Overall Green alert Drought for South Africa-2025
in South Africa

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 5 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018139
Name: South Africa-2025
Countries: South Africa
Start Date: End of Jul 2025
Duration: 143 days (at 20 Dec 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69529 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),