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Land with a climate like Belfast, South Africa

🇿🇦Belfast, Mpumalanga, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Belfast, South Africa are Volksrust, South Africa (99% match), Ermelo and Bethal. About 79,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mpumalanga, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Free State, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Belfast, South Africa are Volksrust, South Africa (99% match), Ermelo and Bethal. About 204,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mpumalanga, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Free State, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 964 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 964 chill hours · 787 mm rain

What grows in Belfast, South Africa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Daggakraal (99), Volksrust (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mooi River (97), Kokstad (92)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Harrismith (97), Phuthaditjhaba (96)

  4. 4

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (90)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    2,600 sq mi6,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example La Falda (83), Villa Carlos Paz (83)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

    2,000 sq mi5,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santiago Tulantepec (84), Pachuca de Soto (84)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽Puebla, Mexico

    800 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chignahuapan (83), Libres (80)

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    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (74)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Tlaxcala, Mexico

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tetla (80), Contla (80)

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Leribe, Lesotho

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hlotse (83), Maputsoe (81)

  11. 11

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rusape (59), Mutare (51)

  12. 12

    🇦🇷Jujuy, Argentina

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Salvador de Jujuy (72), Palpalá (55)

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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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, fig

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦ErmeloMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 699 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, fig

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦BethalMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 1,081 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 1,081 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, fig

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦Mooi RiverKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 883 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 883 chill hours · 801 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pecan, fig

    97%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, pecan

    96%match
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    🇿🇦RedhillMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 342 frost-free days · 584 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 9b · 342 frost-free days · 584 chill hours · 1,013 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pecan

    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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, apple

    94%match
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    🇿🇦StandertonMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, fig, apple

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦eMbalenhleMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 636 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pecan, fig

    94%match
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    🇿🇦LydenburgMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, table and raisin grapes, fig

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦KokstadKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 746 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, fig, apple

    92%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 17 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, fig, table and raisin grapes

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦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 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, fig, sorghum

    92%match
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    🇿🇦MankwengLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 807 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, fig, table and raisin grapes

    90%match
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    🇿🇦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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, table and raisin grapes

    90%match
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    🇱🇸Qacha’s NekQacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 1,083 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 1,083 chill hours · 654 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    90%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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, pecan

    90%match
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    🇿🇦MpophomeniKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 578 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 578 chill hours · 799 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, fig, table and raisin grapes

    89%match
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    🇿🇦JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 831 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 831 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, fig, apple

    89%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.