SUNDAY WEATHER: Hot in western half of the country and a thunderstorm warning for three provinces

By Staff Writer
Published: 24 January 2026 [updated 25 January]

This forecast is for: Sun 25 January 2026
The maps cover: Sun 25 Jan – Sun 25 Jan


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From Sunday it should be fine in the central and western parts of the country, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers possible in the east.

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo and Amathole District Municipalities in the Eastern Cape until Thursday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, as per the map above.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over over the Khai-Ma, Kamiesberg and Hantam municipalities of the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm to hot.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches and a chance of drizzle along the escarpment and Lowveld areas, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm to hot.

NORTH-WEST
Morning fog patches in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers, except in the south-west.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers over the eastern parts.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and hot to very hot but warm along the coast, becoming partly cloudy in the north-east in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly becoming strong from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Misty and foggy along the west and south coasts in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot over the interior but fine to partly cloudy and warm along the coastal areas. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly along the south coast where it will become moderate south-easterly in the afternoon, elsewhere moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly becoming strong in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but partly cloudy and warm along the coast. It will become cloudy with a chance light rain in the south-east from the evening. The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thunderstorms over the interior, becoming cloudy with a chance of light rain in places south of the escarpment from in the evening. The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places in the north. Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/33°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/33°C

MBOMBELA
Morning for patches and a chance drizzle, otherwise partly cloudy with showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/27°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/33°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/36°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/37°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/37°C

UPINGTON
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/40°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy becoming fine in the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly becoming fresh to strong in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/29°C

GEORGE
Misty in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy with a chance light rain from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming north-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/28°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/33°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/32°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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