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Land with a climate like Katete

🇿🇲Katete, Eastern Province, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Katete are Mchinji, Malawi (99% match), Petauke and Chinsali. About 494,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and North-Western, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Katete are Mchinji, Malawi (99% match), Petauke and Chinsali. About 1.3 million km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and North-Western, Zambia.

Your growing climate

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

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Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    28k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maamba (92), Itezhi-Tezhi (92)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    26k sq mi67k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalabo (88), Mongu (85)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    26k sq mi66k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kabompo (83), Manyinga (83)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karoi (94), Chinhoyi (87)

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    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (99), Kasungu (95)

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    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubumbashi (87), Kipushi (84)

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    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mgandu (87), Manyoni (83)

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    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (94), Chimala (93)

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    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (86), Cuamba (80)

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    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (86), Kwekwe (80)

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    🇹🇿Rukwa, Tanzania

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Namanyere (91), Laela (89)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    5,600 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (93), Chitipa (91)

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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    🇲🇼MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 1,012 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    99%match
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    🇿🇲ChinsaliMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,084 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
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    🇿🇲LusakaLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 56 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 56 chill hours · 862 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    95%match
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    🇲🇼KasunguCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes

    95%match
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    🇲🇼LilongweCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 880 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    94%match
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    🇿🇲LundaziEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes, lavender

    94%match
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    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

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

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

    94%match
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    🇿🇲ChongweLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 62 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 62 chill hours · 818 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender, wine grapes

    94%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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    94%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 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    94%match
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    🇿🇲KabweCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    93%match
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    🇿🇲NdolaCopperbelt, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 95 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 95 chill hours · 1,161 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇿🇲SamfyaLuapula Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇿🇲MkushiCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 983 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    93%match
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    🇲🇼MzimbaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 15 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 15 chill hours · 904 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    93%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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%match
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    🇿🇲KafueLusaka Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%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 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇲Kapiri MposhiCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 128 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 128 chill hours · 976 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    92%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.