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Land with a climate like Balfour

🇿🇦Balfour, Mpumalanga, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Balfour are Soweto, South Africa (99% match), Kriel and Heilbron. About 138,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Balfour are Soweto, South Africa (99% match), Kriel and Heilbron. About 357,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,022 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,022 chill hours · 619 mm rain

What grows in Balfour →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    36k sq mi94k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heilbron (99), Sasolburg (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tlokoeng (91), Khowa (90)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Thubelihle (99), Kriel (99)

  4. 4

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    2,200 sq mi5,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (61)

  5. 5

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

    1,800 sq mi4,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafeteng (90)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    1,800 sq mi4,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (89)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    1,600 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (86)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    1,400 sq mi3,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (74), San Luis Potosí (73)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tula de Allende (81), Pachuca de Soto (80)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Guanajuato, Mexico

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San José Iturbide (79), San Luis de la Paz (78)

  11. 11

    🇦🇷Jujuy, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Salvador de Jujuy (71), Palpalá (59)

  12. 12

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (50)

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

  1. 1

    🇿🇦SowetoGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,015 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,015 chill hours · 644 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦KrielMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 1,004 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 1,004 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦HeilbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦CarletonvilleGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦SasolburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 566 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦VentersdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 565 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦EmalahleniMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 668 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦KosterNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 631 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦ThembisaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 683 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 683 chill hours · 693 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, peanut

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦HendrinaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦PhuthaditjhabaFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,084 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,084 chill hours · 727 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦SenekalFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,203 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,203 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, peanut

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦VredefortFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 538 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦EkangalaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, avocado, citrus

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦ReitzFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,368 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,368 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦CarolinaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 726 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, pear

    96%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦VolksrustMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 740 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    96%match
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    🇿🇦BethlehemFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    96%match
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    🇿🇦VredeFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,332 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,332 chill hours · 590 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    96%match
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    🇿🇦HarrismithFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,099 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,099 chill hours · 660 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    95%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.