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Land with a climate like Richmond, South Africa

🇿🇦Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Richmond, South Africa are Greytown, South Africa (99% match), Mthatha and Butterworth. About 103,000 sq mi of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Richmond, South Africa are Greytown, South Africa (99% match), Mthatha and Butterworth. About 268,000 km² of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 360 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 360 chill hours · 808 mm rain

What grows in Richmond, South Africa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    26k sq mi67k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mthatha (99), Butterworth (98)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    25k sq mi66k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Greytown (99), Mondlo (97)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piet Retief (97), Empuluzu (94)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Córdoba (85), La Calera (84)

  5. 5

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Toowoomba (84), Warwick (79)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Yunnan, China

    6,000 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baoshan (81), Bonan (80)

  7. 7

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    4,800 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cessnock (80), Liverpool (79)

  8. 8

    🇸🇿Hhohho Region, Eswatini

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

    For example Mbabane (96), Lobamba (71)

  9. 9

    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

  11. 11

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chipinge (79), Mutare (68)

  12. 12

    🇮🇳Arunachal Pradesh, India

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇿🇦GreytownKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦BhishoEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇸🇿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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, rice

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦GrahamstownEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · No frost · 193 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · No frost · 193 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    94%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦KokstadKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 920 chill hours · 746 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, pear

    92%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇿🇦UlundiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    91%match
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    🇧🇹Punākha↻Seasons flipped. Punakha, Bhutan

    Zone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 386 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 386 chill hours · 1,372 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, pecan, macadamia

    87%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 19 of your 25 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    86%match
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    🇿🇦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 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pear

    86%match
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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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    86%match
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    🇦🇷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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, pecan

    85%match
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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    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.