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Land with a climate like Mbabane

🇸🇿Mbabane, Hhohho Region, Eswatini

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbabane are Frischgewaagd, South Africa (97% match), Piet Retief and Richmond. About 75,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbabane are Frischgewaagd, South Africa (97% match), Piet Retief and Richmond. About 195,000 km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 174 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 174 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

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Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Frischgewaagd (97), Richmond (96)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    16k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Clydesdale (94), Butterworth (92)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piet Retief (97), Driefontein (92)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Toowoomba (76), Gympie (68)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    2,500 sq mi6,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chipinge (89), Mutare (73)

  6. 6

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    1,400 sq mi3,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Machipanda (69), Manica (65)

  7. 7

    🇨🇳Yunnan, China

    1,400 sq mi3,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Longling County (79), Longshan (79)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽Chiapas, Mexico

    1,100 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Teopisca (75), San Cristóbal de las Casas (73)

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    🇸🇿Hhohho Region, Eswatini

    1,100 sq mi2,800 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Grafton (75), Taree (70)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

    800 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zacualtipán (90), Tulancingo (64)

  12. 12

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    800 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poços de Caldas (81), Nova Resende (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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    🇿🇦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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, olive, peanut

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦Piet RetiefMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 855 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, lavender

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦RichmondKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 360 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 360 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, lavender, table and raisin grapes

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦VryheidKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 812 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, lavender

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦GreytownKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, lavender

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦HowickKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, lavender

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦ClydesdaleEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, table and raisin grapes, olive

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦ButterworthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 768 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender, citrus

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender, olive

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, peanut, citrus

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦BhishoEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender, citrus

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦WembesiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 825 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, almond

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇽Zacualtipán↻Seasons flipped. Hidalgo, Mexico

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 201 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 201 chill hours · 1,199 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦DundeeKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, lavender, blueberry

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇼ChipingeManicaland, Zimbabwe

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

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    89%match
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    🇿🇦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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, lavender

    89%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦UlundiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, table and raisin grapes

    88%match
  18. 18

    🇧🇹Punākha↻Seasons flipped. Punakha, Bhutan

    Zone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 386 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 386 chill hours · 1,372 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, citrus, apple

    88%match
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    🇿🇦GrahamstownEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · No frost · 193 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · No frost · 193 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, lavender, blueberry

    86%match
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    🇿🇦MankwengLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 538 chill hours · 807 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, lavender

    84%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.