 |
Durban weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 / 20 | Cloudy | 10 | 23 |
Johannesburg weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 / 13 | Partly Sunny | 4 | 13 |
What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast
- Gauteng:
- Pretoria: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 14/29
- Johannesburg: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 13/27
- Vereeniging: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 14/28
- Mpumalanga:
- Mbombela: Fine, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/30
- Limpopo:
- Polokwane: Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. 14/30
- North West:
- Mahikeng: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 17/32
- Vryburg: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 18/33
- Free State:
- Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 17/32
- Northern Cape:
- Kimberley: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 20/34
- Upington: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 21/37
- Western Cape:
- Cape Town: Fine; fresh to strong SE winds. 19/26
- George: Partly cloudy with morning light rain; light to moderate SE winds. 16/22
- Eastern Cape:
- Gqeberha: Cloudy with isolated showers and rain; light to moderate southerly winds. 17/23
- East London: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and rain; fresh SW–W winds. 17/23
- KwaZulu-Natal:
- Durban: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers; moderate to fresh SW–S winds. 20/26
- Richards Bay: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers; NE winds becoming fresh SW in afternoon. 18/28
- Pietermaritzburg: Morning fog; cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 14/24
