It seems the adverse weather is easing up in KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and the North West, with warmer conditions creeping in. Here’s what the skies hold for the first weekend of December 2025.
KWAZULU-NATAL
If you’re in KZN, you may want to skip the beach trip this weekend. It will be a cloudy and cool one, though warmer in the north. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, becoming widespread in the north-western interior.
DURBAN
In the country’s warmest city, a cloudy weekend is on the cards.
- Saturday, 6 December: 20°C to 24°C
- Sunday, 7 December: 21°C to 24°C
NORTH WEST
Saturday will start off fine, becoming partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
MAHIKENG
Rain and thundershowers are expected across the weekend.
- Saturday: 17°C to 32°C
- Sunday: 19°C to 31°C
FREE STATE
Slightly better conditions are expected. Saturday will start fine before becoming partly cloudy and warm to hot. Scattered showers and thundershowers are also possible, with cloudier conditions in the west.
BLOEMFONTEIN
In the country’s judicial capital, another rainy weekend is expected.
- Saturday: 16°C to 30°C
- Sunday: 16°C to 31°C
Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.
