Climatch

Land with a climate like Johannesburg

🇿🇦Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Johannesburg are Emalahleni, South Africa (99% match), eMbalenhle and Deneysville. About 110,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and North West, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Johannesburg are Emalahleni, South Africa (99% match), eMbalenhle and Deneysville. About 284,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and North West, South Africa.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Johannesburg →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Deneysville (98), Phuthaditjhaba (95)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lebohang (99), Leslie (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koster (96), Ventersdorp (94)

  4. 4

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    3,100 sq mi7,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (66)

  5. 5

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (85)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

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

    For example Qacha’s Nek (88)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Jujuy, Argentina

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

    For example San Salvador de Jujuy (73), Palpalá (59)

  8. 8

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

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

    For example Quthing (86)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Lorenzo (75), Salta (68)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (53)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    300 sq mi700 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

  1. 1

    🇿🇦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 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦DeneysvilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, citrus

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦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 27 great-fit crops

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    95%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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦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 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦HarrismithFree State, South Africa

    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

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    93%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, citrus

    93%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    93%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    92%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, citrus

    92%match
  19. 19

    🇿🇦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 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut

    92%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, kiwifruit

    91%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.

Looking for land?

We're building detailed reports on land like Johannesburg: frost risk year by year, water, and how each match's climate is shifting by 2050.

We'll only use your email for the report and related updates.

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.