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Land with a climate like Riversdale

🇿🇦Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Riversdale are Swellendam, South Africa (99% match), Kariega and Bredasdorp. About 169,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Cape, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and New South Wales, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Riversdale are Swellendam, South Africa (99% match), Kariega and Bredasdorp. About 437,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Cape, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and New South Wales, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 425 mm rain

What grows in Riversdale →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Swellendam (99), Bredasdorp (96)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kariega (97), Despatch (95)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muswellbrook (91), Cessnock (87)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (86), Toowoomba (83)

  5. 5

    🇦🇺South Australia, Australia

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Adelaide (85), Gawler (82)

  6. 6

    🇪🇸Valencia, Spain

    3,700 sq mi9,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Castelló de la Plana (87), Vila-real (86)

  7. 7

    🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Amposta (85), Tortosa (84)

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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    🇿🇦SwellendamWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 152 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 152 chill hours · 380 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦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 23 of your 28 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇦BredasdorpWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 78 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 78 chill hours · 471 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    96%match
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    🇿🇦RobertsonWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 424 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦OudtshoornWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 375 chill hours · 298 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    93%match
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    🇿🇦GeorgeWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 85 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 85 chill hours · 598 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 28 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇦🇺MuswellbrookNew South Wales, Australia

    Zone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 533 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 533 chill hours · 630 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, pecan

    91%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 28 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇪🇸Castelló de la Plana↻Seasons flipped. Valencia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 428 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 428 chill hours · 392 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, pear

    87%match
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    🇿🇦CaledonWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 265 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 265 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pear

    86%match
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    🇦🇺WarwickQueensland, Australia

    Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 653 chill hours · 628 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    86%match
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    🇦🇺AdelaideSouth Australia, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 513 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond, pear

    85%match
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    🇿🇦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 28 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇿🇦PaarlWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 204 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 204 chill hours · 681 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    85%match
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    🇦🇺TamworthNew South Wales, Australia

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 741 chill hours · 619 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pear

    85%match
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    🇿🇦WorcesterWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 255 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 255 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    84%match
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    🇿🇦AtlantisWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 500 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, almond

    84%match
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    🇿🇦KnysnaWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 118 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 118 chill hours · 675 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 28 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇪🇸Tortosa↻Seasons flipped. Catalonia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 425 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 425 chill hours · 456 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, pear

    84%match
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    🇦🇺MaitlandNew South Wales, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 857 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    84%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.