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Land with a climate like Isoka

🇿🇲Isoka, Muchinga, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Isoka are Mbala, Zambia (98% match), Matundasi and Kasama. About 279,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Luapula Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Isoka are Mbala, Zambia (98% match), Matundasi and Kasama. About 723,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Luapula Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

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Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲Northern Province, Zambia

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbala (98), Kasama (97)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (89), Kabwe (88)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Luapula Province, Zambia

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samfya (96), Mansa (92)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mgandu (92), Sepuka (90)

  5. 5

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (92), Kasungu (89)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubumbashi (84), Likasi (81)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Rukwa, Tanzania

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Laela (97), Matai (95)

  8. 8

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (98), Makongolosi (96)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chitipa (94), Mzimba (91)

  10. 10

    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    3,900 sq mi10,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baudhuinville (86), Kituku (84)

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    🇨🇩Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    3,500 sq mi9,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fungurume (80), Malemba (79)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    3,200 sq mi8,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (82), Cuamba (53)

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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    🇿🇲MbalaNorthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 944 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇲KasamaNorthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿LaelaRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 852 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇲SamfyaLuapula Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,238 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇲ChipataEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 989 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇹🇿MataiRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 941 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    95%match
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    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,075 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇲LundaziEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 884 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿TundumaSongwe, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 922 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    94%match
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    🇿🇲LuwinguNorthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 1,310 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿NamanyereRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 885 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%match
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    🇹🇿RujewaMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 707 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%match
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    🇿🇲KateteEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,087 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇲MansaLuapula Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 7 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 7 chill hours · 1,093 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇹🇿MganduSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    92%match
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    🇹🇿UtenguleMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,332 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇲MpikaMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,033 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    91%match
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    🇹🇿ChimalaMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 970 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    91%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.