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Land with a climate like Chitipa

🇲🇼Chitipa, Northern Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chitipa are Mzimba, Malawi (97% match), Ilembula and Utengule. About 207,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Muchinga, Zambia and Central Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chitipa are Mzimba, Malawi (97% match), Ilembula and Utengule. About 535,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Muchinga, Zambia and Central Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Chitipa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲Northern Province, Zambia

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luwingu (90), Kasama (87)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isoka (94), Chinsali (92)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (86), Kapiri Mposhi (81)

  4. 4

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (96), Lilongwe (94)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matiri (97), Kigonsera (96)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Utengule (97), Igurusi (94)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (97), Rumphi (96)

  8. 8

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    7,100 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ilongero (85), Mungaa (84)

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    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    5,600 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokambo (78), Likasi (75)

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    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (95)

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    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,400 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baudhuinville (79), Pepa (77)

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    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    1,700 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ulongué (89), Songo (53)

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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    🇲🇼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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿IlembulaNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 891 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿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

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇼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: table and raisin grapes

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇼MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇹🇿KigonseraRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,158 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇼LilongweCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 880 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    94%match
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    🇿🇲IsokaMuchinga, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿IgurusiMbeya, Tanzania

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇲🇼MponelaCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 848 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    92%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿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: table and raisin grapes

    92%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
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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: table and raisin grapes

    91%match
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    🇹🇿SongeaRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%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

    91%match
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    🇲🇼KasunguCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    90%match
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    🇿🇲LundaziEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 884 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    90%match
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    🇿🇲LuwinguNorthern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇹🇿KibakweDodoma, Tanzania

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

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    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.