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Land with a climate like Winnie Mandela

🇿🇦Winnie Mandela, Free State, South Africa

The towns with the closest growing climate to Winnie Mandela are Virginia, South Africa (99% match), Wesselsbron and Senekal. About 159,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Winnie Mandela are Virginia, South Africa (99% match), Wesselsbron and Senekal. About 411,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Free State, South Africa, North West, South Africa and Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 496 mm rain

What grows in Winnie Mandela →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Free State, South Africa

    34k sq mi88k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Phomolong (99), Hennenman (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Makwassie (99), Bloemhof (99)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Eastern Cape, South Africa

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aliwal North (98), Middelburg (95)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷San Luis, Argentina

    3,700 sq mi9,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (81), Villa Mercedes (75)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

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

    For example San Isidro (54), Catamarca (50)

  6. 6

    🇱🇸Mafeteng District, Lesotho

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

    For example Mafeteng (97)

  7. 7

    🇱🇸Quthing, Lesotho

    1,500 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quthing (92)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Tucuman, Argentina

    1,100 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

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    🇱🇸Berea, Lesotho

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mabote (98), Teyateyaneng (96)

  10. 10

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Janeng (80)

  11. 11

    🇧🇼Lobatse, Botswana

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lobatse (77)

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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    🇿🇦VirginiaFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 975 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 975 chill hours · 493 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦WesselsbronFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 970 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 970 chill hours · 490 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 31 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦MarquardFree State, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 1,281 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 1,281 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 31 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦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 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇦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 27 of your 31 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇱🇸MaseruMaseru District, Lesotho

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,164 chill hours · 616 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 31 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇿🇦Schweizer-RenekeNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,012 chill hours · 472 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 31 great-fit crops

    98%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 31 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦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 25 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    98%match
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    🇿🇦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 26 of your 31 great-fit crops

    97%match
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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 26 of your 31 great-fit crops

    97%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 25 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    96%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 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    95%match
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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 31 great-fit crops

    95%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 22 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    95%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 26 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    95%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 28 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    94%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 24 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    94%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 27 of your 31 great-fit crops

    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.