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Land with a climate like Tongaat

🇿🇦Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Tongaat are Scottburgh, South Africa (99% match), Richards Bay and Port Shepstone. About 368,000 sq mi of land in 16 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in São Paulo, Brazil, Paraná, Brazil and Florida, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Tongaat are Scottburgh, South Africa (99% match), Richards Bay and Port Shepstone. About 954,000 km² of land in 16 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in São Paulo, Brazil, Paraná, Brazil and Florida, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 916 mm rain

What grows in Tongaat →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

    46k sq mi120k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iperó (92), Capela do Alto (92)

  2. 2

    🇧🇷Paraná, Brazil

    34k sq mi88k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paranavaí (90), Terra Rica (89)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Florida, United States

    26k sq mi66k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ormond Beach (86), New Smyrna Beach (86)

  4. 4

    🇧🇷Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caarapó (86), Itaquiraí (86)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Corrientes, Argentina

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saladas (87), San Lorenzo (86)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Capalaba (88), Hervey Bay (87)

  7. 7

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example eMkhomazi (99), eMuziwezinto (99)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Chaco, Argentina

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Barranqueras (84), Resistencia (84)

  9. 9

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example East London (94), Gonubie (94)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Santa Fe, Argentina

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Villa Ocampo (84), Reconquista (83)

  11. 11

    🇵🇾Misiones Department, Paraguay

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Juan Bautista (80)

  12. 12

    🇵🇾Caaguazú Department, Paraguay

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia (81), Caaguazú (80)

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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    🇿🇦ScottburghKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 953 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦Richards BayKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,037 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana, mango

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦Port ShepstoneKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,037 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦EshoweKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 1,068 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦MtubatubaKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,070 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, coffee (arabica), mango

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦East LondonEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 891 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦UlundiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 823 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇧🇷SorocabaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,196 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇧🇷ParanavaíParaná, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,219 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇧🇷TatuíSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,158 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), mango

    90%match
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    🇧🇷Afonso CláudioEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,115 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, coffee (arabica), banana

    90%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦Port AlfredEastern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 679 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇷ConchasSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,168 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), mango

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇧🇷São José dos CamposSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇧🇷Terra RicaParaná, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,183 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana, mango

    89%match
  16. 16

    🇧🇷ItapetiningaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana

    89%match
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    🇧🇷ColoradoParaná, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,253 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana, mango

    88%match
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    🇧🇷FarturaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,303 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana, tea

    88%match
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    🇧🇷PirajuSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,245 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana

    88%match
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    🇧🇷Cornélio ProcópioParaná, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,245 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), banana

    88%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.