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Land with a climate like Ihosy

🇲🇬Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ihosy are Betroka, Madagascar (99% match), Ikalamavony and Chiredzi. About 278,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ihosy are Betroka, Madagascar (99% match), Ikalamavony and Chiredzi. About 721,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar and Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 843 mm rain

What grows in Ihosy →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Malamulele (95), Phalaborwa (93)

  2. 2

    🇲🇬Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ankazoabo (83), Sakaraha (81)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiredzi (95), Zvishavane (88)

  4. 4

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Messica (93), Manica (92)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutare (83), Rusape (70)

  6. 6

    🇲🇬Anosy, Madagascar

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Betroka (99), Amboasary (53)

  7. 7

    🇲🇬Androy, Madagascar

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bekily (92), Jafaro (83)

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    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafemani (89), Schoemansdal (88)

  9. 9

    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iapala (86), Ribáuè (80)

  10. 10

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caetité (81), Ibititá (80)

  11. 11

    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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

    For example Cárdenas (82), Ciudad Fernández (80)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Sofala, Mozambique

    3,400 sq mi8,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gorongosa (76), Nhamatanda (68)

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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    🇲🇬BetrokaAnosy, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 823 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇬IkalamavonyUpper Matsiatra, Madagascar

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

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇼ChiredziMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦PhalaborwaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇦GiyaniLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 595 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇦ThohoyandouLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 17 chill hours · 874 mm rain

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

    92%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇿ManicaMozambique

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

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, potato

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇬BekilyAndroy, Madagascar

    Zone 10b · No frost · 12 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 12 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇦NkowakowaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇦PraktiseerLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    90%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇿CatandicaManica, Mozambique

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

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, potato

    89%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇼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 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    88%match
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    🇿🇦TekwaneMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 59 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 59 chill hours · 681 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    88%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇦MkhuhluMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    88%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇦Louis TrichardtLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 656 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, potato

    87%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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, potato

    87%match
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    🇲🇬TsiroanomandidyBongolava, Madagascar

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,574 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    85%match
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    🇲🇬AmbalavaoUpper Matsiatra, Madagascar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 1,043 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, wine grapes, potato

    85%match
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    🇿🇦MbombelaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 736 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    85%match
  20. 20

    🇲🇿Ressano GarciaMaputo Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops

    84%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.