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Land with a climate like Alice, South Africa

🇿🇦Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Alice, South Africa are Mthatha, South Africa (97% match), Butterworth and Cala. About 129,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Queensland, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Alice, South Africa are Mthatha, South Africa (97% match), Butterworth and Cala. About 333,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Queensland, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 239 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 239 chill hours · 585 mm rain

What grows in Alice, South Africa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    32k sq mi84k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mthatha (97), Butterworth (96)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    22k sq mi58k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dundee (94), Glencoe (93)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (88), Toowoomba (87)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alta Gracia (84), Villa Dolores (83)

  5. 5

    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dysselsdorp (88), George (87)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muswellbrook (84), Cessnock (84)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    1,600 sq mi4,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Pedro Garza García (59), Santa Catarina (50)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    1,100 sq mi2,800 km² matching 80% or better

  9. 9

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matehuala (74), San Luis Potosí (70)

  10. 10

    🇸🇿Hhohho Region, Eswatini

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbabane (83), Lobamba (72)

  11. 11

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (72), Yerba Buena (68)

  12. 12

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (66)

Regions are states and provinces, counting land within 75 km of a town. At most three per country, so the list covers the world.

Closest towns

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    🇿🇦MthathaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, avocado, peanut

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦ButterworthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 768 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, avocado, peanut

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦CalaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 607 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, blueberry

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦ClydesdaleEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, avocado, peanut

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦Lady FrereEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, blueberry

    95%match
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    🇿🇦Somerset EastEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 429 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, tea, avocado

    94%match
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    🇿🇦DundeeKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, soybean, avocado

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦QueenstownEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, blueberry

    93%match
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    🇿🇦RichmondKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 360 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 360 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, avocado, blueberry

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦WembesiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 825 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, almond, soybean

    92%match
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    🇿🇦FrischgewaagdKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, avocado, peanut

    92%match
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    🇿🇦TlokoengEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 684 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pear

    90%match
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    🇿🇦VryheidKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 812 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, soybean, avocado

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦HowickKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, soybean, avocado

    89%match
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    🇿🇦GreytownKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, soybean, almond

    89%match
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    🇦🇺WarwickQueensland, Australia

    Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 628 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, peanut

    88%match
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    🇿🇦DysselsdorpWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 356 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 356 chill hours · 340 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, tea, avocado

    88%match
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    🇿🇦Piet RetiefMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 855 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, soybean, avocado

    88%match
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    🇿🇦LadysmithKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, soybean, avocado

    88%match
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    🇿🇦NewcastleKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 735 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, peanut, avocado

    88%match

Any town over 15,000 people, skipping those within 75 km of you. ↻ = seasons flipped across the equator.

How matching works

We compare all twelve months of average highs and lows, rain, humidity and sunshine, the same way as Climatch's places-like search, but weighted for growing: winter lows count most, since frost, chill and hardiness decide which perennials survive, then summer highs and rain. Humidity counts least.

Scores show how unusual a match this close is: 80 or better is closer than all but about 2% of random pairs of places. Across the equator seasons are lined up (↻), so a southern farm's January is compared with a northern July. Climate is only part of it: check soil, water and day length (it matters for photoperiod crops) before buying land.

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Climate data: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages (Abatzoglou, J.T. et al., 2018, Scientific Data 5:170191). Humidity is derived from TerraClimate vapor pressure; “sunshine” is solar radiation.

Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

Grower tools: crop ranges from FAO ECOCROP and university extension guides (cited per crop). Daily weather, frost dates and chill are estimated from the monthly averages; chill portions use the Dynamic Model (Fishman, Erez & Couvillon, 1987), hardiness zones follow the USDA definition.