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Land with a climate like Swellendam

🇿🇦Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Swellendam are Riversdale, South Africa (99% match), Oudtshoorn and Worcester. About 204,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Cape, South Africa, South Australia, Australia and Eastern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Swellendam are Riversdale, South Africa (99% match), Oudtshoorn and Worcester. About 528,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Cape, South Africa, South Australia, Australia and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Swellendam →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    19k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Riversdale (99), Dysselsdorp (96)

  2. 2

    🇦🇺South Australia, Australia

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whyalla (91), Adelaide (87)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kariega (88), Despatch (84)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺Western Australia, Australia

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Perth (83), Kwinana (80)

  5. 5

    🇪🇸Valencia, Spain

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

    For example La Pobla de Vallbona (87), Ribarroja del Turia (87)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muswellbrook (82), Tamworth (79)

  7. 7

    🇪🇸Murcia, Spain

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santomera (82), Archena (81)

  8. 8

    🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tortosa (84), Amposta (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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    🇿🇦RiversdaleWestern Cape, South Africa

    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

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇦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

    96%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

    93%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

    91%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇺WhyallaSouth Australia, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 221 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 221 chill hours · 282 mm rain

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

    91%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

    88%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

    87%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

    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

    85%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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    🇪🇸Vinaròs↻Seasons flipped. Valencia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 430 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 430 chill hours · 437 mm rain

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

    84%match
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    🇪🇸Valencia↻Seasons flipped. Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 274 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 274 chill hours · 395 mm rain

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

    84%match
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    🇪🇸Alicante↻Seasons flipped. Valencia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 333 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 345 frost-free days · 333 chill hours · 296 mm rain

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

    83%match
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    🇦🇺PerthWestern Australia, Australia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 41 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 41 chill hours · 710 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 28 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇪🇸Gandia↻Seasons flipped. Valencia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 415 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 415 chill hours · 327 mm rain

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

    83%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

    82%match
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    🇪🇸Altea↻Seasons flipped. Valencia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 290 mm rain

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

    80%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

    80%match
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    🇪🇸Murcia↻Seasons flipped. Spain

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 267 mm rain

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

    80%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

    79%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.