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Land with a climate like Lobamba

🇸🇿Lobamba, Hhohho Region, Eswatini

The towns with the closest growing climate to Lobamba are Mbombela, South Africa (98% match), Thohoyandou and Dwarsloop. About 74,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Lobamba are Mbombela, South Africa (98% match), Thohoyandou and Dwarsloop. About 191,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 935 mm rain

What grows in Lobamba →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Thohoyandou (97), Tshitereke (97)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ncotshane (96), Ulundi (90)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbombela (98), White River (97)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rockhampton (77), Gympie (73)

  5. 5

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chimoio (88), Manica (87)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    2,800 sq mi7,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chipinge (83), Mutare (75)

  7. 7

    🇲🇬Anosy, Madagascar

    2,700 sq mi7,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Betroka (79)

  8. 8

    🇲🇿Maputo Province, Mozambique

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

    For example Ressano Garcia (84), Boane (73)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

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

    For example Ciudad Victoria (58)

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    🇸🇿Manzini Region, Eswatini

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

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    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camiri (61)

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    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiredzi (70), Zvishavane (65)

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

    🇿🇦MbombelaMpumalanga, South Africa

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

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦ThohoyandouLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 874 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦DwarsloopLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 40 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 40 chill hours · 787 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦NcotshaneKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 16 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 16 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic

    93%match
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    🇿🇦SchoemansdalMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 625 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 23 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦UlundiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 823 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    90%match
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    🇿🇦SabieMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 220 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 220 chill hours · 827 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic, olive

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇿ChimoioManica, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,098 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    88%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇿ManicaMozambique

    Zone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 996 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    87%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 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic

    87%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 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, olive, garlic

    86%match
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    🇿🇦PraktiseerLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    84%match
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    🇲🇿Ressano GarciaMaputo Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 23 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇿🇦GiyaniLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 595 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇿🇼ChipingeManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 1,188 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇿🇦LadysmithKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, olive, lavender

    83%match
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    🇿🇦PietermaritzburgKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 341 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 341 chill hours · 752 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, lavender, garlic

    82%match
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    🇿🇦PhalaborwaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 23 great-fit crops

    82%match
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    🇿🇦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 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, olive, garlic

    80%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.