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Land with a climate like Gweru

🇿🇼Gweru, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

The towns with the closest growing climate to Gweru are Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (99% match), Harare and Gwanda. About 236,000 sq mi of land in 8 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 Gweru are Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (99% match), Harare and Gwanda. About 612,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Central, Botswana and Southern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Gweru →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    25k sq mi64k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokopane (93), Lebowakgomo (92)

  2. 2

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serowe (92), Tutume (92)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    19k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalomo (91), Choma (90)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (96)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Harare Western Suburbs (99), Chinhoyi (97)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masvingo (97), Zvishavane (95)

  7. 7

    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hammanskraal (86), Ga-Rankuwa (85)

  8. 8

    🇧🇼City of Francistown, Botswana

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

    For example Francistown (89)

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    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

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

    For example Vaalbank (89), Moloto South (87)

  10. 10

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    2,600 sq mi6,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mumbwa (81), Kapiri Mposhi (77)

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    🇧🇼Kgatleng, Botswana

    2,500 sq mi6,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mochudi (78)

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    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    2,000 sq mi5,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sesheke (77), Kaoma (75)

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 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇼GwandaMatabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    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

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

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇼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

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇼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 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇼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

    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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    🇿🇼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

    96%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 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇼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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    93%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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    93%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, saffron

    92%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

    92%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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    92%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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, macadamia, sugarcane

    92%match
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    🇿🇲KalomoSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 772 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇿🇲ChomaSouthern Province, Zambia

    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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    90%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

    90%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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, peach

    90%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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, macadamia, sugarcane

    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.