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Land with a climate like Heidelberg, South Africa

🇿🇦Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Heidelberg, South Africa are Bagale, South Africa (99% match), Carletonville and Koster. About 152,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Heidelberg, South Africa are Bagale, South Africa (99% match), Carletonville and Koster. About 393,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 898 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 898 chill hours · 620 mm rain

What grows in Heidelberg, South Africa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    37k sq mi95k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Parys (99), Vredefort (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fochville (99), Koster (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    19k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Emalahleni (99), Standerton (99)

  4. 4

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

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

    For example Tarija (71)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    2,500 sq mi6,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (78), San Luis Potosí (77)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽Guanajuato, Mexico

    2,200 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San José Iturbide (80), San Miguel de Allende (78)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (59), Catamarca (55)

  8. 8

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (88)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

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

    For example Tafí Viejo (61)

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    1,300 sq mi3,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (82)

  11. 11

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (90)

  12. 12

    🇦🇷Jujuy, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Salvador de Jujuy (76), Palpalá (66)

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

    🇿🇦BagaleGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 909 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 909 chill hours · 674 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦KosterNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 631 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦EkangalaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, citrus

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦EmalahleniMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 668 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦HeilbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦TrichardtMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,050 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,050 chill hours · 639 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦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 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦PotchefstroomNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 845 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 845 chill hours · 546 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦LichtenburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 910 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 910 chill hours · 561 mm rain

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

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦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 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦ViljoenskroonFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 931 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 931 chill hours · 526 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    96%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦KlerksdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 784 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 784 chill hours · 517 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦KwaggafonteinMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 406 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 406 chill hours · 621 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado

    94%match
  19. 19

    🇿🇦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 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    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.