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Land with a climate like Iapala

🇲🇿Iapala, Nampula, Mozambique

The towns with the closest growing climate to Iapala are Mwanza, Malawi (97% match), Alto Molocue and Catandica. About 340,000 sq mi of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nampula, Mozambique, Southern Region, Malawi and Sofala, Mozambique.The towns with the closest growing climate to Iapala are Mwanza, Malawi (97% match), Alto Molocue and Catandica. About 880,000 km² of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nampula, Mozambique, Southern Region, Malawi and Sofala, Mozambique.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,154 mm rain

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Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

    25k sq mi66k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Murrupula (94), Mutuáli (93)

  2. 2

    🇲🇼Southern Region, Malawi

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mwanza (97), Blantyre (90)

  3. 3

    🇲🇿Sofala, Mozambique

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gorongosa (89), Nhamatanda (84)

  4. 4

    🇲🇿Zambezia Province, Mozambique

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alto Molocue (95), Morrumbala (92)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽Guerrero, Mexico

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chilpancingo (85), Tlapa de Comonfort (84)

  6. 6

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Minas Novas (82), Turmalina (81)

  7. 7

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caetité (86), Cafarnaum (85)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽Chiapas, Mexico

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (92), Berriozábal (91)

  9. 9

    🇧🇴Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camiri (86), San Ignacio de Velasco (56)

  10. 10

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Malamulele (82), Acornhoek (80)

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    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiredzi (82), Zvishavane (58)

  12. 12

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maposeni (79), Mahanje (76)

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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    🇲🇼MwanzaSouthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,057 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇿Alto MolocueZambezia Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,270 mm rain

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

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇿CatandicaManica, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,243 mm rain

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

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇿MurrupulaNampula, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,114 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇿MutuáliNampula, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,039 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇹🇿Newala KisimaniMtwara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,127 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇲🇽Ocozocoautla de Espinosa↻Seasons flipped. Chiapas, Mexico

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,082 mm rain

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

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇿MorrumbalaZambezia Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 976 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇿MandimbaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,042 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇿NampulaMozambique

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,070 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇿MuedaCabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,073 mm rain

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

    91%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 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, wine grapes

    90%match
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    🇲🇿ChimoioManica, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,098 mm rain

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

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇿NamialoNampula, Mozambique

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 931 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    90%match
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    🇲🇬IkalamavonyUpper Matsiatra, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,150 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇲🇿GorongosaSofala, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,098 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇲🇿SongoTete, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 875 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    88%match
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    🇲🇿ManicaMozambique

    Zone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 996 mm rain

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

    87%match
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    🇲🇿CuambaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 968 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    87%match
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    🇧🇷CaetitéBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes

    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.