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Land with a climate like Cape Town

🇿🇦Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Cape Town are Hermanus, South Africa (96% match), Bredasdorp and Busselton. About 258,000 km² (100,000 sq mi) of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Cape, South Africa, Western Australia, Australia and South Australia, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 115 chill hours · 23 in (592 mm) rain

What grows in Cape Town →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%Cape TownClosest

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

    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    39k km² (15k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Hermanus (96), Caledon (96)

  2. 2

    🇦🇺Western Australia, Australia

    38k km² (15k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Busselton (94), Bunbury (93)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺South Australia, Australia

    11k km² (4,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Adelaide (87), Adelaide Hills (85)

  4. 4

    🇵🇹Setúbal, Portugal

    5,500 km² (2,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Charneca de Caparica (87), Almada (87)

  5. 5

    🇵🇹Faro, Portugal

    4,900 km² (1,900 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Albufeira (79), Quarteira (79)

  6. 6

    🇵🇹Lisbon, Portugal

    4,800 km² (1,900 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Oeiras (89), Carcavelos (89)

  7. 7

    🇮🇹Sardinia, Italy

    2,900 km² (1,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Alghero (81), Porto Torres (80)

  8. 8

    🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

    1,200 km² (500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Alcúdia (79), Ciutadella (79)

  9. 9

    🇩🇿Béjaïa, Algeria

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

    For example Béjaïa (80), El Kseur (74)

  10. 10

    🇫🇷Corsica, France

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

    For example Ajaccio (74), Bastia (67)

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

    🇿🇦HermanusWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 50 chill hours · 25 in (623 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 29 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦BredasdorpWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 119 chill hours · 19 in (471 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇦🇺BusseltonWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 126 chill hours · 30 in (767 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇦🇺BunburyWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 165 chill hours · 29 in (737 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇺MandurahWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 88 chill hours · 30 in (753 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    91%match
  6. 6

    🇦🇺AlbanyWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 188 chill hours · 34 in (862 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    88%match
  7. 7

    🇵🇹Leiria↻Seasons flipped. Portugal

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 29 in (732 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    87%match
  8. 8

    🇦🇺AdelaideSouth Australia, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 327 chill hours · 20 in (513 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇵🇹Lisbon↻Seasons flipped. Portugal

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 217 chill hours · 27 in (680 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, peanut

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇵🇹Caldas da Rainha↻Seasons flipped. Leiria, Portugal

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 25 in (636 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pear, walnut

    86%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦SaldanhaWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 65 chill hours · 11 in (277 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops

    85%match
  12. 12

    🇵🇹Santarém↻Seasons flipped. Portugal

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 364 chill hours · 26 in (665 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    84%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦Mossel BayWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 33 chill hours · 18 in (448 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    82%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇺PerthWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 72 chill hours · 28 in (710 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    81%match
  15. 15

    🇩🇿Béjaïa↻Seasons flipped. Algeria

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 396 chill hours · 30 in (766 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    80%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦KnysnaWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 171 chill hours · 27 in (675 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    80%match
  17. 17

    🇩🇿Skikda↻Seasons flipped. Algeria

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 316 chill hours · 29 in (740 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pear, kiwifruit

    79%match
  18. 18

    🇵🇹Coimbra↻Seasons flipped. Portugal

    Zone 9b · 347 frost-free days · 619 chill hours · 35 in (896 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pear, walnut

    79%match
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    🇪🇸Ciutadella↻Seasons flipped. Balearic Islands, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 419 chill hours · 23 in (584 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    79%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇦RiversdaleWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 290 chill hours · 17 in (425 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, olive

    78%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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