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Land with a climate like Choma

🇿🇲Choma, Southern Province, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Choma are Monze, Zambia (98% match), Kapiri Mposhi and Karoi. About 329,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Choma are Monze, Zambia (98% match), Kapiri Mposhi and Karoi. About 852,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 296 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 296 chill hours · 831 mm rain

What grows in Choma →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kasempa (89), Manyinga (83)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    23k sq mi61k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapiri Mposhi (96), Mumbwa (94)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Monze (98), Mazabuka (94)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (94), Redcliff (91)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karoi (96), Chinhoyi (96)

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    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (87), Mponela (84)

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    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokambo (91), Kipushi (85)

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    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bindura (96), Mvurwi (94)

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    🇦🇴Cubango, Angola

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Menongue (83)

  10. 10

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serowe (79), Tutume (78)

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    🇧🇼City of Francistown, Botswana

    1,700 sq mi4,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Francistown (70)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (80), Chitipa (65)

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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    🇿🇲MonzeSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 840 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇿🇲Kapiri MposhiCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 128 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 128 chill hours · 976 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    96%match
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    🇿🇼KaroiMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 98 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 98 chill hours · 811 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇿🇼ChinhoyiMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 170 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 170 chill hours · 810 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇿🇼BinduraMashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 859 mm rain

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

    96%match
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    🇿🇼NortonMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 273 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 273 chill hours · 816 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇿🇲MazabukaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 88 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 88 chill hours · 786 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    94%match
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    🇿🇼MvurwiMashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 243 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 243 chill hours · 901 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇿🇼GokweMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 129 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 129 chill hours · 773 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇿🇲MumbwaCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 893 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    94%match
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    🇿🇲LusakaLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 56 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 56 chill hours · 862 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia

    94%match
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    🇿🇲NamwalaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 185 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 185 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇿🇲KabweCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia

    93%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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    93%match
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    🇿🇼ChegutuMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 782 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    93%match
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    🇿🇲Itezhi-TezhiSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 91 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 91 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    93%match
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    🇿🇲MkushiCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 983 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    93%match
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    🇿🇼ChitungwizaHarare, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 225 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 225 chill hours · 821 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇲MpongweCopperbelt, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 1,100 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    93%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.