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Land with a climate like Graaff Reinet

🇿🇦Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Graaff Reinet are Beaufort West, South Africa (96% match), Cradock and Somerset East. About 250,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Northern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Graaff Reinet are Beaufort West, South Africa (96% match), Cradock and Somerset East. About 648,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Northern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 495 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 495 chill hours · 319 mm rain

What grows in Graaff Reinet →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cradock (95), Somerset East (92)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Welkom (89), Odendaalsrus (87)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Northern Cape, South Africa

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example De Aar (91), Kimberley (86)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺Western Australia, Australia

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalgoorlie (84)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (90), Villa Mercedes (67)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saltillo (85), Ramos Arizpe (83)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    1,600 sq mi4,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (64), Catamarca (61)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    1,100 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (52)

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    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafeteng (75)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (77), San Luis Potosí (77)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

  12. 12

    🇱🇸Mohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mohale's Hoek (80)

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

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Beaufort WestWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 8.4 in rainZone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 213 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦CradockEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 873 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 873 chill hours · 398 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan, pear

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦MiddelburgEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 378 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, cherry

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    92%match
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    🇿🇦De AarNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 314 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cherry, pear

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦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 21 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan, pear

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇦🇷San LuisArgentina

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 419 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cherry, pear

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦OudtshoornWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 298 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops

    89%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦WelkomFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    89%match
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    🇿🇦Aliwal NorthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 512 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pear, walnut

    87%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦KimberleyNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 418 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇽Saltillo↻Seasons flipped. Coahuila, Mexico

    Zone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 331 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 331 chill hours · 303 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops

    85%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇺KalgoorlieWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 420 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 420 chill hours · 306 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    84%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦TheunissenFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 497 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan, pear

    84%match
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    🇿🇦KroonstadFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    84%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦BothavilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇿🇦ChristianaNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    83%match
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    🇿🇦BloemhofNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    82%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    82%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.