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Land with a climate like Ncotshane

🇿🇦Ncotshane, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ncotshane are Ulundi, South Africa (99% match), Manzini and Barberton. About 258,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chaco, Argentina, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Queensland, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ncotshane are Ulundi, South Africa (99% match), Manzini and Barberton. About 669,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chaco, Argentina, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Queensland, Australia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Ncotshane →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇷Chaco, Argentina

    22k sq mi58k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Las Breñas (88), Juan José Castelli (88)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ulundi (99), Pietermaritzburg (92)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    19k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brisbane (82), Logan City (82)

  4. 4

    🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Conchal (84), Limeira (83)

  5. 5

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caraí (85), Padre Paraíso (85)

  6. 6

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    11k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dwarsloop (95), Tshitereke (93)

  7. 7

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qonce (88), Mdantsane (85)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Santa Fe, Argentina

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tostado (84), Villa Ocampo (78)

  9. 9

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seabra (83), Cândido Sales (82)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Santiago del Estero, Argentina

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Añatuya (84), Termas de Río Hondo (79)

  11. 11

    🇲🇿Maputo Province, Mozambique

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ressano Garcia (93), Boane (88)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chimoio (89), Manica (88)

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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    🇿🇦UlundiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, rice

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇸🇿ManziniManzini Region, Eswatini

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

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, sugarcane

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦BarbertonMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 109 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 109 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, rice

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦MbombelaMpumalanga, South Africa

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

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦SchoemansdalMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 625 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops

    93%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇿Ressano GarciaMaputo Province, Mozambique

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

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, cassava

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦MkhuhluMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦PietermaritzburgKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 341 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 341 chill hours · 752 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, potato, garlic

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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: potato, rice, macadamia

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇿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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, sugarcane

    89%match
  12. 12

    🇲🇿ManicaMozambique

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

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, macadamia

    88%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦PinetownKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 924 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, macadamia, rice

    88%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦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: potato, garlic, olive

    88%match
  15. 15

    🇦🇷Juan José CastelliChaco, Argentina

    Zone 10b · No frost · 33 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 33 chill hours · 899 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, potato, rice

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, rice, garlic

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇦🇷CharataChaco, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 99 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 99 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, rice, sugarcane

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦KwaDukuzaKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 13 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 13 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, macadamia, sugarcane

    87%match
  19. 19

    🇿🇦EshoweKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 1,068 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, macadamia, rice

    87%match
  20. 20

    🇦🇷Tres IsletasChaco, Argentina

    Zone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 975 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, potato, rice

    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.