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Land with a climate like Marikana

🇿🇦Marikana, North West, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Marikana are Hammanskraal, South Africa (99% match), Bela Bela and Mafikeng. About 138,000 sq mi of land in 6 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 Marikana are Hammanskraal, South Africa (99% match), Bela Bela and Mafikeng. About 358,000 km² of land in 6 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 · 312 frost-free days · 542 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 542 chill hours · 636 mm rain

What grows in Marikana →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hammanskraal (99), Mafikeng (97)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    26k sq mi66k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Northam (99), Bela Bela (98)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bothaville (96), Viljoenskroon (94)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masvingo (84), Zvishavane (82)

  5. 5

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    3,900 sq mi10,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mahalapye (81), Serowe (79)

  6. 6

    🇧🇼Kgatleng, Botswana

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

    For example Mochudi (86)

  7. 7

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Janeng (94), Ramotswa (90)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (81), Catamarca (80)

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    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

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

    For example Gwanda (78)

  10. 10

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

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

    For example Shurugwi (83), Gweru (78)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Guanajuato, Mexico

    600 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apaseo el Grande (75), Comonfort (75)

  12. 12

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    600 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matehuala (80), Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (79)

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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    🇿🇦HammanskraalNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 406 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 406 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, almond

    97%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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, almond

    97%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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple

    97%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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple

    96%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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    96%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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    95%match
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    🇿🇦VereenigingGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 904 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 904 chill hours · 587 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, peach, apple

    95%match
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    🇧🇼LobatseBotswana

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

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, apple

    94%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, potato

    94%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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, peach, apple

    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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, apple

    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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, peach, apple

    94%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 21 great-fit crops

    94%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 21 great-fit crops

    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.