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Land with a climate like Sasolburg

🇿🇦Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sasolburg are Ventersdorp, South Africa (99% match), Kroonstad and Bagale. About 147,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sasolburg are Ventersdorp, South Africa (99% match), Kroonstad and Bagale. About 379,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,014 chill hours · 566 mm rain

What grows in Sasolburg →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    36k sq mi93k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kroonstad (99), Villiers (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ventersdorp (99), Coligny (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aliwal North (90), Lady Frere (87)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (62), Catamarca (59)

  5. 5

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (90)

  6. 6

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    1,400 sq mi3,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Janeng (88), Ramotswa (64)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    1,300 sq mi3,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (56)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    1,000 sq mi2,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (79), Villa Mercedes (69)

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    🇧🇼Lobatse, Botswana

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lobatse (88)

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Berea, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mabote (96), Teyateyaneng (95)

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    🇱🇸Mohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mohale's Hoek (91)

  12. 12

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    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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    🇿🇦VentersdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 565 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦KroonstadFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦BagaleGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 909 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 909 chill hours · 674 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦NigelGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦VilliersFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦KosterNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 631 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦LichtenburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 910 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 910 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
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    🇿🇦KlerksdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 784 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 784 chill hours · 517 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦OrkneyNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 814 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 814 chill hours · 526 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦WinburgFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 512 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    98%match
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    🇿🇦WelkomFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇦BothavilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇦ThembisaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 683 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 683 chill hours · 693 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    97%match
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    🇿🇦MarquardFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 1,281 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 1,281 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    97%match
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    🇿🇦eMbalenhleMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 636 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇦Winnie MandelaFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, pear, rice

    96%match
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    🇿🇦EkangalaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 582 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    96%match
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    🇿🇦StandertonMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    96%match
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    🇿🇦WolmaransstadNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8a · 270 frost-free days · 1,082 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8a · 270 frost-free days · 1,082 chill hours · 524 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    96%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.