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Land with a climate like Lobatse

🇧🇼Lobatse, Botswana

The towns with the closest growing climate to Lobatse are Bela Bela, South Africa (97% match), Molepolole and Vaalwater. About 186,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa and Central, Botswana.The towns with the closest growing climate to Lobatse are Bela Bela, South Africa (97% match), Molepolole and Vaalwater. About 482,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa and Central, Botswana.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 637 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 637 chill hours · 448 mm rain

What grows in Lobatse →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ga-Rankuwa (97), Hartbeespoort (97)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bela Bela (97), Modimolle (97)

  3. 3

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serowe (92), Mahalapye (90)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Parys (92), Vredefort (89)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    5,600 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwanda (87)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bulawayo (84)

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    🇧🇼Jwaneng, Botswana

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jwaneng (86)

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    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    3,600 sq mi9,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masvingo (82), Zvishavane (81)

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    🇧🇼City of Francistown, Botswana

    3,600 sq mi9,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Francistown (80)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (82), Catamarca (80)

  11. 11

    🇦🇷La Rioja, Argentina

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example La Rioja (79), Aimogasta (74)

  12. 12

    🇳🇦Omaheke Region, Namibia

    1,400 sq mi3,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gobabis (71)

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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    🇿🇦Bela BelaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 574 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇼MolepololeKweneng, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 353 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 353 chill hours · 405 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇦VaalwaterLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 545 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops

    96%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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 27 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇦MookgophongLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 531 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 27 great-fit crops

    95%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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    94%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 27 great-fit crops

    94%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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    94%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 27 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇦VaalbankMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 292 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 292 chill hours · 538 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 27 great-fit crops

    93%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 27 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇧🇼SeroweCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦MokopaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 550 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 27 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦ThabazimbiLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 575 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦NorthamLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 27 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇧🇼MochudiKgatleng, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 334 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 334 chill hours · 449 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    92%match
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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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    92%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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    92%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 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    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.

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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.