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Land with a climate like Makongolosi

🇹🇿Makongolosi, Mbeya, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Makongolosi are Namanyere, Tanzania (97% match), Rujewa and Chinsali. About 351,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Luapula Province, Zambia and Eastern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Makongolosi are Namanyere, Tanzania (97% match), Rujewa and Chinsali. About 909,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Zambia, Luapula Province, Zambia and Eastern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 952 mm rain

What grows in Makongolosi →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲Northern Province, Zambia

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbala (96), Kasama (93)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Luapula Province, Zambia

    21k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samfya (93), Mwansabombwe (88)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chipata (92), Katete (92)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Tabora, Tanzania

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sikonge (93), Tumbi (90)

  5. 5

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    18k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Riacho de Santana (80), Buritirama (80)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mgandu (95), Itigi (93)

  7. 7

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (89), Kasungu (87)

  8. 8

    🇹🇿Dodoma, Tanzania

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dodoma (90), Kondoa (84)

  9. 9

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubumbashi (83), Likasi (77)

  10. 10

    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,400 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baudhuinville (94), Kituku (92)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

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

    For example Chitipa (85), Mzimba (81)

  12. 12

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kariba (78), Kadoma (74)

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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    🇹🇿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: wine grapes

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿RujewaMbeya, Tanzania

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

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿ChimalaMbeya, Tanzania

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿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: wine grapes

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇲IsokaMuchinga, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇲MbalaNorthern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿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: wine grapes

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇹🇿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: wine grapes

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇩BaudhuinvilleTanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 838 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇹🇿SikongeTabora, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇲KasamaNorthern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇲ChipataEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇹🇿NgurukaKigoma, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 804 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%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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    🇹🇿ManyoniSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 538 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    92%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇨🇩KitukuTanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 887 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%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

    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.