What’s the weather in South Africa? – Here’s the forecast for Wednesday, 3 December 2025

South Africa’s weather today brings a combination of severe thunderstorms over central and northern provinces, extremely high fire danger in parts of the Northern Cape, and hot, uncomfortable conditions along the west, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Weather warnings and advisories for Wednesday, 3 December 2025

• Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms causing localised damage from hail, strong winds, heavy downpours and excessive lightning expected over:
  • Eastern North West
  • Gauteng
  • Western Mpumalanga
  • South-western Limpopo
• Yellow Level 1: Severe thunderstorms with localised damage expected over:
  • North-eastern KwaZulu-Natal
• Fire danger: Extremely high fire danger expected over:
  • North-central Northern Cape
• Advisories:
  • Hot to very hot and uncomfortable conditions expected over:
    • Kamiesberg Local Municipality (Northern Cape)
    • West Coast District (Western Cape)
    • Cape Winelands, Little Karoo & western parts of Central Karoo (from Thursday)

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

• Gauteng:
  • Pretoria: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers from afternoon. 15/27
  • Johannesburg: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers from afternoon. 13/24
  • Vereeniging: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers from afternoon. 13/25
• Mpumalanga:
  • Mbombela: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 12/25
• Limpopo:
  • Polokwane: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 14/26
• North West:
  • Mahikeng: Partly cloudy; isolated showers and thundershowers from early afternoon. 16/32
  • Vryburg: Partly cloudy. 15/32
• Free State:
  • Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy. 13/27
• Northern Cape:
  • Kimberley: Partly cloudy. 16/32
  • Upington: Fine. 17/29
• Western Cape:
  • Cape Town: Fine; moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly winds. 17/29
  • George: Cloudy with isolated morning showers and rain; fine later. 16/22
• Eastern Cape:
  • Gqeberha: Cloudy morning with a 30% chance of light rain; partly cloudy later. 16/20
  • East London: Partly cloudy with a 30% morning chance of light rain. 17/19
• KwaZulu-Natal:
  • Durban: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers; moderate SE winds. 19/21
  • Richards Bay: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers; moderate SE winds. 19/23
  • Pietermaritzburg: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. 15/18