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Land with a climate like Fernie

🇿🇦Fernie, Mpumalanga, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Fernie are Vryheid, South Africa (99% match), Greytown and Mpophomeni. About 74,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Fernie are Vryheid, South Africa (99% match), Greytown and Mpophomeni. About 192,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 583 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 583 chill hours · 986 mm rain

What grows in Fernie →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vryheid (99), Mooi River (98)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Belfast (96), Carolina (96)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ugie (89), Stutterheim (87)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unquillo (87), Villa Carlos Paz (85)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chipinge (73), Mutare (68)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

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

    For example Qacha’s Nek (75)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zacualtipán (84), Tulancingo (83)

  8. 8

    🇸🇿Hhohho Region, Eswatini

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

  9. 9

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Machipanda (59)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Puebla, Mexico

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chignahuapan (84), Zacatlán (81)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Chiapas, Mexico

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Cristóbal de las Casas (80), Teopisca (64)

  12. 12

    🇧🇹Punakha, Bhutan

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Punākha (78)

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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    🇿🇦VryheidKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 812 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, sorghum, olive

    99%match
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    🇿🇦GreytownKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, olive, saffron

    97%match
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    🇿🇦MpophomeniKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 578 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 578 chill hours · 799 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, olive, saffron

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦HowickKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, olive, sorghum

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, olive, saffron

    96%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 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    96%match
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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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, pear

    96%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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, saffron, sorghum

    94%match
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    🇿🇦FrischgewaagdKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, olive

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, saffron

    94%match
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    🇿🇦MankwengLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 807 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, sorghum, olive

    93%match
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    🇿🇦ErmeloMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 699 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, saffron

    93%match
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    🇿🇦KokstadKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 746 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, pear, walnut

    93%match
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    🇿🇦DundeeKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, sorghum, olive

    92%match
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    🇿🇦HendrinaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, pear, walnut

    92%match
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    🇿🇦UgieEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 714 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, saffron, walnut

    89%match
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    🇿🇦BethalMpumalanga, South Africa

    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

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, saffron

    89%match
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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, saffron

    88%match
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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, saffron

    87%match
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    🇿🇦StutterheimEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 196 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 196 chill hours · 697 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, sorghum, saffron

    87%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.