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Land with a climate like Mbombela

🇿🇦Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbombela are Dwarsloop, South Africa (99% match), Tzaneen and Thohoyandou. About 230,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Santiago del Estero, Argentina and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbombela are Dwarsloop, South Africa (99% match), Tzaneen and Thohoyandou. About 595,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Santiago del Estero, Argentina and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 736 mm rain

What grows in Mbombela →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    27k sq mi69k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dwarsloop (99), Thulamahashi (99)

  2. 2

    🇦🇷Santiago del Estero, Argentina

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Termas de Río Hondo (83), Añatuya (83)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiredzi (86), Zvishavane (85)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafemani (99), Kamaqhekeza (92)

  5. 5

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ncotshane (93), Ladysmith (89)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutare (84), Chipinge (80)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cárdenas (87), Ciudad Fernández (85)

  8. 8

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manica (92), Messica (91)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷Chaco, Argentina

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Las Breñas (79), Charata (78)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santa Rosa (80), Pichanal (78)

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    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camiri (74)

  12. 12

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (88), Yacuiba (74)

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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    🇿🇦DwarsloopLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, potato, sugarcane

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦TzaneenLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 91 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 91 chill hours · 703 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦ThohoyandouLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, sugarcane, cassava

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇿ManziniManzini Region, Eswatini

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

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava, sugarcane

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦GiyaniLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, potato, garlic

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦PhalaborwaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦NcotshaneKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, mango

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇿ManicaMozambique

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, mango

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇿Ressano GarciaMaputo Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦LadysmithKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, olive

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇬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 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava, sugarcane

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦LebowakgomoLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, wine grapes, garlic

    88%match
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    🇧🇴TarijaTarija Department, Bolivia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 137 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 137 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, potato

    88%match
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    🇦🇷San Miguel de TucumánTucuman, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 183 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 183 chill hours · 808 mm rain

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

    87%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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, wine grapes, garlic

    87%match
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    🇲🇿ChimoioManica, Mozambique

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane, macadamia

    86%match
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    🇿🇼ChiredziMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

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

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    86%match
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    🇿🇼ZvishavaneMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 570 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    85%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.