South Africa’s weather today brings severe thunderstorms across central provinces, hazardous winds and waves along the Eastern Cape coast, and extremely high fire danger in parts of the Northern Cape, Free State and Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 11 December 2025
- Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms with localised flooding, hail, excessive lightning and damaging winds expected over:
- Central & eastern Northern Cape
- Western Free State
- Yellow Level 2: Damaging winds and waves expected along the Eastern Cape coast between:
- Hamburg and Port Edward
- Fire danger: Extremely high fire danger expected over:
- Most of Northern Cape
- Western Free State
- Northern Western Cape
- Western Eastern Cape
- Advisories: None
Cape Town, Durban and JHB forecast: Thursday, 11 December 2025
Cape Town weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 / 19 | Sunny | 0 | 2 |
Durban weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 / 21 | Mostly Cloudy | 17 | 21 |
Johannesburg weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 / 14 | Mostly Sunny | 0 | 16 |
What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast
- Gauteng:
- Pretoria: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 16/27
- Johannesburg: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 14/25
- Vereeniging: Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 15/27
- Mpumalanga:
- Mbombela: Cloudy with morning drizzle; isolated showers and thundershowers by afternoon. 17/25
- Limpopo:
- Polokwane: Morning fog; cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 16/24
- North West:
- Mahikeng: Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 18/30
- Vryburg: Partly cloudy and windy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 19/32
- Free State:
- Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy and windy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. 15/31
- Northern Cape:
- Kimberley: Fine and windy; partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. 18/33
- Upington: Fine and windy; becoming cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. 20/39
- Western Cape:
- Cape Town: Partly cloudy; light and variable winds becoming NW, then SW. 19/32
- George: Partly cloudy; light morning winds becoming moderate SE. 14/35
- Eastern Cape:
- Gqeberha: Fine; partly cloudy in afternoon; moderate to fresh NE winds. 16/27
- East London: Fine; partly cloudy later; strong NE winds. 16/27
- KwaZulu-Natal:
- Durban: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers; moderate to fresh NE winds. 21/25
- Richards Bay: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers; moderate to fresh NE winds. 18/27
- Pietermaritzburg: Morning fog; cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 14/28
