Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Friday, 17 January 2025.
Weather warnings and advisories for Friday, 17 January 2025.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued the following weather warnings and advisories for Friday, 17 January 2025:
Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over:
- The north-western parts of the Western Cape,
- The central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape,
- The southwestern parts of the Free State.
Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg weather forecast: Friday, 17 January 2025
Cape Town
Time of Day | Temperature (°C) | Condition | Wind Speed (km/h) | Chance of Rain (%) |
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Morning | 17°C | Sunny | 14 km/h SSE | 0% |
Afternoon | 25°C | Sunny | 14 km/h SSE | 0% |
Evening | 20°C | Clear | 14 km/h SSE | 0% |
Night | 17°C | Clear | 14 km/h SSE | 0% |
Durban
Time of Day | Temperature (°C) | Condition | Wind Speed (km/h) | Chance of Rain (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Morning | 22°C | Patchy Rain Nearby | 22 km/h | 0% |
Afternoon | 23°C | Patchy Rain Nearby | 18 km/h | 0% |
Evening | 23°C | Light Rain Shower | 19 km/h | 0% |
Night | 21°C | Light Rain Shower | 18 km/h | 0% |
Johannesburg
Time of Day | Temperature (°C) | Condition | Wind Speed (km/h) | Chance of Rain (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Morning | 20°C | Cloudy with a thunderstorm in spots | 10 km/h NNE | 40% |
Afternoon | 24°C | Intervals of clouds and sunshine | 15 km/h NNE | 20% |
Evening | 18°C | Partly cloudy | 12 km/h NNE | 10% |
Night | 16°C | Clear | 8 km/h NNE | 5% |
What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast
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- Gauteng:
- Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated thundershowers from the afternoon. Warm in the north.
- UVB index: Moderate
- Mpumalanga:
- Morning fog patches with a chance of drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Limpopo:
- Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. Morning fog patches with a chance of drizzle are expected along the escarpment.
- North West:
- Cloudy in places at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the east.
- Free State:
- Cloudy in places at first with morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Northern Cape:
- Cool along the coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the northeast.
- Wind along the coast: Moderate south-easterly, becoming south-westerly in the afternoon.
- Western Cape:
- Partly cloudy in the northeast in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot over the Central and Little Karoo.
- Wind along the coast: Moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly along the west coast in the afternoon.
- UVB index: Extreme
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape:
- Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in the extreme north.
- Wind along the coast: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape:
- Cloudy in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers in the east. It will become cloudy with a chance of light evening rain along the Wild Coast.
- Wind along the coast: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal:
- Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Wind along the coast: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly north of Cape St. Lucia, reaching fresh at times, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.
- UVB index: High
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.