Maps partly based on data from the SA Weather Service

SATURDAY WEATHER: Widespread rain in the east and warnings for six provinces

By Staff Writer
Published: 12 December 2025 [updated 13 December]

This forecast is for: Sat 13 December 2025
The maps cover: Sat 13 Dec – Sat 13 Dec


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Widespread rain is indicated for parts of North West, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

A. level 5 warning severe thunderstorms leading to flooding of roads, settlements and low-lying areas, bridges and roads, as well as damage to settlements or structures over populated area (urban or rural villages) over the north-western parts of Free State as well as North West except in the extreme east.

B. level 4 warning severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas over the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well as along the escarpment of Mpumalanga.

C. level 2 warning disruptive rainfall in parts of North West, Gauteng, the Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal.

D. level 2 warning damaging waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and localised disruption to beachfront activities between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay. (not indicated on the map).

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be hot in places in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered over the south. It will be partly cloudy in the extreme east.

NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers. It will be cloudy in the extreme east.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the south-western parts.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, but strong in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the south-west and south coast in the morning. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, but strong along the south coast at first.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool isolated to scattered thundershowers expect in the north-west where it will be warm. It will be cloudy along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north to north-westerly north of Richards Bay, otherwise moderate to fresh south to south-westerly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/25°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/27°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the morning.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the early morning.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/21°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/21°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/20°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/28°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/21°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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