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Land with a climate like Port Shepstone

🇿🇦Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Port Shepstone are Durban, South Africa (99% match), Mtubatuba and Richards Bay. About 145,000 sq mi of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Port Shepstone are Durban, South Africa (99% match), Mtubatuba and Richards Bay. About 375,000 km² of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,037 mm rain

What grows in Port Shepstone →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caarapó (85), Nova Andradina (85)

  2. 2

    🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salto (87), Tremembé (86)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Durban (99), Tongaat (97)

  4. 4

    🇧🇷Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mangaratiba (84), Conceição de Macabu (84)

  5. 5

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hervey Bay (80), Caloundra (80)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸Florida, United States

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Melbourne (82), Sebastian (82)

  7. 7

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example East London (93), Gonubie (93)

  8. 8

    🇵🇾Misiones Department, Paraguay

    3,700 sq mi9,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Juan Bautista (79)

  9. 9

    🇦🇷Corrientes, Argentina

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ituzaingó (80), Corrientes (78)

  10. 10

    🇵🇾Central Department, Paraguay

    1,600 sq mi4,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villeta (80), Itauguá (80)

  11. 11

    🇵🇾Caazapá, Paraguay

    1,300 sq mi3,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caazapá (79)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Maputo City, Mozambique

    1,100 sq mi2,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maputo (72)

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

    🇿🇦DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 951 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦MtubatubaKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,070 mm rain

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

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦Richards BayKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,037 mm rain

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

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦KwaDukuzaKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 13 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 13 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦East LondonEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 891 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    93%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦EshoweKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 1,068 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇧🇷CaarapóMato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,463 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, mango

    85%match
  8. 8

    🇷🇪Le TamponReunion, Reunion

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,323 mm rain

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

    85%match
  9. 9

    🇧🇷Nova AndradinaMato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,314 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, tea

    85%match
  10. 10

    🇧🇷São Francisco de ItabapoanaRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 957 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, table and raisin grapes

    84%match
  11. 11

    🇧🇷CampinasSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,256 mm rain

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

    84%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇷NaviraíMato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,472 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, mango

    84%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇷Casimiro de AbreuRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,177 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    83%match
  14. 14

    🇧🇷SerraEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,204 mm rain

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

    83%match
  15. 15

    🇧🇷MacaéRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,243 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    83%match
  16. 16

    🇧🇷SorocabaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,196 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    83%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦Port AlfredEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 679 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    83%match
  18. 18

    🇧🇷GuarapariEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,104 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    83%match
  19. 19

    🇧🇷AmambaiMato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,542 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, mango

    83%match
  20. 20

    🇧🇷AngatubaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,187 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    83%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.