What’s the weather in South Africa? – Here’s the forecast for Wednesday, 5 November 2025

The weather today in South Africa includes partly cloudy conditions across most provinces, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, especially over the central and eastern regions. Severe thunderstorms are expected in parts of Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal. Fire danger remains high in areas of the Northern Cape, and strong winds along the western coastline pose a maritime hazard.

Weather warnings and advisories for Wednesday, 5 November 2025

• Impact-Based Warnings:
  • Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, hail, and damaging winds expected over:
    • Highveld of Mpumalanga
    • Central Limpopo
    • North-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Yellow Level 1: Damaging winds along the coast between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas from the evening until Friday afternoon, posing a risk to small vessels.
• Fire Danger Warning:
  • Extremely high fire danger conditions expected in places over the Northern Cape.
• Advisories:
  • None issued.

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

• Gauteng:
  • Pretoria: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon. 14/28°C
  • Johannesburg: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon. 14/26°C
  • Vereeniging: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon. 15/27°C
• Mpumalanga:
  • Mbombela: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 17/25°C
• Limpopo:
  • Polokwane: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. 16/24°C
• North West:
  • Mahikeng: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 15/31°C
  • Vryburg: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 16/32°C
• Free State:
  • Bloemfontein: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 15/30°C
• Northern Cape:
  • Kimberley: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 18/33°C
  • Upington: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 22/37°C
• Western Cape:
  • Cape Town: Fine to partly cloudy. Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh. 15/26°C
  • George: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with evening light rain. Wind: Moderate southeasterly. 13/22°C
• Eastern Cape:
  • Gqeberha: Fine, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain. Wind: Light to moderate southeasterly. 15/22°C
  • East London: Fine, becoming cloudy with evening showers and rain. Wind: Light to moderate southeasterly. 16/22°C
• KwaZulu-Natal:
  • Durban: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and rain. Wind: Light south-easterly. 19/23°C
  • Richards Bay: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain. Wind: Fresh south-westerly. 20/24°C
  • Pietermaritzburg: Evening fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. 15/23°C