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Land with a climate like Nigel

🇿🇦Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nigel are Krugersdorp, South Africa (99% match), Carletonville and Sasolburg. About 144,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nigel are Krugersdorp, South Africa (99% match), Carletonville and Sasolburg. About 374,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 633 mm rain

What grows in Nigel →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    36k sq mi93k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasolburg (99), Parys (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fochville (99), Koster (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Emalahleni (99), Standerton (99)

  4. 4

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    3,300 sq mi8,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (70)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽Guanajuato, Mexico

    2,200 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San José Iturbide (80), San Luis de la Paz (78)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    1,900 sq mi5,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (78), San Luis Potosí (76)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (87)

  8. 8

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

    1,600 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qacha’s Nek (83)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (54), Catamarca (50)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

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

    For example Tafí Viejo (58)

  11. 11

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

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

    For example Quthing (88)

  12. 12

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

    800 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tula de Allende (80), Mixquiahuala de Juárez (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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    🇿🇦KrugersdorpGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 824 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 824 chill hours · 687 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦SasolburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 566 mm rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦EkangalaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, avocado, citrus

    99%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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    99%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
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    🇿🇦TrichardtMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,050 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,050 chill hours · 639 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦VredefortFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 538 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦FrankfortFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 662 mm rain

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

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    96%match
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    🇿🇦HendrinaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 986 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    95%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, peanut

    95%match
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    🇿🇦CarolinaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 726 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, pear

    94%match
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    🇿🇦PhuthaditjhabaFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,084 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,084 chill hours · 727 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    94%match
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    🇿🇦ViljoenskroonFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 931 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 931 chill hours · 526 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus

    94%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.