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Land with a climate like Phalaborwa

🇿🇦Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Phalaborwa are Giyani, South Africa (99% match), Matsulu and Nkowakowa. About 328,000 sq mi of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Phalaborwa are Giyani, South Africa (99% match), Matsulu and Nkowakowa. About 851,000 km² of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 552 mm rain

What grows in Phalaborwa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Giyani (99), Malamulele (99)

  2. 2

    🇲🇬Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ampanihy (80), Ankazoabo (78)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiredzi (97), Zvishavane (89)

  4. 4

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Umburanas (84), Canarana (84)

  5. 5

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    11k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rio Pardo de Minas (82), Porteirinha (82)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santa Rosa (84), Pichanal (83)

  7. 7

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    6,800 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matsulu (99), Schoemansdal (98)

  8. 8

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beitbridge (84), Gwanda (75)

  9. 9

    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camiri (86)

  10. 10

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Messica (89), Manica (87)

  11. 11

    🇲🇬Androy, Madagascar

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bekily (86), Jafaro (82)

  12. 12

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutare (76), Rusape (63)

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

  1. 1

    🇿🇦GiyaniLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 595 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, avocado

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦MatsuluMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 635 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, rice

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦NkowakowaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, canola (rapeseed), avocado

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦MkhuhluMpumalanga, South Africa

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

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), avocado, barley

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇼ChiredziMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, avocado

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦PraktiseerLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), lavender, barley

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇿Ressano GarciaMaputo Province, Mozambique

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

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, canola (rapeseed)

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦ThohoyandouLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 874 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, avocado, barley

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦MusinaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 65 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 65 chill hours · 420 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), rice, potato

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇬BetrokaAnosy, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 823 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, avocado, cassava

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇬IhosyIhorombe, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, avocado, cassava

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇼ZvishavaneMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 570 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, lavender, canola (rapeseed)

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇽Rioverde↻Seasons flipped. San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 60 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 60 chill hours · 520 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed)

    87%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇷San Pedro de JujuyJujuy, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 130 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 130 chill hours · 529 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), lavender, barley

    87%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇿ChokwéGaza Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 637 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, rice

    87%match
  16. 16

    🇲🇿ManicaMozambique

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

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, barley, avocado

    87%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, barley, canola (rapeseed)

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇲🇬BekilyAndroy, Madagascar

    Zone 10b · No frost · 12 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 12 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    86%match
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    🇧🇴CamiriSanta Cruz Department, Bolivia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, avocado, canola (rapeseed)

    86%match
  20. 20

    🇦🇷Libertador General San MartínJujuy, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 107 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 107 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), lavender

    86%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.