Tuesday weather – thunderstorms possible and very hot in parts of SA

By Staff Writer
Published: 3 November 2025

This forecast is for: Tue 04 November 2025
The maps cover: Tue 04 Nov – Thu 06 Nov

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Extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected over the extreme eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.

From Wednesday it should be partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Hantam Municipality of the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south and central parts.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy at first in the west where it will become fine in the afternoon, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the south coast where it will be cool otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. It will be fine in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-westerly, but fresh to strong along the west.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with chances of rain in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy with thundershowers over the interior by the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, except along the south coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming southerly to south-westerly in the south in the afternoon, spreading northwards from the evening.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/20°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/18°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

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

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/32°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme

GEORGE
Cloudy with morning fog patches, otherwise
partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-westerly becoming variable from the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/21°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/22°C

EAST LONDON
Fine becoming, partly cloudy by the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/22°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/31°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from late afternoon with
isolated evening showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/33°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/35°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.

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