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Land with a climate like Lichinga

🇲🇿Lichinga, Niassa Province, Mozambique

The towns with the closest growing climate to Lichinga are Mbinga, Tanzania (96% match), Makumbako and Mzimba. About 146,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Region, Malawi, Muchinga, Zambia and Central Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Lichinga are Mbinga, Tanzania (96% match), Makumbako and Mzimba. About 379,000 km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Region, Malawi, Muchinga, Zambia and Central Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,067 mm rain

What grows in Lichinga →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dedza (95), Lilongwe (93)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isoka (82), Mpika (82)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (85), Mkushi (78)

  4. 4

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (96), Chitipa (95)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    7,900 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kigonsera (97), Matiri (97)

  6. 6

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Katete (86), Sinda (86)

  7. 7

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mvurwi (85), Bindura (83)

  8. 8

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

  9. 9

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Utengule (90), Mbeya (86)

  10. 10

    🇹🇿Iringa, Tanzania

    4,400 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ilula (92), Mafinga (90)

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    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karoi (83), Chinhoyi (79)

  12. 12

    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pepa (81), Baudhuinville (63)

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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    🇹🇿MbingaRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,199 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿MakumbakoNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 966 mm rain

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

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇼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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender, mango

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇼DedzaCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 60 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 60 chill hours · 1,016 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇼RumphiNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 815 mm rain

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

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇼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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango, lavender

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿TingiRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,310 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇼MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿IlulaIringa, Tanzania

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

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

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇼MponelaCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 848 mm rain

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

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿MafingaIringa, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 43 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 43 chill hours · 884 mm rain

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

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇹🇿SongeaRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    87%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇲KateteEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    86%match
  15. 15

    🇹🇿MbeyaTanzania

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 172 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 172 chill hours · 995 mm rain

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

    86%match
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    🇹🇿IgurusiMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,095 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    86%match
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    🇹🇿ChalaRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 883 mm rain

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

    86%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇿SumbawangaRukwa, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 79 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 79 chill hours · 874 mm rain

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

    86%match
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    🇿🇲SerenjeCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 72 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 72 chill hours · 1,052 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    85%match
  20. 20

    🇹🇿KibakweDodoma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 657 mm rain

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

    85%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.