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Land with a climate like Ambalavao

🇲🇬Ambalavao, Upper Matsiatra, Madagascar

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ambalavao are Andilamena, Madagascar (96% match), Imerimandroso and Ikalamavony. About 138,000 sq mi of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Queensland, Australia, Manica, Mozambique and Alaotra Mangoro, Madagascar.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ambalavao are Andilamena, Madagascar (96% match), Imerimandroso and Ikalamavony. About 358,000 km² of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Queensland, Australia, Manica, Mozambique and Alaotra Mangoro, Madagascar.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 1,043 mm rain

What grows in Ambalavao →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gympie (76), Bundaberg (75)

  2. 2

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manica (93), Chimoio (92)

  3. 3

    🇲🇬Alaotra Mangoro, Madagascar

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Andilamena (96), Imerimandroso (96)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    6,400 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ncotshane (86), Ulundi (83)

  5. 5

    🇲🇬Upper Matsiatra, Madagascar

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ikalamavony (94)

  6. 6

    🇲🇬Analamanga, Madagascar

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ivato (85), Antananarivo (84)

  7. 7

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Duiwelskloof (87), Tshitereke (85)

  8. 8

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chipinge (92), Mutare (90)

  9. 9

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vitória da Conquista (79), Belo Campo (79)

  10. 10

    🇲🇿Maputo Province, Mozambique

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ressano Garcia (80), Boane (77)

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    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

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

    For example Barberton (84), White River (84)

  12. 12

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

    For example Novo Cruzeiro (79), Caraí (79)

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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    🇲🇬AndilamenaAlaotra Mangoro, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 1,115 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇬ImerimandrosoAlaotra Mangoro, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,208 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇬IkalamavonyUpper Matsiatra, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,150 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇬BealananaSofia, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,498 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇼ChipingeManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 1,188 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇿ChimoioManica, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,098 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇲🇬AmbatondrazakaAlaotra Mangoro, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,102 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇼BlantyreSouthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 1,134 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇼MutareManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, table and raisin grapes, garlic

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦DuiwelskloofLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 106 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 106 chill hours · 953 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic, table and raisin grapes

    87%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦NcotshaneKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 16 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 16 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    86%match
  12. 12

    🇲🇼ZombaSouthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,136 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇬AmbatofinandrahanaAmoron'i Mania, Madagascar

    Zone 10b · No frost · 140 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 140 chill hours · 1,279 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, garlic

    85%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇬IhosyIhorombe, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    85%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇿CatandicaManica, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,243 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    85%match
  16. 16

    🇲🇬AntananarivoAnalamanga, Madagascar

    Zone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 1,210 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇲🇬AnjozorobeAnalamanga, Madagascar

    Zone 10b · No frost · 38 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 38 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    84%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇦BarbertonMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 109 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 109 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, table and raisin grapes

    84%match
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    🇿🇦Louis TrichardtLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 656 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender, garlic

    84%match
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    🇿🇦ThohoyandouLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 874 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    84%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.