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Land with a climate like Middelburg, South Africa

🇿🇦Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Middelburg, South Africa are Aliwal North, South Africa (99% match), Burgersdorp and Cradock. About 220,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Northern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Middelburg, South Africa are Aliwal North, South Africa (99% match), Burgersdorp and Cradock. About 571,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Northern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 378 mm rain

What grows in Middelburg, South Africa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    33k sq mi85k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Botshabelo (97), Bloemfontein (97)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    31k sq mi79k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aliwal North (99), Burgersdorp (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Northern Cape, South Africa

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example De Aar (95), Kimberley (82)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Mendoza, Argentina

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Perdriel (88), General Alvear (86)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (86), Villa Mercedes (81)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸New Mexico, United States

    3,300 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobbs (79), Clovis (77)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷San Juan, Argentina

    2,300 sq mi5,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rawson (80), San Juan (78)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    2,200 sq mi5,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salinas de Hidalgo (77), Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (67)

  9. 9

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    2,100 sq mi5,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (94)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸Texas, United States

    2,000 sq mi5,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Plainview (76), Lubbock (76)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saltillo (64), Ramos Arizpe (60)

  12. 12

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

    1,800 sq mi4,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafeteng (94)

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

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Aliwal NorthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 512 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦BurgersdorpEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 469 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦CradockEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 873 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 873 chill hours · 398 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, avocado, cotton

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦BotshabeloFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 521 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦BloemfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,245 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,245 chill hours · 491 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦WinburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 512 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, apple

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦De AarNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 314 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut

    95%match
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    🇱🇸MafetengMafeteng District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇱🇸Mohale's HoekMohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    Zone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇱🇸MaseruMaseru District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 616 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut

    94%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦ZastronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,323 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,323 chill hours · 594 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦PhomolongFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton, peanut

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦SenekalFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,203 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,203 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton, peanut

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦Graaff ReinetEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 495 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 495 chill hours · 319 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, avocado, cotton

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦QueenstownEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    92%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦WesselsbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 970 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 970 chill hours · 490 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton, peanut

    91%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦BultfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 490 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, apple

    91%match
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    🇱🇸HlotseLeribe, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,202 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,202 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops

    91%match
  19. 19

    🇿🇦Somerset EastEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 429 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, apple, cotton

    90%match
  20. 20

    🇱🇸MaputsoeLeribe, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,302 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,302 chill hours · 630 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    89%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.