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Land with a climate like Lilongwe

🇲🇼Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Lilongwe are Kasungu, Malawi (99% match), Mchinji and Mzimba. About 662,000 km² (255,000 sq mi) of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Province, Zambia, Southern Province, Zambia and Eastern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 37 chill hours · 35 in (880 mm) rain

What grows in Lilongwe →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%LilongweClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    61k km² (23k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (93), Mkushi (92)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    45k km² (18k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Itezhi-Tezhi (87), Mazabuka (87)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    44k km² (17k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lundazi (98), Sinda (96)

  4. 4

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    34k km² (13k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Kasungu (99), Mchinji (99)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    24k km² (9,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mokambo (84), Lubumbashi (80)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    22k km² (8,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Manyoni (85), Mgandu (85)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    21k km² (8,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (90), Rujewa (87)

  8. 8

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    17k km² (6,600 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Karoi (87), Chinhoyi (80)

  9. 9

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    17k km² (6,600 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Bindura (87), Mvurwi (83)

  10. 10

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    17k km² (6,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (99), Chitipa (94)

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    🇹🇿Dodoma, Tanzania

    13k km² (5,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Kibakwe (85), Kibaigwa (80)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    11k km² (4,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (93), Cuamba (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

  1. 1

    🇲🇼KasunguCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 29 chill hours · 33 in (836 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇼MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 40 in (1012 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇼MzimbaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 35 chill hours · 36 in (904 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇲LundaziEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 55 chill hours · 35 in (884 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿IlembulaNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 35 in (891 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇲KateteEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 25 chill hours · 43 in (1087 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 7 chill hours · 42 in (1075 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇿UlonguéTete, Mozambique

    Zone 10b · No frost · 41 chill hours · 40 in (1005 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇲SerenjeCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 105 chill hours · 41 in (1052 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇼RumphiNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 32 in (815 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 24 chill hours · 38 in (953 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇲🇿LichingaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 20 chill hours · 42 in (1067 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇲ChongweLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 97 chill hours · 32 in (818 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇲LusakaLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 82 chill hours · 34 in (862 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇲MkushiCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 179 chill hours · 39 in (983 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇲Kapiri MposhiCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 166 chill hours · 38 in (976 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    91%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇲KabweCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 100 chill hours · 34 in (864 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    91%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇿KigonseraRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 46 in (1158 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇿🇲ChinsaliMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 43 in (1084 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    90%match
  20. 20

    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 37 in (944 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    90%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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