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Land with a climate like Bethal

🇿🇦Bethal, Mpumalanga, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Bethal are Carolina, South Africa (99% match), Volksrust and Vrede. About 96,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Bethal are Carolina, South Africa (99% match), Volksrust and Vrede. About 249,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Bethal →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vrede (99), Harrismith (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Daggakraal (99), Carolina (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ugie (90), Khowa (89)

  4. 4

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    2,300 sq mi6,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (91)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    2,300 sq mi6,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Carlos Paz (80), Cosquín (80)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

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

    For example Pachuca de Soto (83), Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (81)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

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

    For example Quthing (81)

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    🇱🇸Berea, Lesotho

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Teyateyaneng (88), Mabote (86)

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    🇦🇷Jujuy, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Salvador de Jujuy (70), Palpalá (55)

  10. 10

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    600 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

  11. 11

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Lorenzo (71), San José de los Cerrillos (64)

  12. 12

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pecan, avocado

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, fig

    99%match
  3. 3

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

    99%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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, fig

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, fig, pecan

    99%match
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    🇿🇦BelfastMpumalanga, South Africa

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

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, avocado

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦GermistonGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 827 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 827 chill hours · 671 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pecan, table and raisin grapes

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, fig, avocado

    96%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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, table and raisin grapes

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, pecan

    96%match
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    🇿🇦NigelGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, apple, fig

    95%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 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, table and raisin grapes, fig

    94%match
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    🇿🇦DriefonteinMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 804 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, avocado, fig

    94%match
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    🇿🇦FrankfortFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, pecan, sorghum

    94%match
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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, fig, sorghum

    92%match
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    🇿🇦DeneysvilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, fig, sorghum

    92%match
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    🇿🇦MiddelburgMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 608 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 608 chill hours · 647 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, apple, fig

    92%match
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    🇿🇦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 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, fig, avocado

    92%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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    91%match
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    🇿🇦EvatonGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 987 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 987 chill hours · 603 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, fig, apple

    90%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.