What’s the weather in South Africa? – Here’s the forecast for Tuesday, 28 October 2025

South Africa’s weather today brings a mix of severe thunderstorms across central and eastern parts of the country, with a Yellow Level 2 warning in place. Scattered thundershowers are expected in Gauteng, the Free State, North West, and Limpopo. Coastal regions remain generally fine with some isolated morning showers in KwaZulu-Natal. Fire danger is also high in parts of the Northern Cape.

Weather warnings and advisories for Tuesday, 28 October 2025

• Yellow Level 2 Warning:
  • Severe thunderstorms expected over:
    • Central Limpopo (morning)
    • Western North West
    • Northern and central Free State
    • Southern Gauteng
    • Mpumalanga
    • North-western KwaZulu-Natal
  • Impacts may include:
    • Localised flooding of roads, low-lying areas, and bridges
    • Strong damaging winds
    • Large amounts of small hail
    • Localised structural damage
• Fire Danger Warning:
  • Extremely high fire danger in Kamiesberg Local Municipality, Northern Cape
• Advisories:
  • None

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

• Gauteng:
  • Pretoria: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 18/27°C
  • Johannesburg: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/26°C
  • Vereeniging: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 18/28°C
• Mpumalanga:
  • Mbombela: Cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. 17/21°C
• Limpopo:
  • Polokwane: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 15/20°C
• North West:
  • Mahikeng: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 17/31°C
  • Vryburg: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 13/32°C
• Free State:
  • Bloemfontein: Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/31°C
• Northern Cape:
  • Kimberley: Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/31°C
  • Upington: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 15/32°C
• Western Cape:
  • Cape Town: Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine. Wind: Light to moderate southerly, becoming fresh. 13/23°C
  • George: Fine, becoming partly cloudy from evening. Wind: Light NW in the morning, turning light to moderate southerly to SE. 10/21°C
• Eastern Cape:
  • Gqeberha: Fine. Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming southerly. 11/21°C
  • East London: Fine. Wind: Light and variable, becoming easterly by afternoon, and north-easterly by evening. 14/22°C
• KwaZulu-Natal:
  • Durban: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated morning showers and rain. Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly. 18/23°C
  • Richards Bay: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated morning showers and rain. Wind: Southerly to SW, becoming NE in the afternoon. 19/24°C
  • Pietermaritzburg: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 12/23°C