Thundershowers are forecast for most parts of the country.
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Thundershowers are forecast for most parts of the country; these will be severe with strong, damaging winds in parts of the North West, Northern Cape and Free State, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with strong, damaging winds and heavy downpours, leading to localised flooding and damage to susceptible formal/informal settlements and infrastructure over the Free State, the central and western parts of the North West, as well as the central and southern parts of the Northern Cape.
In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.
SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories
Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the southern parts of the Namakwa district of the Northern Cape, the City of Cape Town, Central Karoo, the Cape Winelands and the western parts of the Overberg districts of the Western Cape from Sunday into Monday.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria 12°C — 16°C
Johannesburg 11°C — 15°C
Vereeniging 11°C — 16°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela 15°C — 17°C
Ermelo 7°C — 13°C
Emalahleni 11°C — 15°C
Standerton 9°C — 14°C
Skukuza 18°C — 20°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane 13°C — 19°C
Phalaborwa 17°C — 24°C
Tzaneen 15°C — 19°C
Musina 17°C — 23°C
Lephalale 16°C — 22°C
Mokopane 13°C — 20°C
North West: Cloudy, windy and cool to cold with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the east.
Klerksdorp 11°C — 17°C
Potchefstroom 12°C — 17°C
Mahikeng 13°C — 17°C
Rustenburg 14°C — 17°C
Vryburg 11°C — 18°C
Free State: Cloudy and cool to cold, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein 8°C — 17°C
Welkom 10°C — 16°C
Bethlehem 7°C — 13°C
Northern Cape: Fine and warm but hot in Kamiesberg Local Municipality, otherwise partly cloudy and warm in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east and central areas. Foggy conditions will be expected along the coast from the evening.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming north-westerly to westerly from the afternoon.
Upington 14°C — 25°C
Kimberley 9°C — 20°C
De Aar 10°C — 19°C
Alexander Bay 15°C — 35°C
Springbok 15°C — 27°C
Calvinia 12°C — 27°C
Sutherland 8°C — 21°C
Western Cape: Fine in the west, where it will be hot along West Coast District Municipality, otherwise, partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers from the late afternoon in the east.
The wind along the coast will be fresh easterly to north-easterly along the south coast, otherwise moderate south-easterly, becoming light to moderate westerly from the afternoon along the west.
Cape Town 14°C — 27°C
Vredendal 16°C — 33°C
Riversdale 10°C — 30°C
George 13°C — 25°C
Worcester 11°C — 26°C
Beaufort West 10°C — 26°C
Oudtshoorn 9°C — 28°C
Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 23-24 April 2026:
Partly cloudy in the west, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in places ⚠️Severe thunderstorms#saws #SAWeather #Warning pic.twitter.com/UgKqSJ9jev— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) April 23, 2026
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool, but warm along the coast and adjacent interior with isolated thundershowers over the interior.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated thundershowers, but cloudy and cold with scattered thundershowers north of the escarpment.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 14°C — 25°C
Makhanda: 9°C — 26°C
Cradock: 3°C — 23°C
Graaff-Reinet: 2°C — 23°C
KuGompo City: 14°C — 25°C
Port St Johns: 11°C — 25°C
Mthatha: 5°C — 22°C
Komani: 2°C — 22°C
Qonce 10°C — 25°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the western interior, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and rain.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly in the north, otherwise northerly to north-easterly spreading northwards from the morning reaching strong in places in the south.
Durban 18°C — 23°C
Richards Bay 16°C — 24°C
Pietermaritzburg 9°C — 21°C
Ladysmith 9°C — 18°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
