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Land with a climate like Gwanda

🇿🇼Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

The towns with the closest growing climate to Gwanda are Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (99% match), Zvishavane and Gweru. About 257,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Central, Botswana and Southern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Gwanda are Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (99% match), Zvishavane and Gweru. About 665,000 km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Central, Botswana and Southern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 496 mm rain

What grows in Gwanda →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    30k sq mi77k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokopane (96), Lebowakgomo (95)

  2. 2

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serowe (98), Palapye (95)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    21k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalomo (89), Choma (87)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gweru (98), Redcliff (96)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Harare Western Suburbs (94), Chinhoyi (93)

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    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zvishavane (98), Masvingo (96)

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    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hammanskraal (90), Ga-Rankuwa (85)

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    🇧🇼City of Francistown, Botswana

    3,600 sq mi9,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Francistown (96)

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    🇧🇼Selibe Phikwe, Botswana

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Selebi-Phikwe (82)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

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

    For example General Güemes (83), Rosario de la Frontera (80)

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    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    2,400 sq mi6,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vaalbank (94), Siyabuswa (92)

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    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sesheke (80), Kaoma (72)

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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    🇿🇼BulawayoZimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 202 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 202 chill hours · 640 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%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 17 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇿🇼GweruMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 718 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇧🇼SeroweCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    98%match
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    🇿🇼MasvingoMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇧🇼FrancistownCity of Francistown, Botswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 184 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 184 chill hours · 470 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    96%match
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    🇿🇦MokopaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 550 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    96%match
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    🇿🇼KwekweMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 143 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 143 chill hours · 701 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇧🇼PalapyeCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 421 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 421 chill hours · 402 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    95%match
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    🇧🇼MahalapyeCentral, Botswana

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 296 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 296 chill hours · 439 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇦LebowakgomoLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    95%match
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    🇧🇼TutumeCentral, Botswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 468 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    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 24 great-fit crops

    93%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 24 great-fit crops

    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 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇦Bela BelaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 574 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, peach

    93%match
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    🇿🇼HarareZimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 160 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 160 chill hours · 893 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇦ModimolleLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 557 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 557 chill hours · 562 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, peach

    93%match
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    🇿🇦MarapongLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    92%match
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    🇿🇦SiyabuswaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 356 frost-free days · 276 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · 356 frost-free days · 276 chill hours · 527 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops

    92%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.