What’s the weather in South Africa? – Here’s the forecast for Sunday, 2 November 2025

The weather today across South Africa will be dominated by severe thunderstorms affecting large parts of the country, especially the North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal. Localised flooding, hail, and strong winds are expected in these regions. Extremely high fire danger persists in the Northern Cape and Free State.

Weather warnings and advisories for Sunday, 2 November 2025

• Yellow Level 2 Warning:
  • Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, hail, strong winds, and excessive lightning expected over:
    • North West
    • Gauteng
    • Mpumalanga
    • Southern Limpopo
    • North-western KwaZulu-Natal
    • Central and eastern Free State
• Fire Danger Warning:
  • Extremely high fire danger in:
    • Northern Cape
    • Mokohare and Mangaung municipalities in the Free State

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

• Gauteng:
  • Pretoria: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/28°C
  • Johannesburg: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/26°C
  • Vereeniging: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/27°C
• Mpumalanga:
  • Mbombela: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 17/30°C
• Limpopo:
  • Polokwane: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 16/32°C
• North West:
  • Mahikeng: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. 18/29°C
  • Vryburg: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 17/31°C
• Free State:
  • Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 14/29°C
• Northern Cape:
  • Kimberley: Partly cloudy. 16/30°C
  • Upington: Fine. 14/28°C
• Western Cape:
  • Cape Town: Partly cloudy with light rain at times. Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly. 14/20°C
  • George: Cloudy with light rain at times. Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly. 14/19°C
• Eastern Cape:
  • Gqeberha: Cloudy with isolated showers and rain. Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly. 16/21°C
  • East London: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly. 17/22°C
• KwaZulu-Natal:
  • Durban: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly. 21/24°C
  • Richards Bay: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly. 21/26°C
  • Pietermaritzburg: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/23°C