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Land with a climate like Kimberley

🇿🇦Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kimberley are Christiana, South Africa (99% match), Pampierstad and Vryburg. About 215,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Northern Cape, South Africa and Free State, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kimberley are Christiana, South Africa (99% match), Pampierstad and Vryburg. About 557,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Northern Cape, South Africa and Free State, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 418 mm rain

What grows in Kimberley →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Christiana (99), Vryburg (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Northern Cape, South Africa

    25k sq mi65k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pampierstad (99), Postmasburg (98)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Welkom (97), Odendaalsrus (96)

  4. 4

    🇲🇽Chihuahua, Mexico

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chihuahua (82), Hidalgo del Parral (75)

  5. 5

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    2,700 sq mi7,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Janeng (89), Ramotswa (76)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    2,100 sq mi5,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (69), Catamarca (67)

  7. 7

    🇧🇼Ngwaketsi, Botswana

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kanye (84), Mosopa (78)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    1,800 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (79)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷La Rioja, Argentina

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

    For example Aimogasta (73), La Rioja (67)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸New Mexico, United States

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobbs (79), Carlsbad (78)

  11. 11

    🇧🇼Lobatse, Botswana

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lobatse (86)

  12. 12

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Parras de la Fuente (63), Saltillo (62)

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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    🇿🇦ChristianaNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦PampierstadNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 721 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 721 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦VryburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 830 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 830 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦PostmasburgNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,010 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,010 chill hours · 325 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦BloemhofNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦WelkomFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇦Schweizer-RenekeNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 472 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇦LeeudoringstadNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 289 frost-free days · 931 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 289 frost-free days · 931 chill hours · 527 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇿🇦OttosdalNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦BothavilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops

    94%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦De AarNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 314 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    94%match
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    🇿🇦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 26 of your 29 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇦TheunissenFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 497 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    92%match
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    🇿🇦MafikengNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 518 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 29 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦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 26 of your 29 great-fit crops

    91%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 25 of your 29 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇿🇦BultfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 490 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    89%match
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    🇿🇦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 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    89%match
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    🇿🇦ZeerustNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 615 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 615 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    88%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 27 of your 29 great-fit crops

    87%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.