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Land with a climate like Frankfort, South Africa

🇿🇦Frankfort, Free State, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Frankfort, South Africa are Senekal, South Africa (99% match), Bethlehem and Maputsoe. About 125,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and North West, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Frankfort, South Africa are Senekal, South Africa (99% match), Bethlehem and Maputsoe. About 323,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and North West, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 662 mm rain

What grows in Frankfort, South Africa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    37k sq mi96k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Senekal (99), Bethlehem (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aliwal North (92), Tlokoeng (89)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fochville (96), Ventersdorp (94)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    3,000 sq mi7,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Mercedes (78), San Luis (71)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    2,500 sq mi6,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Carlos Paz (77), Alta Gracia (75)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (83)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

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

    For example Quthing (93)

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    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (95)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦BethlehemFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇱🇸MaputsoeLeribe, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,302 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,302 chill hours · 630 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦FicksburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,350 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,350 chill hours · 632 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦StandertonMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦SowetoGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,015 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,015 chill hours · 644 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇱🇸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 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦eMbalenhleMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 636 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦CarletonvilleGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    97%match
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    🇿🇦FouriesburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,387 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,387 chill hours · 681 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    96%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 27 great-fit crops

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦VereenigingGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 904 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 904 chill hours · 587 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    95%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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇦ParysFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 926 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 926 chill hours · 540 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    94%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 25 of your 27 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 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇿🇦VentersdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 565 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    94%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 20 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%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.