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Land with a climate like Mafikeng

🇿🇦Mafikeng, North West, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mafikeng are Kanye, Botswana (99% match), Klerksdorp and Vryburg. About 161,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa and Free State, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mafikeng are Kanye, Botswana (99% match), Klerksdorp and Vryburg. About 418,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa and Free State, South Africa.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Mafikeng →

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 (99), Klerksdorp (98)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bela Bela (96), Modimolle (94)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bothaville (94), Parys (94)

  4. 4

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mahalapye (85), Serowe (84)

  5. 5

    🇧🇼Jwaneng, Botswana

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jwaneng (86)

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    🇧🇼Kgatleng, Botswana

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mochudi (91)

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    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwanda (80)

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    🇿🇼Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

    2,200 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bulawayo (80)

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    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    2,000 sq mi5,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masvingo (79), Zvishavane (78)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (80), Catamarca (78)

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    🇦🇷La Rioja, Argentina

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example La Rioja (72), Aimogasta (65)

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    🇳🇦Omaheke Region, Namibia

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gobabis (67)

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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    🇧🇼KanyeNgwaketsi, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 414 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, avocado, rice

    99%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, blueberry, cherry

    98%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, potato, rice

    97%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, blueberry, potato

    97%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, potato, almond

    97%match
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    🇿🇦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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado, blueberry

    97%match
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    🇿🇦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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, potato, avocado

    97%match
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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 22 great-fit crops

    96%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, potato, rice

    95%match
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    🇧🇼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 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, rice, tea

    95%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, potato, rice

    95%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, almond

    94%match
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    🇿🇦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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, blueberry

    94%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, blueberry

    94%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    94%match
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    🇿🇦ColignyNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 952 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 952 chill hours · 571 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, potato

    94%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 22 great-fit crops

    93%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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, blueberry

    93%match
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    🇿🇦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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, blueberry, cherry

    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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado

    93%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.