South Africa’s weather today brings isolated showers and thundershowers across several provinces, along with high fire danger conditions and a continuing heatwave in Witzenberg, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Weather warnings and advisories for Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- No impact-based warnings issued for the day.
- Extremely high fire danger conditions expected over:
- Central Northern Cape
- Northern parts of the Western Cape
- Western parts of the Eastern Cape
- Heatwave with persistently high temperatures continuing over Witzenberg Municipality.
- Yellow Level 1 warning for damaging coastal winds between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Thursday morning into Friday afternoon.(Valid 27–28 November 2025.)
Cape Town, Durban and JHB forecast: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Cape Town weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 / 19 | Cloudy | 10 | 34 |
Durban weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 / 19 | Light Rain | 20 | 26 |
Johannesburg weather
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 / 10 | Light Rain | 40 | 10 |
What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast
- Gauteng:
- Pretoria: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/27
- Johannesburg: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 10/25
- Vereeniging: Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/26
- Mpumalanga:
- Mbombela: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 16/28
- Limpopo:
- Polokwane: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 16/26
- North West:
- Mahikeng: Cloudy at first, partly cloudy later with isolated showers and thundershowers. 16/28
- Vryburg: Partly cloudy. 17/32
- Free State:
- Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/29
- Northern Cape:
- Kimberley: Fine at first, partly cloudy later. 15/34
- Upington: Fine, otherwise partly cloudy. 19/38
- Western Cape:
- Cape Town: Partly cloudy, becoming fine and windy. Moderate to fresh south-easterly winds reaching strong at times. 19/28
- George: Partly cloudy with light rain; light and variable winds becoming moderate southerly to south-easterly. 14/24
- Eastern Cape:
- Gqeberha: Fine at first, partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain later. Winds shift from light northerly to moderate/fresh south-westerly. 14/28
- East London: Fine at first, partly cloudy later. Light north-easterly winds becoming moderate easterly. 16/30
- KwaZulu-Natal:
- Durban: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. Moderate to fresh north-easterly winds. 19/28
- Richards Bay: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain. Morning southerly winds becoming moderate/fresh north-easterly. 18/34
- Pietermaritzburg: Morning fog patches, partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 13/32
