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Land with a climate like Orkney

🇿🇦Orkney, North West, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Orkney are Kroonstad, South Africa (99% match), Parys and Welkom. About 146,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Northern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Orkney are Kroonstad, South Africa (99% match), Parys and Welkom. About 377,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Northern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 814 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 814 chill hours · 526 mm rain

What grows in Orkney →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Itsoseng (99), Lichtenburg (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kroonstad (99), Parys (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Northern Cape, South Africa

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warrenton (95), Kimberley (93)

  4. 4

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Janeng (95), Ramotswa (80)

  5. 5

    🇧🇼Ngwaketsi, Botswana

    2,200 sq mi5,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kanye (90), Mosopa (80)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (73), Catamarca (70)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (83)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    1,100 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (59)

  9. 9

    🇧🇼Lobatse, Botswana

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lobatse (94)

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Berea, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mabote (90), Teyateyaneng (87)

  11. 11

    🇱🇸Mohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mohale's Hoek (85)

  12. 12

    🇦🇷La Rioja, Argentina

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example La Rioja (63), Aimogasta (61)

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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    🇿🇦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 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦WelkomFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato, pecan

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, cherry

    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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, cherry, pecan

    99%match
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    🇿🇦MakwassieNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,039 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,039 chill hours · 510 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato

    99%match
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    🇿🇦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 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato, pecan

    99%match
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    🇿🇦Schweizer-RenekeNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 472 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato, tea

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦BloemhofNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato, tea

    98%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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    98%match
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    🇿🇦MafikengNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 518 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇿🇦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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado, rice

    97%match
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    🇿🇦ChristianaNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, rice, tea

    97%match
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    🇿🇦VryburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 830 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 830 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, rice, tea

    97%match
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    🇿🇦BagaleGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 909 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 909 chill hours · 674 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, cherry, pecan

    96%match
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    🇿🇦TheunissenFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 497 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan, tea

    96%match
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    🇿🇦DeneysvilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, potato, pear

    96%match
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    🇿🇦PretoriaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 442 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 442 chill hours · 665 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, avocado, rice

    95%match
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    🇧🇼LobatseBotswana

    Zone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 637 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 637 chill hours · 448 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, potato, rice

    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.