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Land with a climate like Heilbron

🇿🇦Heilbron, Free State, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Heilbron are Senekal, South Africa (99% match), Winburg and Soweto. About 135,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and North West, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Heilbron are Senekal, South Africa (99% match), Winburg and Soweto. About 351,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and North West, South Africa.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Heilbron →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    37k sq mi95k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Senekal (99), Marquard (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aliwal North (94), Queensdale (89)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fochville (99), Ventersdorp (98)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    3,000 sq mi7,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (76), Villa Mercedes (76)

  5. 5

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

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

    For example Quthing (93)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (96)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    1,600 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (83)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

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

  9. 9

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇿🇦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: peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦WinburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 512 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦SowetoGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,015 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,015 chill hours · 644 mm rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

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

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇱🇸HlotseLeribe, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,202 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,202 chill hours · 626 mm rain

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

    99%match
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    🇱🇸MaseruMaseru District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 616 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peanut

    99%match
  7. 7

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

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇱🇸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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    98%match
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    🇿🇦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 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

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

    98%match
  11. 11

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

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦BotshabeloFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 521 mm rain

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

    97%match
  13. 13

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

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦Winnie MandelaFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, rice, peanut

    97%match
  15. 15

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

    96%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    96%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦BloemfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,245 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,245 chill hours · 491 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea, walnut

    96%match
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    🇱🇸MafetengMafeteng District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 601 mm rain

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

    96%match
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    🇿🇦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 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    95%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    95%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.