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Land with a climate like Dedza

🇲🇼Dedza, Central Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Dedza are Lichinga, Mozambique (95% match), Mafinga and Mbinga. About 60,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Region, Malawi, Northern Region, Malawi and Manicaland, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Dedza are Lichinga, Mozambique (95% match), Mafinga and Mbinga. About 156,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Region, Malawi, Northern Region, Malawi and Manicaland, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 60 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 60 chill hours · 1,016 mm rain

What grows in Dedza →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mponela (86), Mchinji (84)

  2. 2

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (91), Rumphi (86)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutare (84), Rusape (82)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mvurwi (85), Bindura (80)

  5. 5

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    3,200 sq mi8,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (77), Mkushi (68)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Iringa, Tanzania

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafinga (94), Ilula (74)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Njombe, Tanzania

    3,000 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Makumbako (92), Mtwango (91)

  8. 8

    🇿🇼Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

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

    For example Marondera (81), Ruwa (75)

  9. 9

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

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

    For example Machipanda (79), Manica (65)

  10. 10

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (95)

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    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    2,300 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbinga (92), Tingi (92)

  12. 12

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mpika (72), Chinsali (58)

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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    🇲🇿LichingaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,067 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    95%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿MafingaIringa, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 43 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 43 chill hours · 884 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿MbingaRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,199 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿TingiRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,310 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿MakumbakoNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 966 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    92%match
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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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇹🇿MlangaliNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 90 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 90 chill hours · 1,191 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 21 great-fit crops

    89%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿MbeyaTanzania

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 172 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 172 chill hours · 995 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇼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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇼RumphiNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango, cassava

    86%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇼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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, table and raisin grapes

    85%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿NjombeTanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 160 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 160 chill hours · 1,179 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, peach, blueberry

    85%match
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    🇿🇼MutareManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    84%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, cassava, mango

    84%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇼MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, mango, cassava

    84%match
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    🇿🇼RusapeManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 799 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, olive, saffron

    82%match
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    🇹🇿SumbawangaRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 79 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 79 chill hours · 874 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    81%match
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    🇿🇼MaronderaMashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 330 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 330 chill hours · 924 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, peach

    81%match
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    🇲🇼BlantyreSouthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 1,134 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, cassava, mango

    80%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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, table and raisin grapes

    80%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.