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Land with a climate like Chirundu

🇿🇲Chirundu, Southern Province, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chirundu are Sinazongwe, Zambia (92% match), Nyimba and Hwange. About 111,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Eastern Province, Zambia and Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chirundu are Sinazongwe, Zambia (92% match), Nyimba and Hwange. About 287,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Eastern Province, Zambia and Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 703 mm rain

What grows in Chirundu →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinazongwe (92), Livingstone (89)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    9,900 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nyimba (90), Petauke (79)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hwange (90), Victoria Falls (87)

  4. 4

    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Senanga (82), Sesheke (79)

  5. 5

    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    2,900 sq mi7,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songo (68), Tete (62)

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    🇳🇦Zambezi Region, Namibia

    2,800 sq mi7,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Katima Mulilo (79)

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    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    2,300 sq mi5,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kadoma (75), Chegutu (51)

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    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    2,300 sq mi5,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (56)

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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    🇿🇲SinazongweSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 741 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, sugarcane

    92%match
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    🇿🇲NyimbaEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 914 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, wheat, avocado

    90%match
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    🇿🇼HwangeMatabeleland North, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    90%match
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    🇿🇲LivingstoneSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed)

    89%match
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    🇿🇲SenangaWestern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 814 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, sugarcane, avocado

    82%match
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    🇳🇦Katima MuliloZambezi Region, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 679 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed), lavender

    79%match
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    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 953 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, avocado, sugarcane

    79%match
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    🇿🇲KafueLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 788 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed), avocado

    77%match
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    🇲🇼SalimaCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,063 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, sugarcane, wheat

    76%match
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    🇿🇼KadomaMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed), barley

    75%match
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    🇳🇦NdiyonaKavango East, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 103 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 103 chill hours · 588 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed), barley

    74%match
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    🇿🇲MonguWestern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 932 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, barley, sugarcane

    72%match
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    🇲🇬TsaratananaBetsiboka, Madagascar

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,473 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, avocado

    72%match
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    🇿🇲ChongweLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 62 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 62 chill hours · 818 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed), barley

    72%match
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    🇲🇿CuambaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 968 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    72%match
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    🇳🇦RunduKavango East, Namibia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 57 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 57 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    71%match
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    🇧🇼MaunNorth-West, Botswana

    Zone 10b · No frost · 53 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 53 chill hours · 438 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, sugarcane, canola (rapeseed)

    70%match
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    🇲🇱Sagalo↻Seasons flipped. Kayes, Mali

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,002 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    70%match
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    🇳🇬Damboa↻Seasons flipped. Borno State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 647 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    69%match
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    🇹🇿SikongeTabora, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, wheat, sugarcane

    69%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.