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Land with a climate like Cradock

🇿🇦Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Cradock are Middelburg, South Africa (99% match), Queenstown and Aliwal North. About 308,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Western Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Cradock are Middelburg, South Africa (99% match), Queenstown and Aliwal North. About 799,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Western Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 873 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 873 chill hours · 398 mm rain

What grows in Cradock →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    37k sq mi97k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Middelburg (99), Queenstown (98)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    33k sq mi85k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Botshabelo (92), Winburg (92)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dysselsdorp (90), Oudtshoorn (89)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (92), Villa Mercedes (89)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (79), Matehuala (78)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Dolores (81), Deán Funes (79)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Mendoza, Argentina

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example General Alvear (85), Perdriel (83)

  8. 8

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (82), Toowoomba (68)

  9. 9

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    3,300 sq mi8,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tamworth (81), Muswellbrook (77)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saltillo (79), Ramos Arizpe (77)

  11. 11

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    2,100 sq mi5,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (95)

  12. 12

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (90)

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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    🇿🇦MiddelburgEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 378 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦QueenstownEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 32 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦Aliwal NorthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 512 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦Lady FrereEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 32 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦BurgersdorpEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 469 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦Graaff ReinetEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 495 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 495 chill hours · 319 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦CalaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 607 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 32 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇱🇸Mohale's HoekMohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    Zone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦BotshabeloFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 521 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇱🇸MaseruMaseru District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 616 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    92%match
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    🇦🇷San LuisArgentina

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 419 mm rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    92%match
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    🇿🇦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 27 of your 32 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦BloemfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,245 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,245 chill hours · 491 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    91%match
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    🇿🇦Winnie MandelaFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    91%match
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    🇱🇸MafetengMafeteng District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    90%match
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    🇿🇦ZastronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,323 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,323 chill hours · 594 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    89%match
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    🇿🇦KroonstadFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 32 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇦🇷Villa MercedesSan Luis, Argentina

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 528 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    89%match
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    🇿🇦WesselsbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 970 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 970 chill hours · 490 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 32 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇿🇦OudtshoornWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 298 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    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.