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Land with a climate like Thaba Nchu

🇿🇦Thaba Nchu, Free State, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Thaba Nchu are Mafeteng, Lesotho (99% match), Teyateyaneng and Zastron. About 149,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and North West, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Thaba Nchu are Mafeteng, Lesotho (99% match), Teyateyaneng and Zastron. About 386,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, Eastern Cape, South Africa and North West, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,260 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,260 chill hours · 544 mm rain

What grows in Thaba Nchu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    36k sq mi93k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Winburg (99), Marquard (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    27k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aliwal North (99), Burgersdorp (98)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    19k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Makwassie (94), Wolmaransstad (94)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (82), Villa Mercedes (80)

  5. 5

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    2,100 sq mi5,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (98)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (99)

  7. 7

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Carlos Paz (67), Alta Gracia (66)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

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

  9. 9

    🇱🇸Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho

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

    For example Qacha’s Nek (82)

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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    🇱🇸MafetengMafeteng District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,265 chill hours · 601 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇱🇸TeyateyanengBerea, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 1,195 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 1,195 chill hours · 644 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, apple

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦ZastronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,323 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 253 frost-free days · 1,323 chill hours · 594 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦TheunissenFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,108 chill hours · 497 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, apple, rice

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton, peanut

    99%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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton

    99%match
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    🇱🇸HlotseLeribe, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,202 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,202 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇱🇸MaputsoeLeribe, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,302 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,302 chill hours · 630 mm rain

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

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦PhomolongFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,029 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton, peanut

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦HeilbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,187 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton

    98%match
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    🇿🇦BultfonteinFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,204 chill hours · 490 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, rice

    98%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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea, apple

    98%match
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    🇿🇦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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea, citrus

    97%match
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    🇿🇦FrankfortFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,259 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇦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 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton, peanut

    94%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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, apple, peanut

    94%match
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    🇿🇦BethlehemFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 657 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇿🇦ReitzFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,368 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,368 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    93%match
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    🇿🇦OdendaalsrusFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 887 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 887 chill hours · 505 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cotton, peanut

    93%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.