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Land with a climate like Queenstown

🇿🇦Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Queenstown are Cala, South Africa (99% match), Somerset East and Tlokoeng. About 213,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Queenstown are Cala, South Africa (99% match), Somerset East and Tlokoeng. About 552,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 317 frost-free days · 718 chill hours · 532 mm rain

What grows in Queenstown →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    41k sq mi107k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cala (99), Somerset East (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    33k sq mi85k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tshiame (92), Phuthaditjhaba (92)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Glencoe (94), Dundee (93)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alta Gracia (85), Villa Carlos Paz (85)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    8,300 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soledad de Graciano Sánchez (80), San Luis Potosí (80)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (90), Villa Mercedes (86)

  7. 7

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (84), Toowoomba (78)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saltillo (77), Ramos Arizpe (71)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    2,200 sq mi5,600 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    2,100 sq mi5,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (97)

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    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

    1,800 sq mi4,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafeteng (90)

  12. 12

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    1,600 sq mi4,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (56), Catamarca (52)

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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    🇿🇦CalaEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 607 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, cotton, avocado

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, avocado, soybean

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦TlokoengEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 822 chill hours · 684 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, walnut, avocado

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, soybean, citrus

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦UgieEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 714 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, walnut, kiwifruit

    96%match
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    🇱🇸Mohale's HoekMohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    Zone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, soybean, cotton

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦Aliwal NorthEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 512 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, cotton, avocado

    93%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 17 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, cotton

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇱🇸MaseruMaseru District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 616 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, soybean, cotton

    93%match
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    🇿🇦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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, avocado, cotton

    92%match
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    🇿🇦PhuthaditjhabaFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,084 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,084 chill hours · 727 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, soybean, kiwifruit

    92%match
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    🇿🇦MiddelburgEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 378 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, walnut, soybean

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦DeneysvilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 938 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, soybean, peanut

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦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 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, citrus, avocado

    90%match
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    🇱🇸MafetengMafeteng District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, soybean

    90%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 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, peanut, cotton

    90%match
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    🇿🇦SenekalFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,203 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,203 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, soybean, peanut

    90%match
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    🇿🇦BurgersdorpEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 469 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, soybean

    90%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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, tea, soybean

    90%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.