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Land with a climate like Upington

🇿🇦Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Upington are Keetmanshoop, Namibia (90% match), Alice Springs and Ojinaga. About 474,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Cape, South Africa, Karas Region, Namibia and Northern Territory, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Upington are Keetmanshoop, Namibia (90% match), Alice Springs and Ojinaga. About 1.2 million km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Cape, South Africa, Karas Region, Namibia and Northern Territory, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 310 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 7.7 in rainZone 9b · 310 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 196 mm rain

What grows in Upington →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Northern Cape, South Africa

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pampierstad (79), Postmasburg (78)

  2. 2

    🇳🇦Karas Region, Namibia

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Keetmanshoop (90)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Northern Territory, Australia

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alice Springs (87)

  4. 4

    🇲🇽Chihuahua, Mexico

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ojinaga (81), Manuel Ojinaga (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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    🇳🇦KeetmanshoopKaras Region, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 5.6 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 141 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    90%match
  2. 2

    🇦🇺Alice SpringsNorthern Territory, Australia

    Zone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 387 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 387 chill hours · 278 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, date palm, apple

    87%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇽Ojinaga↻Seasons flipped. Chihuahua, Mexico

    Zone 8b · 278 frost-free days · 678 chill hours · 8.2 in rainZone 8b · 278 frost-free days · 678 chill hours · 208 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    81%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦PampierstadNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 721 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 721 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, tea

    79%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦PostmasburgNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,010 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,010 chill hours · 325 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, blueberry, cherry

    78%match
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    🇲🇽Ciudad Delicias↻Seasons flipped. Chihuahua, Mexico

    Zone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 731 chill hours · 9.8 in rainZone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 731 chill hours · 248 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple

    77%match
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    🇿🇦KimberleyNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 418 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, tea

    75%match
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    🇿🇦Beaufort WestWestern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 8.4 in rainZone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 514 chill hours · 213 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, wine grapes

    74%match
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    🇲🇽Chihuahua↻Seasons flipped. Mexico

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 869 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 869 chill hours · 326 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, almond, apple

    74%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇽Santa Rosalía de Camargo↻Seasons flipped. Chihuahua, Mexico

    Zone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 639 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9a · 290 frost-free days · 639 chill hours · 275 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple

    74%match
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    🇧🇼JwanengBotswana

    Zone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 255 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 10a · 355 frost-free days · 255 chill hours · 344 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, avocado

    70%match
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    🇲🇽Ciudad Juárez↻Seasons flipped. Chihuahua, Mexico

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,081 chill hours · 6.9 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,081 chill hours · 175 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, almond, pear

    68%match
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    🇿🇦VryburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 830 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 830 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, tea

    66%match
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    🇿🇦ChristianaNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 442 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, tea

    66%match
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    🇳🇦GobabisOmaheke Region, Namibia

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 358 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, tea

    61%match
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    🇦🇷BelénCatamarca, Argentina

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 772 chill hours · 5.5 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 772 chill hours · 139 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, almond, cherry

    60%match
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    🇳🇦RehobothHardap Region, Namibia

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 448 chill hours · 271 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, avocado, wine grapes

    59%match
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    🇺🇸Sahuarita↻Seasons flipped. Arizona, United States

    Zone 9a · 269 frost-free days · 707 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9a · 269 frost-free days · 707 chill hours · 305 mm rain

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

    59%match
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    🇿🇦De AarNorthern Cape, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,062 chill hours · 314 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, blueberry

    59%match
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    🇳🇦OkahandjaOtjozondjupa Region, Namibia

    Zone 10a · 348 frost-free days · 308 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 10a · 348 frost-free days · 308 chill hours · 359 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, avocado

    57%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.