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Land with a climate like De Aar

🇿🇦De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to De Aar are Postmasburg, South Africa (97% match), Middelburg and Kimberley. About 282,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Cape, South Africa, New Mexico, United States and Free State, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to De Aar are Postmasburg, South Africa (97% match), Middelburg and Kimberley. About 731,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Cape, South Africa, New Mexico, United States and Free State, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 314 mm rain

What grows in De Aar →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Northern Cape, South Africa

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Postmasburg (97), Kimberley (94)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸New Mexico, United States

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobbs (89), Carlsbad (89)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bloemfontein (93), Theunissen (92)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    16k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Middelburg (95), Graaff Reinet (91)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Texas, United States

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example West Odessa (85), Odessa (84)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Mendoza, Argentina

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rodeo del Medio (84), Perdriel (83)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽Chihuahua, Mexico

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nuevo Casas Grandes (77), Chihuahua (76)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷San Juan, Argentina

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

    For example Rawson (84), Villa General San Martín (84)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (80), Villa Mercedes (59)

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

    1,600 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafeteng (82)

  11. 11

    🇱🇸Mohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mohale's Hoek (80)

  12. 12

    🇱🇸Maseru District, Lesotho

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maseru (81)

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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    🇿🇦PostmasburgNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,010 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,010 chill hours · 325 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 29 of your 31 great-fit crops

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦KimberleyNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 418 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 30 of your 31 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦ChristianaNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    92%match
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    🇿🇦Beaufort WestWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 8.4 in rainZone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 213 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, avocado

    92%match
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    🇿🇦BloemhofNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    91%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 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    91%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 of your 31 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇿🇦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 26 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, avocado, macadamia

    91%match
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    🇿🇦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 24 of your 31 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇿🇦BultfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 490 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    90%match
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    🇺🇸Hobbs↻Seasons flipped. New Mexico, United States

    Zone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,399 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,399 chill hours · 349 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    89%match
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    🇺🇸Carlsbad↻Seasons flipped. New Mexico, United States

    Zone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,348 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,348 chill hours · 273 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦WelkomFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    88%match
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    🇿🇦Schweizer-RenekeNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 472 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    88%match
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    🇿🇦WinburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 512 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    88%match
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    🇺🇸Roswell↻Seasons flipped. New Mexico, United States

    Zone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 279 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    87%match
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    🇿🇦CradockEastern Cape, South Africa

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

    Shares 30 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, avocado

    87%match
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    🇿🇦PampierstadNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 721 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 721 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    86%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.