The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of a heatwave expected across parts of the Eastern Cape, while very hot conditions are expected in parts of the Northern Cape.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a warning of a heatwave expected across parts of the Eastern Cape, while very hot conditions are expected in parts of the Northern Cape.
Light rain and isolated showers and thundershowers have been forecast in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape.
Advisories
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, including in the Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo and Amathole district municipalities. These conditions are expected to last until Thursday, 29 January.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 16°C — 29°C
Johannesburg: 15°C — 30°C
Vereeniging: 14°C — 31°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy at first with morning drizzle along the escarpment and Lowveld. Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the Highveld.
Mbombela: 19°C — 28°C
Ermelo: 14°C — 28°C
Emalahleni: 16°C — 30°C
Standerton: 12°C — 30°C
Skukuza: 21°C — 32°C
Limpopo: Cloudy at first with morning light rain and drizzle in the central and eastern parts. It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thundershowers in the south-west.
Polokwane: 17°C — 29°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C — 32°C
Tzaneen: 19°C — 30°C
Musina: 20°C — 30°C
Lephalale: 18°C — 30°C
Mokopane: 17°C — 31°C
North West: Morning fog patches over the eastern parts and partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern parts.
Klerksdorp: 16°C — 35°C
Potchefstroom: 15°C — 34°C
Mahikeng: 16°C — 31°C
Rustenburg: 16°C — 32°C
Vryburg: 18°C — 35°C
Free State: Morning fog patches over the eastern parts. Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. There will be fine weather in the west.
Bloemfontein: 15°C — 35°C
Welkom: 15°C — 35°C
Bethlehem: 12°C — 32°C
Northern Cape: Fine and hot to very hot, but warm along the coast. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong in the afternoon.
Upington: 19°C — 39°C
Kimberley: 18°C — 37°C
De Aar: 15°C — 34°C
Alexander Bay: 14°C — 25°C
Springbok: 17°C — 33°C
Calvinia: 12°C — 34°C
Sutherland: 8°C — 31°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy along the south coast at first and along the south-west coast in the evening. Otherwise, fine and warm, but hot over the interior. Coastal winds will be light to moderate south-easterly along the south coast, light to moderate southerly to south-westerly elsewhere, becoming strong along the northern parts of the west coast in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 17°C — 29°C
Vredendal: 13°C — 32°C
Riversdale: 14°C — 31°C
George: 15°C — 25°C
Worcester: 14°C — 34°C
Beaufort West: 17°C — 35°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C — 35°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and warm to hot. Coastal winds will be moderate south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the afternoon, and light and variable in the evening.
Weather outlook for Saturday & Sunday 24 – 25 January 2026.Fine in the central and western parts of the country, otherwise partly cloudy & warm to hot conditions are expected, with isolated showers & thundershowers possible over the eastern parts. #SouthAfricaWeather pic.twitter.com/AAVgj7YmI2
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) January 22, 2026
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: There will be morning fog in places. It will be cloudy and cool to warm with light rain in places along the East Coast and adjacent interior in the morning. It will be fine in the afternoon over the interior but cloudy again by late evening. Coastal winds will be light and variable at first, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 16°C — 26°C
Makhanda: 12°C — 30°C
Cradock: 12°C — 35°C
Graaff-Reinet: 12°C — 34°C
East London: 18°C — 28°C
Port St Johns: 18°C — 26°C
Mthatha: 13°C — 30°C
Komani: 10°C — 32°C
Qonce: 13°C — 30°C
KwaZulu-Natal: There will be morning fog over the interior. It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-east. Coastal winds will be moderate southerly to south-westerly in the north, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly, spreading to the north by late afternoon.
Durban: 22°C — 27°C
Richards Bay: 22°C — 29°C
Pietermaritzburg: 16°C — 27°C
Ladysmith: 17°C — 35°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
