MONDAY WEATHER: Morning fog in most provinces and a thunderstorm warning for the east

By Staff Writer
Published: 28 December 2025 [updated 29 December]

This forecast is for: Mon 29 December 2025
The maps cover: Mon 29 Dec – Wed 31 Dec


Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the western interior of the Northern Cape, the western parts and southern-eastern parts of the Western Cape on Monday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms associated with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and lowlying, bridges/areas, excessive lightning and large amounts of small hail in places over the central and southern parts of Limpopo, escarpment and Highveld of Mpumalanga, the extreme eastern parts of both the Free State and North West, northern parts of Gauteng and the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western interior of the Northern Cape, the western parts and southern-eastern parts of the Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and warm but cool in the Lowveld with scattered showers and thundershowers.

NORTH WEST
Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the west, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme east.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east but scattered in the extreme east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot becoming partly cloudy in the north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to northerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fog patches along the west coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but cool to warm in places over the coastal areas. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly to easterly along the south and south-western coast, otherwise light to moderate north-westerly to westerly spreading to the south-western coast from late afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly becoming easterly from midday.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/26°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/34°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/33°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/36°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/39°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light to variable, becoming moderate north-westerly to northerly from the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/35°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly to easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

GQEBERHA
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/27°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh easterly from midday.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/23°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/25°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/26°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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