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Land with a climate like Vanderbijlpark

🇿🇦Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Vanderbijlpark are Ventersdorp, South Africa (99% match), Kroonstad and Koster. About 147,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Limpopo, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Vanderbijlpark are Ventersdorp, South Africa (99% match), Kroonstad and Koster. About 382,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Limpopo, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 917 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 917 chill hours · 575 mm rain

What grows in Vanderbijlpark →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    35k sq mi91k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kroonstad (99), Viljoenskroon (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ventersdorp (99), Koster (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vaalwater (92), Modimolle (92)

  4. 4

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Janeng (91), Ramotswa (69)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    1,900 sq mi4,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tafí Viejo (61)

  6. 6

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (67), Catamarca (64)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (87)

  8. 8

    🇧🇼Lobatse, Botswana

    800 sq mi2,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lobatse (91)

  9. 9

    🇱🇸Berea, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mabote (94), Teyateyaneng (93)

  10. 10

    🇱🇸Mohale's Hoek District, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mohale's Hoek (89)

  11. 11

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    600 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (68)

  12. 12

    🇲🇽Tamaulipas, Mexico

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇿🇦VentersdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 565 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦KosterNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 631 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%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 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦KlerksdorpNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 784 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 784 chill hours · 517 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦VilliersFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦WelkomFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 509 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦ThembisaGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 683 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 683 chill hours · 693 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    98%match
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    🇿🇦BothavilleFree State, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 289 frost-free days · 855 chill hours · 530 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦BenoniGauteng, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 303 frost-free days · 777 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 303 frost-free days · 777 chill hours · 679 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, rice, pear

    97%match
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    🇿🇦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 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, rice

    96%match
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    🇿🇦OttosdalNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇿🇦eMbalenhleMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,009 chill hours · 636 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇦EmalahleniMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 647 chill hours · 668 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    95%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 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    95%match
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    🇿🇦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 21 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    94%match
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    🇿🇦BloemhofNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,005 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, rice

    94%match
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    🇿🇦StandertonMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, walnut

    94%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.