Climatch

Land with a climate like Lusaka

🇿🇲Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Lusaka are Kabwe, Zambia (99% match), Kapiri Mposhi and Mazabuka. About 499,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Lusaka are Kabwe, Zambia (99% match), Kapiri Mposhi and Mazabuka. About 1.3 million km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Lusaka →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    34k sq mi89k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kabompo (94), Manyinga (93)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kaoma (95), Kalabo (92)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    29k sq mi75k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mazabuka (99), Itezhi-Tezhi (99)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karoi (95), Chinhoyi (93)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubumbashi (93), Mokambo (93)

  6. 6

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (96), Kasungu (94)

  7. 7

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (92), Kwekwe (86)

  8. 8

    🇦🇴Huíla, Angola

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quipungo (87), Matala (80)

  9. 9

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (88), Makongolosi (84)

  10. 10

    🇦🇴Cubango, Angola

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Menongue (87)

  11. 11

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bindura (86), Mvurwi (83)

  12. 12

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mgandu (83), Mtinko (81)

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

    🇿🇲KabweCentral Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇲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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇲MazabukaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 88 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 88 chill hours · 786 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇲Itezhi-TezhiSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 91 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 91 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇲MonzeSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 840 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇲MumbwaCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 893 mm rain

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

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇲ChipataEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇲MpongweCopperbelt, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 1,100 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇲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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇲NamwalaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 185 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 185 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇲NdolaCopperbelt, Zambia

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

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇲KalomoSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 772 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    96%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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇲LundaziEastern Province, Zambia

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

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

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇲KaomaWestern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 142 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 142 chill hours · 826 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇼KaroiMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 98 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 98 chill hours · 811 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇲SamfyaLuapula Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    94%match
  19. 19

    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 953 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇲MansaLuapula Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    94%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.

Looking for land?

We're building detailed reports on land like Lusaka: frost risk year by year, water, and how each match's climate is shifting by 2050.

We'll only use your email for the report and related updates.

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.