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Land with a climate like Ampanihy

🇲🇬Ampanihy, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ampanihy are Betioky, Madagascar (99% match), Jafaro and Bekily. About 187,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar, Limpopo, South Africa and Androy, Madagascar.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ampanihy are Betioky, Madagascar (99% match), Jafaro and Bekily. About 485,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar, Limpopo, South Africa and Androy, Madagascar.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 513 mm rain

What grows in Ampanihy →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇬Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Betioky (99), Sakaraha (94)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Musina (84), Phalaborwa (80)

  3. 3

    🇲🇬Androy, Madagascar

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jafaro (99), Bekily (95)

  4. 4

    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moatize (80), Tete (78)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiredzi (91), Zvishavane (57)

  6. 6

    🇲🇬Anosy, Madagascar

    3,800 sq mi9,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Betroka (83), Amboasary (79)

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    🇲🇿Gaza Province, Mozambique

    3,500 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chokwé (84), Xilembene (68)

  8. 8

    🇲🇼Southern Region, Malawi

    1,100 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nsanje (71), Mwanza (58)

  9. 9

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rockhampton (55)

  10. 10

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beitbridge (84)

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    🇲🇿Sofala, Mozambique

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nhamatanda (79), Marromeu (69)

  12. 12

    🇵🇾Boquerón Department, Paraguay

    600 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Loma Plata (74), Filadelfia (72)

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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    🇲🇬BetiokyAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 603 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇬JafaroAndroy, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 459 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, rice, banana

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇬BekilyAndroy, Madagascar

    Zone 10b · No frost · 12 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 12 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, strawberry

    95%match
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    🇲🇬SakarahaAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 713 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, strawberry, cassava

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇬ToliaraAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇬AnkazoaboAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 802 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, strawberry, cassava

    92%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇼ChiredziMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, wheat, rice

    91%match
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    🇲🇬ItampoloAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 445 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, rice, banana

    91%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇬TsiombeAndroy, Madagascar

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 427 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, banana

    85%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇬BerorohaAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 799 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, sugarcane

    85%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇿ChokwéGaza Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 637 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, avocado, rice

    84%match
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    🇿🇼BeitbridgeMatabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 52 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 52 chill hours · 337 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, rice, canola (rapeseed)

    84%match
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    🇲🇬BetrokaAnosy, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 823 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, strawberry, avocado

    83%match
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    🇿🇦PhalaborwaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, wheat

    80%match
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    🇲🇬AmboasaryAnosy, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 506 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    79%match
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    🇲🇿NhamatandaSofala, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 996 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, sugarcane

    79%match
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    🇲🇽Rioverde↻Seasons flipped. San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 60 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 60 chill hours · 520 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, barley, wheat

    78%match
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    🇲🇬IhosyIhorombe, Madagascar

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

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, rice, avocado

    78%match
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    🇲🇿TeteMozambique

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 664 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava

    78%match
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    🇿🇦GiyaniLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 595 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, wheat, canola (rapeseed)

    78%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.