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Land with a climate like Hwange

🇿🇼Hwange, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

The towns with the closest growing climate to Hwange are Livingstone, Zambia (99% match), Maamba and Kadoma. About 394,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Central, Botswana.The towns with the closest growing climate to Hwange are Livingstone, Zambia (99% match), Maamba and Kadoma. About 1.0 million km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Central, Botswana.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 645 mm rain

What grows in Hwange →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    35k sq mi91k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Livingstone (99), Maamba (98)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sesheke (95), Senanga (91)

  3. 3

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tutume (92), Letlhakane (87)

  4. 4

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nyimba (92), Petauke (87)

  5. 5

    🇳🇦Kavango East, Namibia

    13k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ndiyona (91), Rundu (86)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kadoma (97), Kariba (92)

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    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (92), Kwekwe (91)

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    🇿🇼Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Victoria Falls (99)

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    🇧🇼North-West, Botswana

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maun (86)

  10. 10

    🇳🇦Zambezi Region, Namibia

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Katima Mulilo (96)

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    🇧🇼City of Francistown, Botswana

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

    For example Francistown (88)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songo (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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    🇿🇲LivingstoneSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed)

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇲MaambaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 20 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 20 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, canola (rapeseed), avocado

    98%match
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    🇿🇼KadomaMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), mango, barley

    97%match
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    🇳🇦Katima MuliloZambezi Region, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 679 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), lavender, barley

    96%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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), potato, barley

    92%match
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    🇿🇼KaribaMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 725 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, avocado, cassava

    92%match
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    🇿🇲NyimbaEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 914 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava, sugarcane

    92%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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, avocado

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇳🇦NdiyonaKavango East, Namibia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 103 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 103 chill hours · 588 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇼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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, lavender

    91%match
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    🇿🇲SenangaWestern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 814 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, sugarcane, avocado

    91%match
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    🇿🇲ChirunduSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 703 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇲KafueLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 788 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), avocado, barley

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇧🇼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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), potato, barley

    88%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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), avocado, barley

    88%match
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    🇧🇼LetlhakaneCentral, Botswana

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 112 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 112 chill hours · 325 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, barley, canola (rapeseed)

    87%match
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    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 953 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, cassava, mango

    87%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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, olive

    86%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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, avocado

    86%match
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    🇳🇦RunduKavango East, Namibia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 57 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 57 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    86%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.