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Land with a climate like Harrismith

🇿🇦Harrismith, Free State, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Harrismith are Volksrust, South Africa (99% match), Bethal and Bethlehem. About 127,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Harrismith are Volksrust, South Africa (99% match), Bethal and Bethlehem. About 329,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,099 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,099 chill hours · 660 mm rain

What grows in Harrismith →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    27k sq mi69k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ugie (96), Tlokoeng (95)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    25k sq mi64k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fouriesburg (99), Bethlehem (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    18k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Volksrust (99), Bethal (99)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    9,900 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Carlos Paz (88), Cosquín (87)

  5. 5

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (97)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

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

    For example Quthing (91)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    2,000 sq mi5,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Mercedes (72), San Luis (64)

  8. 8

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (89)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pachuca de Soto (82), Santiago Tulantepec (80)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    1,600 sq mi4,200 km² matching 80% or better

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    1,100 sq mi2,800 km² matching 80% or better

  12. 12

    🇦🇷Jujuy, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Salvador de Jujuy (73), Palpalá (56)

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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    🇿🇦VolksrustMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 740 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, pecan, sorghum

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, pecan, sorghum

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦VredeFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,332 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,332 chill hours · 590 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦ReitzFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,368 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,368 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, table and raisin grapes, pecan

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦ErmeloMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 699 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan

    97%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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, table and raisin grapes, sorghum

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦CarolinaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 726 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, avocado

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦HendrinaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 670 mm rain

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

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦BelfastMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 964 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 964 chill hours · 787 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, avocado

    97%match
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    🇱🇸Qacha’s NekQacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 1,083 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 1,083 chill hours · 654 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦TlokoengEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 684 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, table and raisin grapes, olive

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦KhowaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 900 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 900 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, sorghum, olive

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇱🇸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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, sorghum, pecan

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦KokstadKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 746 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, avocado, olive

    94%match
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    🇿🇦WembesiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 825 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, pecan, table and raisin grapes

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 831 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 831 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, avocado, table and raisin grapes

    94%match
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    🇿🇦FrankfortFree State, South Africa

    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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, pecan, sorghum

    93%match
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    🇱🇸Thaba-TsekaLesotho

    Zone 8b · 246 frost-free days · 1,604 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 246 frost-free days · 1,604 chill hours · 609 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%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.