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Land with a climate like Polokwane

🇿🇦Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Polokwane are Lydenburg, South Africa (98% match), Rusape and Somaroboro. About 182,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and North West, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Polokwane are Lydenburg, South Africa (98% match), Rusape and Somaroboro. About 472,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa and North West, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 682 mm rain

What grows in Polokwane →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    25k sq mi64k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Modimolle (96), Louis Trichardt (95)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lydenburg (98), Middelburg (98)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hartbeespoort (93), Rustenburg (92)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masvingo (92), Zvishavane (82)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rusape (97), Mutare (92)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽Guanajuato, Mexico

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dolores Hidalgo (85), San José Iturbide (84)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (84), San Luis Potosí (83)

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    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salta (90), San José de los Cerrillos (90)

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    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shurugwi (96), Gweru (83)

  10. 10

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

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

    For example Tarija (89)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽Hidalgo, Mexico

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

    For example Mixquiahuala de Juárez (87), Ixmiquilpan (87)

  12. 12

    🇦🇷Jujuy, Argentina

    2,500 sq mi6,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Salvador de Jujuy (92), Palpalá (90)

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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    🇿🇦LydenburgMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇼RusapeManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 799 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇦SomaroboroMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇼ShurugwiMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 191 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 191 chill hours · 857 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    95%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇦Bela BelaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 574 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇦VaalwaterLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 545 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    94%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 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦MookgophongLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 531 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇦DriefonteinMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 804 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    93%match
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    🇿🇦HeidelbergGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 898 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 898 chill hours · 620 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    92%match
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    🇿🇦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 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇼MasvingoMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦BrakpanGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 799 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 799 chill hours · 654 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    92%match
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    🇿🇼MutareManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%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 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇦🇷San Salvador de JujuyJujuy, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 751 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇿🇦NewcastleKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 510 chill hours · 735 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇼MaronderaMashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 330 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 330 chill hours · 924 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    91%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.