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Land with a climate like Pietermaritzburg

🇿🇦Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Pietermaritzburg are Clydesdale, South Africa (97% match), Frischgewaagd and Ulundi. About 162,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Cordoba, Argentina.The towns with the closest growing climate to Pietermaritzburg are Clydesdale, South Africa (97% match), Frischgewaagd and Ulundi. About 420,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and Cordoba, Argentina.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Pietermaritzburg →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    26k sq mi67k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Frischgewaagd (96), Ulundi (95)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Clydesdale (97), Mthatha (94)

  3. 3

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Córdoba (87), Morteros (86)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Santa Fe, Argentina

    16k sq mi41k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tostado (85), Rafaela (83)

  5. 5

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (83), Toowoomba (83)

  6. 6

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example White River (93), Barberton (93)

  7. 7

    🇨🇳Yunnan, China

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kaiyuan (82), Miyang (82)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Santiago del Estero, Argentina

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Añatuya (80), Termas de Río Hondo (71)

  9. 9

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    2,800 sq mi7,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Grafton (83), Cessnock (82)

  10. 10

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Itanhandu (83), Passa Quatro (82)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    1,400 sq mi3,600 km² matching 80% or better

  12. 12

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    1,400 sq mi3,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santiago (66), Ciudad de Allende (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

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    🇿🇦ClydesdaleEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 264 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦FrischgewaagdKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 258 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦UlundiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦MthathaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 250 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦White RiverMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 120 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 120 chill hours · 822 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦NcotshaneKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦Piet RetiefMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 457 chill hours · 855 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦ButterworthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 768 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦VryheidKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 812 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇸🇿MbabaneHhohho Region, Eswatini

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 174 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 174 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, peach

    88%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦DundeeKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    88%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    88%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦LadysmithKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 465 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    88%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦MdantsaneEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 865 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    87%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, macadamia

    87%match
  17. 17

    🇦🇷CórdobaCordoba, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 558 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 558 chill hours · 747 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, blueberry

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦WembesiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 680 chill hours · 825 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, almond

    86%match
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    🇦🇷MorterosCordoba, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 400 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 400 chill hours · 853 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, almond

    86%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇦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 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach

    85%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.