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Land with a climate like Vaalwater

🇿🇦Vaalwater, Limpopo, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Vaalwater are Brits, South Africa (98% match), Lebowakgomo and Mokopane. About 183,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa and Central, Botswana.The towns with the closest growing climate to Vaalwater are Brits, South Africa (98% match), Lebowakgomo and Mokopane. About 473,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North West, South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa and Central, Botswana.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 545 mm rain

What grows in Vaalwater →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hammanskraal (99), Brits (98)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    28k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lebowakgomo (98), Mokopane (97)

  3. 3

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serowe (93), Palapye (90)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Parys (92), Sasolburg (90)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masvingo (92), Zvishavane (86)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwanda (90)

  7. 7

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shurugwi (87), Gweru (86)

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    🇧🇼Kgatleng, Botswana

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mochudi (84)

  9. 9

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Janeng (95), Ramotswa (90)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Guanajuato, Mexico

    2,800 sq mi7,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dolores Hidalgo (83), Comonfort (81)

  11. 11

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    2,700 sq mi7,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rosario de la Frontera (81), San José de los Cerrillos (79)

  12. 12

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

    2,400 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (83), Catamarca (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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    🇿🇦BritsNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 471 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 471 chill hours · 593 mm rain

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

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦LebowakgomoLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 591 mm rain

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

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦MokopaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 550 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦SomaroboroMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 615 mm rain

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

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦RustenburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 515 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 515 chill hours · 654 mm rain

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

    96%match
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    🇧🇼LobatseBotswana

    Zone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 637 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 637 chill hours · 448 mm rain

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

    96%match
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    🇿🇦ZeerustNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 615 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 615 chill hours · 530 mm rain

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

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦PretoriaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 442 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 442 chill hours · 665 mm rain

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

    95%match
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    🇿🇦ThabazimbiLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 575 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦PolokwaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 682 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇿🇦AmandelbultLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 531 chill hours · 586 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇿🇦BronkhorstspruitGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 623 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 623 chill hours · 646 mm rain

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

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇦MafikengNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 569 chill hours · 518 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇧🇼SeroweCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 432 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇿🇦PotchefstroomNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 845 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 845 chill hours · 546 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇿🇦LichtenburgNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 910 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 910 chill hours · 561 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇧🇼KanyeNgwaketsi, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 414 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇿🇦ParysFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 926 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 926 chill hours · 540 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇿🇦MarapongLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 432 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇿🇦MiddelburgMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 608 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 608 chill hours · 647 mm rain

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

    92%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.