What’s the weather in South Africa? – Here’s the forecast for Sunday, 16 November 2025

The weather across South Africa on Sunday, 16 November 2025, is expected to be extremely impactful in many regions, especially inland. Heavy, widespread rainfall and thunderstorms are anticipated, with flooding risks and damage potential. While the coast remains mostly stable, interior provinces like Gauteng, Free State and North West are under serious threat of disruptive weather.

Weather warnings and advisories for Sunday, 16 November 2025

• Orange Level 9 Warning: Disruptive rain leading to widespread flooding of roads and settlements, danger to life due to deep water, loss of infrastructure and service disruptions expected over:  • Gauteng  • Extreme eastern parts of North West  • Extreme western parts of Mpumalanga
• Orange Level 6 Warning: Disruptive rain expected over:  • Eastern parts of North West  • North‑eastern Free State  • South‑western Limpopo  • Highveld of Mpumalanga
• Yellow Level 4 Warning: Disruptive rain and flooding risk over northern parts of KwaZulu‑Natal
• Yellow Level 2 Warning: Localised flooding risk expected over:  • Western parts of North West  • Eastern parts of Free State  • Central and eastern parts of Limpopo
• Fire Danger Warnings: None
• Advisories: None

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

• Gauteng:
  • Pretoria: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 15/19 °C
  • Johannesburg: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 15/18 °C
  • Vereeniging: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 16/18 °C
• Mpumalanga:
  • Mbombela: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 13/20 °C
• Limpopo:
  • Polokwane: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 15/19 °C
• North West:
  • Mahikeng: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 16/21 °C
  • Vryburg: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers, becoming partly cloudy by afternoon. 16/23 °C
• Free State:
  • Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/23 °C
• Northern Cape:
  • Kimberley: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/26 °C
  • Upington: Partly cloudy. 16/29 °C
• Western Cape:
  • Cape Town: Fine. Wind: Moderate to fresh south‑easterly becoming strong in afternoon. 16/26 °C
  • George: Cloudy with light rain in morning, otherwise partly cloudy. Wind: Moderate southerly to south‑easterly. 13/20 °C
• Eastern Cape:
  • Gqeberha: Cloudy with isolated early morning showers and rain, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Wind: Moderate southerly to south‑easterly. 16/20 °C
  • East London: Cloudy with scattered morning showers and rain. Wind: Light to moderate south‑westerly, becoming south‑easterly in afternoon. 15/20 °C
• KwaZulu‑Natal:
  • Durban: Cloudy with widespread showers and rain. Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south‑westerly. 17/19 °C
  • Richards Bay: Cloudy with widespread showers and rain. Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south‑westerly. 18/20 °C
  • Pietermaritzburg: Cloudy with widespread showers and rain. 12/15 °C