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Land with a climate like Fort Beaufort

🇿🇦Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Fort Beaufort are Lady Frere, South Africa (96% match), Somerset East and Cala. About 148,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Queensland, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Fort Beaufort are Lady Frere, South Africa (96% match), Somerset East and Cala. About 383,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Queensland, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 544 mm rain

What grows in Fort Beaufort →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    32k sq mi82k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lady Frere (96), Somerset East (95)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dundee (93), Glencoe (92)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (90), Toowoomba (86)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Dolores (86), Alta Gracia (83)

  5. 5

    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dysselsdorp (91), Riversdale (87)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muswellbrook (87), Cessnock (84)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    3,800 sq mi10,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matehuala (80), Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (75)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    2,200 sq mi5,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Pedro Garza García (67), Santa Catarina (60)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    1,600 sq mi4,300 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇸🇿Hhohho Region, Eswatini

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbabane (76), Lobamba (73)

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    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (75), Famaillá (73)

  12. 12

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (60)

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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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, apple, cherry

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦Somerset EastEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 429 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, tea, avocado

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, apple

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦MthathaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, soybean, avocado

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦BhishoEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, soybean, avocado

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, apple

    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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, potato

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦ClydesdaleEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, soybean, avocado

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦ButterworthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 768 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, soybean, avocado

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦DysselsdorpWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 356 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 356 chill hours · 340 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, tea

    91%match
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    🇿🇦MondloKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 773 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, soybean

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇦🇺WarwickQueensland, Australia

    Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 628 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, apple

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦LadysmithKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, soybean, apple

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, soybean, avocado

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦NewcastleKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 735 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, peanut, apple

    88%match
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    🇿🇦KariegaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 485 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tea, soybean

    88%match
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    🇿🇦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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, almond

    88%match
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    🇿🇦TlokoengEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 684 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pear

    88%match
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    🇿🇦RiversdaleWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 425 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, potato, tea

    87%match
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    🇦🇺MuswellbrookNew South Wales, Australia

    Zone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 533 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 533 chill hours · 630 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, apple

    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.