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Land with a climate like Chala

🇹🇿Chala, Rukwa, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chala are Matai, Tanzania (97% match), Pepa and Laela. About 188,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Northern Province, Zambia and Muchinga, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chala are Matai, Tanzania (97% match), Pepa and Laela. About 487,000 km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Northern Province, Zambia and Muchinga, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 883 mm rain

What grows in Chala →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manyama (83), Chisasa (83)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Northern Province, Zambia

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbala (89), Luwingu (87)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nakonde (90), Mpika (88)

  4. 4

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kambove (83), Mokambo (83)

  5. 5

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (87), Mponela (81)

  6. 6

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (91), Chitipa (90)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kolwezi (83), Fungurume (78)

  8. 8

    🇹🇿Rukwa, Tanzania

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matai (97), Laela (93)

  9. 9

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Utengule (92), Mbeya (90)

  10. 10

    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pepa (95), Baudhuinville (67)

  11. 11

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mtinko (88), Ilongero (87)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    1,200 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (86)

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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    🇹🇿MataiRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 941 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, mango

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇩PepaTanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 10b · No frost · 33 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 33 chill hours · 1,113 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿LaelaRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 852 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, mango, cassava

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿TundumaSongwe, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 922 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, mango, cassava

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿MakumbakoNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 966 mm rain

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

    91%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇼MzimbaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 15 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 15 chill hours · 904 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, mango

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇹🇿MbeyaTanzania

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 172 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 172 chill hours · 995 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,075 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, cassava

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇲MbalaNorthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, cassava

    89%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇲SerenjeCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 72 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 72 chill hours · 1,052 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane

    89%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇿MtinkoSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 572 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    88%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇲MpikaMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,033 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    88%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇲LuwinguNorthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 1,310 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, cassava

    87%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇼MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 1,012 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, mango

    87%match
  15. 15

    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 944 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, mango

    87%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇿KateshManyara, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇲🇿LichingaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,067 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane

    86%match
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    🇹🇿IgurusiMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,095 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, sugarcane, cassava

    85%match
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    🇿🇲ChinsaliMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,084 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, sugarcane

    85%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇲IsokaMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, sugarcane

    85%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.