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Land with a climate like Midrand

🇿🇦Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Midrand are Emalahleni, South Africa (99% match), Koster and Carletonville. About 117,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Midrand are Emalahleni, South Africa (99% match), Koster and Carletonville. About 303,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 661 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 661 chill hours · 679 mm rain

What grows in Midrand →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koster (99), Fochville (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Deneysville (98), Parys (97)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Emalahleni (99), Middelburg (99)

  4. 4

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    3,600 sq mi9,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (78)

  5. 5

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

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

    For example Janeng (87), Ramotswa (65)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    1,300 sq mi3,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (64)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    1,300 sq mi3,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (59), Catamarca (57)

  8. 8

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shurugwi (84), Gweru (73)

  9. 9

    🇧🇼Lobatse, Botswana

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lobatse (88)

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Berea, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mabote (86), Teyateyaneng (86)

  11. 11

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (73)

  12. 12

    🇿🇼Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Marondera (77), Ruwa (69)

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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    🇿🇦EmalahleniMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 668 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦KosterNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 631 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦CarletonvilleGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦VentersdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 565 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦BalfourMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,022 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,022 chill hours · 619 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇿🇦eMbalenhleMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 636 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦RustenburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 515 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 515 chill hours · 654 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦NewcastleKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 735 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    93%match
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    🇿🇦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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇦VilliersFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, pear

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦PolokwaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 682 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    93%match
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    🇿🇦StandertonMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, pecan, walnut

    92%match
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    🇿🇦HeilbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, pear

    92%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.