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Land with a climate like Grootfontein

🇳🇦Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Grootfontein are Otjiwarongo, Namibia (98% match), Ghanzi and Oshakati. About 349,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Kavango East, Namibia and Cunene, Angola.The towns with the closest growing climate to Grootfontein are Otjiwarongo, Namibia (98% match), Ghanzi and Oshakati. About 904,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, Kavango East, Namibia and Cunene, Angola.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 159 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 159 chill hours · 555 mm rain

What grows in Grootfontein →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇳🇦Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Otjiwarongo (98), Okahandja (91)

  2. 2

    🇳🇦Kavango East, Namibia

    13k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rundu (91), Ndiyona (91)

  3. 3

    🇦🇴Cunene, Angola

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ondjiva (86), Cahama (80)

  4. 4

    🇧🇼North-West, Botswana

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maun (84)

  5. 5

    🇳🇦Oshana Region, Namibia

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ondangwa (94), Ongwediva (93)

  6. 6

    🇧🇼Ghanzi, Botswana

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ghanzi (93)

  7. 7

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Letlhakane (81), Tutume (78)

  8. 8

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kadoma (80), Chegutu (67)

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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    🇳🇦OtjiwarongoOtjozondjupa Region, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 235 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 235 chill hours · 469 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado, tea

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇼GhanziBotswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 229 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 229 chill hours · 384 mm rain

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

    93%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇦OshakatiOshana Region, Namibia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 50 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 50 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇦WindhoekKhomas Region, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 380 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tea, avocado

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇦RunduKavango East, Namibia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 57 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 57 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇳🇦OkahandjaOtjozondjupa Region, Namibia

    Zone 10a · 348 frost-free days · 308 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 10a · 348 frost-free days · 308 chill hours · 359 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tea, avocado

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇦NdiyonaKavango East, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 103 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 103 chill hours · 588 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    91%match
  8. 8

    🇳🇦GobabisOmaheke Region, Namibia

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 358 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado, tea

    87%match
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    🇦🇴OndjivaCunene, Angola

    Zone 10b · No frost · 38 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 38 chill hours · 703 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇧🇼MaunNorth-West, Botswana

    Zone 10b · No frost · 53 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 53 chill hours · 438 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, potato, date palm

    84%match
  11. 11

    🇧🇼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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tea, avocado

    81%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 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, sugarcane

    81%match
  13. 13

    🇦🇴CahamaCunene, Angola

    Zone 11a · No frost · 7 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 7 chill hours · 733 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, avocado, cassava

    80%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇼KadomaMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, avocado, sugarcane

    80%match
  15. 15

    🇧🇼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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado, tea

    79%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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tea, avocado

    78%match
  17. 17

    🇦🇴HumbeCunene, Angola

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 724 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava

    78%match
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    🇧🇼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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tea, avocado

    77%match
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    🇧🇼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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tea, avocado

    76%match
  20. 20

    🇧🇼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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado, tea

    75%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.