Another cold front moves across South Africa on Monday bringing rainfall and snow

By Staff Writer
Published: 20 July 2025 [updated 21 July]

This forecast is for: Mon 21 July 2025
The maps cover: Mon 21 Jul – Wed 23 Jul

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Light rain and showers in Limpopo, otherwise isolated to scattered showers and rain over the central and southern parts due to the passage of a cold-front.

ALSO READ: More snowfall possible for South Africa and Lesotho over the next few days.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A. level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms in parts of the Eastern Cape, as per the map above.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

1. GAUTENG
Fine in the north at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Moderate

2. MPUMALANGA
Fine, becoming partly cloudy and cold to cool by the afternoon. It will be warm in places in the Lowveld.

3. LIMPOPO
Fine, becoming partly cloudy and cool, but cloudy in the north with drizzle in places in the north-east. It will be warm in places in the Lowveld.

4. NORTH-WEST
Windy in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.

5. FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and cold to cool, with isolated thundershowers in the extreme west where it will be windy.

6. NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy along the coast at first, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the west. It will be warm in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate south to south-easterly becoming fresh from the afternoon.

7. WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold with light rain in the extreme south-west at first, spreading along the south coast by afternoon, otherwise partly cloudy and cool. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the west coast at first becoming moderate south-easterly from the afternoon otherwise moderate north-westerly.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, reaching strong in places. It will become fresh to strong southerly from late afternoon.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine in the east at first, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the south-west. Light snow is expected over the north-eastern high ground from the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, but light to moderate north-westerly in the north during the morning. It will become fresh to strong southerly at night.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches in the north, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the east, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly in the morning, otherwise light to moderate north-easterly but fresh in the north, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south, spreading to Cape St. Lucia by the evening.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

PRETORIA
Fine at first, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/18°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/18°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/16°C

MBOMBELA
Fine becoming partly cloudy by the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/22°C

POLOKWANE
Fine becoming partly cloudy by the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/19°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/19°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/20°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/19°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy and windy, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/20°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy and windy, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with light rain in the morning becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly, becoming fresh south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/15°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

GEORGE
Fine at first becoming cloudy with light rain from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly in the morning, becoming moderate westerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/15°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and rain in the afternoon.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/18°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy early morning, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming southerly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/19°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the evening.
Wind: Light north-westerly until mid-morning, otherwise north-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming south-westerly late evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/25°C

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