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Land with a climate like Ladysmith

🇿🇦Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ladysmith are Newcastle, South Africa (99% match), Lady Frere and Frischgewaagd. About 184,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ladysmith are Newcastle, South Africa (99% match), Lady Frere and Frischgewaagd. About 477,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 709 mm rain

What grows in Ladysmith →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Polokwane (92), Duiwelskloof (88)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nhlazatje (96), Lukwatini (96)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lady Frere (94), Cala (92)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cruz del Eje (85), Villa Dolores (84)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matehuala (84), Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (81)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (80), Toowoomba (73)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    3,500 sq mi9,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (87), Yerba Buena (83)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    2,900 sq mi7,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (78), Catamarca (77)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    2,200 sq mi5,700 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    2,200 sq mi5,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Pedro Garza García (71), Santa Catarina (63)

  11. 11

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    1,700 sq mi4,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (84)

  12. 12

    🇸🇿Hhohho Region, Eswatini

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

    For example Lobamba (83), Mbabane (78)

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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    🇿🇦NewcastleKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 735 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦Lady FrereEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦White RiverMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 120 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 120 chill hours · 822 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦MondloKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 773 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops

    93%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦BronkhorstspruitGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 623 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 623 chill hours · 646 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦PolokwaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 682 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦PretoriaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 442 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 442 chill hours · 665 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦RustenburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 515 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 515 chill hours · 654 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    91%match
  11. 11

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

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇿🇦SomaroboroMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦Fort BeaufortEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 544 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 26 great-fit crops

    90%match
  15. 15

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

    89%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦MbombelaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 736 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 26 great-fit crops

    89%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦BritsNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 471 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 471 chill hours · 593 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    88%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦QueenstownEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, pecan

    88%match
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    🇿🇦DuiwelskloofLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 106 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 106 chill hours · 953 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    88%match
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    🇿🇦Louis TrichardtLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 656 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    88%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.