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Land with a climate like Matsulu

🇿🇦Matsulu, Mpumalanga, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Matsulu are Phalaborwa, South Africa (99% match), Nkowakowa and Giyani. About 373,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Limpopo, South Africa and Salta, Argentina.The towns with the closest growing climate to Matsulu are Phalaborwa, South Africa (99% match), Nkowakowa and Giyani. About 965,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Limpopo, South Africa and Salta, Argentina.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 635 mm rain

What grows in Matsulu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Taiobeiras (82), Turmalina (82)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    21k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Thulamahashi (99), Malamulele (99)

  3. 3

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santa Rosa (90), Pichanal (88)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Santiago del Estero, Argentina

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santiago del Estero (84), Termas de Río Hondo (84)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiredzi (94), Zvishavane (83)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Chaco, Argentina

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Juan José Castelli (81), Las Breñas (80)

  7. 7

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caetité (85), Cafarnaum (83)

  8. 8

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Messica (92), Manica (90)

  9. 9

    🇲🇿Gaza Province, Mozambique

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chokwé (92), Xilembene (84)

  10. 10

    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camiri (88)

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    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafemani (99), Nhlazatje (84)

  12. 12

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yacuiba (84), Bermejo (83)

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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    🇿🇦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 16 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦NkowakowaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, canola (rapeseed), barley

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦GiyaniLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦DwarsloopLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), lavender

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦ThohoyandouLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), sugarcane

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), lavender, barley

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇼ChiredziMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇸🇿ManziniManzini Region, Eswatini

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 907 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, cassava

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇿ChokwéGaza Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 637 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇬BetrokaAnosy, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 823 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane, canola (rapeseed)

    91%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦NcotshaneKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), wine grapes

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇲🇿ManicaMozambique

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

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), sugarcane

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇽Rioverde↻Seasons flipped. San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 60 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 60 chill hours · 520 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed)

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇿BoaneMaputo Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇦🇷Libertador General San MartínJujuy, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 107 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 107 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), lavender

    89%match
  16. 16

    🇧🇴CamiriSanta Cruz Department, Bolivia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), cassava

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇲🇬IhosyIhorombe, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane, canola (rapeseed)

    88%match
  18. 18

    🇲🇿ChimoioManica, Mozambique

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

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, canola (rapeseed), sugarcane

    88%match
  19. 19

    🇦🇷San Pedro de JujuyJujuy, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 130 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 130 chill hours · 529 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), lavender, barley

    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 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, barley, canola (rapeseed)

    87%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.