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Land with a climate like Botshabelo

🇿🇦Botshabelo, Free State, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Botshabelo are Theunissen, South Africa (99% match), Marquard and Aliwal North. About 422,000 km² (163,000 sq mi) of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and North West, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,350 chill hours · 21 in (521 mm) rain

What grows in Botshabelo →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%BotshabeloClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    91k km² (35k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Winburg (99), Theunissen (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    69k km² (27k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Aliwal North (99), Middelburg (97)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    57k km² (22k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Makwassie (97), Wolmaransstad (96)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    16k km² (6,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (84), Villa Mercedes (80)

  5. 5

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    5,300 km² (2,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (96)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

    4,700 km² (1,800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mafeteng (99)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    3,400 km² (1,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    3,400 km² (1,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

  9. 9

    🇱🇸Berea, Lesotho

    2,700 km² (1,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mabote (99), Teyateyaneng (99)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸New Mexico, United States

    1,900 km² (800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Hobbs (74), Clovis (71)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Texas, United States

    600 km² (200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lubbock (74), Plainview (74)

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

    🇿🇦TheunissenFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,219 chill hours · 20 in (497 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦MarquardFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 1,403 chill hours · 23 in (583 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦Aliwal NorthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,288 chill hours · 20 in (512 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇱🇸MaboteBerea, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,294 chill hours · 24 in (616 mm) rain

    Shares 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦SenekalFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,308 chill hours · 22 in (561 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 30 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦PhomolongFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,128 chill hours · 20 in (509 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇱🇸MafetengMafeteng District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,407 chill hours · 24 in (601 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦BultfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,327 chill hours · 19 in (490 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇱🇸Mohale's HoekMohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    Zone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,207 chill hours · 24 in (618 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦HeilbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,297 chill hours · 23 in (592 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 30 great-fit crops

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦ZastronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,474 chill hours · 23 in (594 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇱🇸MaputsoeLeribe, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,422 chill hours · 25 in (630 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦MiddelburgEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,249 chill hours · 15 in (378 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦KroonstadFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 992 chill hours · 21 in (530 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦OdendaalsrusFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 975 chill hours · 20 in (505 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦WolmaransstadNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8a · 270 frost-free days · 1,184 chill hours · 21 in (524 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops

    96%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦BurgersdorpEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,481 chill hours · 18 in (469 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops

    96%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦BloemhofNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,104 chill hours · 18 in (457 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    96%match
  19. 19

    🇿🇦FrankfortFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,372 chill hours · 26 in (662 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops

    95%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇦Schweizer-RenekeNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,121 chill hours · 19 in (472 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 30 great-fit crops

    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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