Maps partly based on data from the SA Weather Service

MONDAY WEATHER: Level 5 warning for disruptive rain, damaging winds and waves and more severe thunderstorms

By Staff Writer
Published: 21 December 2025 [updated 22 December]

This forecast is for: Mon 22 December 2025
The maps cover: Mon 22 Dec – Mon 22 Dec


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Fog can be expected in places along the west coast on Monday morning.

Extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected in places over Namakwa district in the Northern Cape as well as in places over the Western Cape, except along the south coast and adjacent interior.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A. level 5 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in flooding of settlements (both formal and informal) and roads, low lying bridges as well as damage to mud-build houses over the northern and eastern parts of Limpopo.

B. level 4 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in flooding of settlements (both formal and informal) and roads, low lying bridges as well as damage to mud-build houses in parts of North West, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

C. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to heavy downpours, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small and/or large hail covering some populated areas over parts of Free State, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

D. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small and/or large hail over parts of Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape.

E. level 1 warning for damaging winds and waves along the Eastern Cape coast. A strong pressure gradient result in strong north-easterly winds with gusts up to 45 knots (90km/h) along the coast and these winds will enhance the sea state to between 4m and 5.5m between Algoa Bay and Port Edward, clearing on Tuesday morning.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the over the western Parts of Northern Cape as well as in places over the northern parts of Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

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

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the east.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be fine in the extreme west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the west coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot over the eastern interior. It will be partly cloudy in the south with a 30% chance in the extreme south-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly to westerly north of Table Bay in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly, becoming strong the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme south-west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

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

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/21°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/24°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/26°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/34°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy with a 30% chance of light rain in the morning.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers
Wind: Fresh to strong north easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/28°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/27°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/29°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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