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Land with a climate like Oudtshoorn

🇿🇦Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Oudtshoorn are Swellendam, South Africa (96% match), Robertson and Riversdale. About 333,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Cape, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and South Australia, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Oudtshoorn are Swellendam, South Africa (96% match), Robertson and Riversdale. About 862,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Cape, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and South Australia, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 298 mm rain

What grows in Oudtshoorn →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    18k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ashton (97), Swellendam (96)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Somerset East (90), Graaff Reinet (89)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺South Australia, Australia

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whyalla (91), Gawler (79)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tamworth (83), Muswellbrook (82)

  5. 5

    🇦🇺Western Australia, Australia

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalgoorlie (87), Perth (54)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

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

    For example Villa Dolores (78), Cruz del Eje (75)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

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

    For example San Luis (80), Villa Mercedes (71)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ramos Arizpe (81), Saltillo (80)

  9. 9

    🇪🇸Valencia, Spain

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Llíria (80), Xàtiva (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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    🇿🇦SwellendamWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 152 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 152 chill hours · 380 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇿🇦RobertsonWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 424 mm rain

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

    95%match
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    🇿🇦RiversdaleWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 425 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇦🇺WhyallaSouth Australia, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 221 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 221 chill hours · 282 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    91%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    90%match
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    🇿🇦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 29 of your 29 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇿🇦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: cherry, pecan, pear

    89%match
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    🇦🇺KalgoorlieWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 420 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 420 chill hours · 306 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    87%match
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    🇿🇦Fort BeaufortEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 544 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 29 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇿🇦WorcesterWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 255 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 255 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    83%match
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    🇿🇦Lady FrereEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 539 mm rain

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

    83%match
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    🇦🇺TamworthNew South Wales, Australia

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 619 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pear, walnut

    83%match
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    🇦🇺MuswellbrookNew South Wales, Australia

    Zone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 533 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 533 chill hours · 630 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan, pear

    82%match
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    🇦🇺WarwickQueensland, Australia

    Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 628 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    80%match
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    🇲🇽Saltillo↻Seasons flipped. Coahuila, Mexico

    Zone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 331 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 331 chill hours · 303 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops

    80%match
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    🇦🇺MilduraVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 631 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 631 chill hours · 258 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, pear, cherry

    80%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan, pear

    80%match
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    🇦🇷San LuisArgentina

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 419 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cherry, pear

    80%match
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    🇿🇦KariegaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 485 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops

    78%match
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    🇦🇷Villa DoloresCordoba, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 490 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 490 chill hours · 667 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, pecan

    78%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.