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Land with a climate like Chimala

🇹🇿Chimala, Mbeya, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chimala are Matundasi, Tanzania (96% match), Namanyere and Utengule. About 319,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Tabora, Tanzania and Eastern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chimala are Matundasi, Tanzania (96% match), Namanyere and Utengule. About 825,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Tabora, Tanzania and Eastern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 970 mm rain

What grows in Chimala →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲Northern Province, Zambia

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luwingu (87), Mbala (86)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Tabora, Tanzania

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mambali (84), Tumbi (84)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Katete (93), Sinda (91)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kiomboi (91), Mgandu (91)

  5. 5

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (92), Salima (86)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maposeni (89), Matiri (86)

  7. 7

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nakonde (92), Isoka (91)

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    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Igaporã (83), Tanque Novo (82)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chitipa (93), Rumphi (93)

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    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (82), Cuamba (75)

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    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

    6,400 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutuáli (81), Malema (79)

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    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baudhuinville (93), Kituku (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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    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    96%match
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    🇹🇿NamanyereRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 885 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    96%match
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    🇹🇿UtenguleMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,332 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇩BaudhuinvilleTanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 838 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇲KateteEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,087 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇲🇼RumphiNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 815 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇹🇿KondoaDodoma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    92%match
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    🇲🇼MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇲IsokaMuchinga, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    91%match
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    🇹🇿KiomboiSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    91%match
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    🇹🇿MganduSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    91%match
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    🇹🇿NgurukaKigoma, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 804 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    90%match
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    🇹🇿ManyoniSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 538 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    90%match
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    🇹🇿TundumaSongwe, Tanzania

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    90%match
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    🇲🇽Chilpancingo↻Seasons flipped. Guerrero, Mexico

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 859 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇹🇿MlowoSongwe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 1,147 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    88%match
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    🇹🇿IlulaIringa, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 725 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    88%match
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    🇲🇿MuedaCabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,073 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    87%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.