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Land with a climate like Howick

🇿🇦Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Howick are Piet Retief, South Africa (99% match), Vryheid and Clydesdale. About 94,000 sq mi of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Howick are Piet Retief, South Africa (99% match), Vryheid and Clydesdale. About 244,000 km² of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 793 mm rain

What grows in Howick →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vryheid (99), Mondlo (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    23k sq mi58k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Clydesdale (98), Mthatha (97)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piet Retief (99), Empuluzu (97)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unquillo (87), La Calera (87)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Yunnan, China

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baoshan (82), Yongjian (80)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Toowoomba (80), Warwick (78)

  7. 7

    🇸🇿Hhohho Region, Eswatini

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

    For example Mbabane (94), Lobamba (63)

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    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

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

    For example Qacha’s Nek (64)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chipinge (74), Mutare (69)

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    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Machipanda (62), Manica (53)

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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    🇿🇦Piet RetiefMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 855 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦VryheidKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 812 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦ClydesdaleEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    98%match
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    🇿🇦FrischgewaagdKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, rice

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦MthathaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    97%match
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    🇸🇿MbabaneHhohho Region, Eswatini

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 174 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 174 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, rice

    94%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, pear

    94%match
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    🇿🇦ButterworthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 768 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    93%match
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    🇿🇦DundeeKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 754 mm rain

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

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦BhishoEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    92%match
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    🇿🇦LydenburgMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, peanut

    92%match
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    🇿🇦GrahamstownEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · No frost · 193 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · No frost · 193 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦LukwatiniMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 205 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 205 chill hours · 930 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, rice, macadamia

    91%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦UgieEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 714 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pear

    89%match
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    🇦🇷CórdobaCordoba, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 558 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 558 chill hours · 747 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, peanut

    87%match
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    🇿🇦MankwengLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 807 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    86%match
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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    86%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 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    86%match
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    🇧🇹Punākha↻Seasons flipped. Punakha, Bhutan

    Zone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 386 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 386 chill hours · 1,372 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, peanut, pecan

    86%match
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    🇦🇷Jesús MaríaCordoba, Argentina

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 837 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 837 chill hours · 678 mm rain

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

    86%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.