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Land with a climate like Chiredzi

🇿🇼Chiredzi, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chiredzi are Phalaborwa, South Africa (97% match), Nkowakowa and Giyani. About 401,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar, Limpopo, South Africa and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chiredzi are Phalaborwa, South Africa (97% match), Nkowakowa and Giyani. About 1.0 million km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar, Limpopo, South Africa and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Chiredzi →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇬Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    26k sq mi68k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ampanihy (91), Ankazoabo (91)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    21k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Malamulele (98), Phalaborwa (97)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zvishavane (92), Masvingo (81)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santa Rosa (84), Pichanal (84)

  5. 5

    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songo (87), Moatize (74)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    8,100 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beitbridge (91), Gwanda (75)

  7. 7

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Messica (89), Manica (85)

  8. 8

    🇲🇬Androy, Madagascar

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bekily (95), Jafaro (91)

  9. 9

    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camiri (86)

  10. 10

    🇲🇬Anosy, Madagascar

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Betroka (96), Amboasary (60)

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    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutare (68), Rusape (56)

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    🇲🇿Gaza Province, Mozambique

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chokwé (89), Xilembene (76)

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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    🇿🇦PhalaborwaLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇦NkowakowaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, canola (rapeseed), barley

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇦GiyaniLimpopo, South Africa

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

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦MusinaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 65 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 65 chill hours · 420 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), potato, barley

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇬BetrokaAnosy, Madagascar

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

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane, canola (rapeseed)

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇬IhosyIhorombe, Madagascar

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

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane, canola (rapeseed)

    95%match
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    🇲🇬BekilyAndroy, Madagascar

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

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦MatsuluMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 635 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦PraktiseerLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), lavender, barley

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦MkhuhluMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, lavender

    93%match
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    🇿🇦KamaqhekezaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 612 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇼ZvishavaneMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 570 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, lavender, canola (rapeseed)

    92%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇬AmpanihyAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

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

    Shares 12 of your 16 great-fit crops

    91%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇬AnkazoaboAtsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

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

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    91%match
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    🇲🇬JafaroAndroy, Madagascar

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

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, banana, cassava

    91%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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), sugarcane

    90%match
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    🇿🇦AcornhoekLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 25 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 25 chill hours · 799 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, potato

    90%match
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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 13 of your 16 great-fit crops

    90%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 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    89%match
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    🇲🇿ChokwéGaza Province, Mozambique

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

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    89%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.