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Land with a climate like Gaborone

🇧🇼Gaborone, Botswana

The towns with the closest growing climate to Gaborone are Jwaneng, Botswana (99% match), Mahalapye and Marapong. About 288,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central, Botswana, Limpopo, South Africa and North West, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Gaborone are Jwaneng, Botswana (99% match), Mahalapye and Marapong. About 746,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central, Botswana, Limpopo, South Africa and North West, South Africa.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Gaborone →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    30k sq mi77k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mahalapye (99), Tonota (93)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lephalale (98), Marapong (97)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafikeng (91), Hammanskraal (90)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwanda (85), Beitbridge (81)

  5. 5

    🇧🇼Ghanzi, Botswana

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ghanzi (82)

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    🇧🇼Jwaneng, Botswana

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jwaneng (99)

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    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

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

    For example Zvishavane (85), Masvingo (75)

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    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

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

    For example Siyabuswa (94), Vaalbank (92)

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    🇳🇦Omaheke Region, Namibia

    1,400 sq mi3,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gobabis (75)

  10. 10

    🇿🇼Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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

    For example Bulawayo (79)

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    🇳🇦Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Grootfontein (77), Otjiwarongo (72)

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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    🇧🇼JwanengBotswana

    Zone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 255 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 255 chill hours · 344 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    99%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    97%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 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇧🇼FrancistownCity of Francistown, Botswana

    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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    93%match
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    🇿🇦ThabazimbiLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 575 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, saffron, apple

    93%match
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    🇧🇼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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    92%match
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    🇿🇦NorthamLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    91%match
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    🇧🇼JanengSouth-East, Botswana

    Zone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 646 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 646 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    91%match
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    🇿🇦MafikengNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 518 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, wine grapes, apple

    91%match
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    🇧🇼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 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    91%match
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    🇧🇼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 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    90%match
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    🇿🇦LetlhabileNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 437 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 437 chill hours · 584 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, saffron

    89%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 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    88%match
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    🇿🇦ZeerustNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 615 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 615 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, saffron

    88%match
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    🇧🇼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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, wine grapes

    88%match
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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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    88%match
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    🇿🇦SoshanguveGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 335 frost-free days · 404 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 335 frost-free days · 404 chill hours · 588 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, saffron

    88%match
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    🇿🇦MokopaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 550 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, saffron

    87%match
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    🇿🇦Bela BelaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 574 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, saffron, peach

    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.