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Land with a climate like Francistown

🇧🇼Francistown, City of Francistown, Botswana

The towns with the closest growing climate to Francistown are Tutume, Botswana (99% match), Mahalapye and Selebi-Phikwe. About 406,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central, Botswana, Limpopo, South Africa and Midlands Province, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Francistown are Tutume, Botswana (99% match), Mahalapye and Selebi-Phikwe. About 1.1 million km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central, Botswana, Limpopo, South Africa and Midlands Province, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 184 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 184 chill hours · 470 mm rain

What grows in Francistown →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    31k sq mi81k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tutume (99), Mahalapye (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lephalale (97), Marapong (95)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kwekwe (95), Redcliff (94)

  4. 4

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Livingstone (86), Maamba (84)

  5. 5

    🇳🇦Kavango East, Namibia

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ndiyona (85), Rundu (80)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwanda (96), Beitbridge (87)

  7. 7

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    8,300 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kadoma (93), Chegutu (91)

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    🇧🇼North-West, Botswana

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maun (84)

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    🇧🇼Ghanzi, Botswana

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ghanzi (80)

  10. 10

    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sesheke (88), Senanga (74)

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    🇳🇦Zambezi Region, Namibia

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Katima Mulilo (88)

  12. 12

    🇳🇦Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

    2,800 sq mi7,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Grootfontein (79), Otjiwarongo (75)

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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    🇧🇼TutumeCentral, Botswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 468 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇼MahalapyeCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 296 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 296 chill hours · 439 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇧🇼Selebi-PhikweSelibe Phikwe, Botswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 101 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 101 chill hours · 375 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇧🇼BobonongCentral, Botswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 148 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 148 chill hours · 331 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇼GwandaMatabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, garlic

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇧🇼PalapyeCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 421 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 421 chill hours · 402 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, saffron

    96%match
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    🇧🇼LetlhakaneCentral, Botswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 112 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 112 chill hours · 325 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇼KwekweMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 143 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 143 chill hours · 701 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    95%match
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    🇿🇦MarapongLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, saffron

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇧🇼SeroweCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, saffron, wine grapes

    94%match
  11. 11

    🇧🇼MolepololeKweneng, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 353 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 353 chill hours · 405 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, saffron

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇼GaboroneBotswana

    Zone 9b · 343 frost-free days · 292 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 343 frost-free days · 292 chill hours · 440 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇼ZvishavaneMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 570 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇼KadomaMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    93%match
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    🇿🇼BulawayoZimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 202 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 202 chill hours · 640 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, garlic

    92%match
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    🇧🇼MosopaNgwaketsi, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 391 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 391 chill hours · 373 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, saffron

    92%match
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    🇿🇦SiyabuswaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 356 frost-free days · 276 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · 356 frost-free days · 276 chill hours · 527 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    91%match
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    🇿🇼GokweMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 129 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 129 chill hours · 773 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    91%match
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    🇿🇼GweruMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 718 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, garlic

    89%match
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    🇿🇼HwangeMatabeleland North, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 23 great-fit crops

    88%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.