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Land with a climate like Somerset East

🇿🇦Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Somerset East are Queenstown, South Africa (99% match), Lady Frere and Cala. About 237,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Cordoba, Argentina.The towns with the closest growing climate to Somerset East are Queenstown, South Africa (99% match), Lady Frere and Cala. About 615,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Cape, South Africa, Free State, South Africa and Cordoba, Argentina.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 663 chill hours · 429 mm rain

What grows in Somerset East →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    41k sq mi106k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whittlesea (99), Queenstown (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tshiame (86), Senekal (85)

  3. 3

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alta Gracia (86), Deán Funes (85)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Glencoe (90), Dundee (90)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

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

  6. 6

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (88), Villa Mercedes (87)

  7. 7

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warwick (88), Toowoomba (80)

  8. 8

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tamworth (84), Muswellbrook (83)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

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

    For example Saltillo (80), Ramos Arizpe (78)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

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

  11. 11

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (83)

  12. 12

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (91)

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

    🇿🇦QueenstownEastern Cape, South Africa

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

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦Lady FrereEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 29 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦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 29 great-fit crops

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦DysselsdorpWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 356 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 356 chill hours · 340 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, peanut

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, macadamia

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦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 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    92%match
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    🇿🇦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 22 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, walnut

    90%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 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    90%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 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    88%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 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, kiwifruit, peanut

    88%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 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    88%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 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    87%match
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    🇦🇷Villa MercedesSan Luis, Argentina

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 528 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, peanut

    87%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 26 of your 29 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇱🇸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 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, peanut

    86%match
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    🇿🇦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 24 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut, kiwifruit

    86%match
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    🇿🇦StutterheimEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 196 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 196 chill hours · 697 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops

    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.