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Land with a climate like Makumbako

🇹🇿Makumbako, Njombe, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Makumbako are Mafinga, Tanzania (97% match), Lichinga and Mbeya. About 84,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Region, Malawi, Northern Region, Malawi and Muchinga, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Makumbako are Mafinga, Tanzania (97% match), Lichinga and Mbeya. About 218,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Region, Malawi, Northern Region, Malawi and Muchinga, Zambia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Makumbako →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dedza (92), Lilongwe (88)

  2. 2

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (94), Chitipa (93)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mpika (80), Isoka (79)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Iringa, Tanzania

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafinga (97), Ilula (93)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbeya (95), Utengule (90)

  6. 6

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (84), Kapiri Mposhi (72)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matiri (95), Mbinga (95)

  8. 8

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    3,700 sq mi9,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mvurwi (81), Bindura (80)

  9. 9

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    2,900 sq mi7,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (96)

  10. 10

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    2,300 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lundazi (80), Sinda (78)

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    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pepa (82), Baudhuinville (55)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    1,200 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ulongué (88)

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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    🇹🇿MafingaIringa, Tanzania

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

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇿LichingaNiassa Province, Mozambique

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

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

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿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 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿MbingaRuvuma, Tanzania

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

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

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇼MzimbaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

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

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, cassava, mango

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇹🇿SumbawangaRukwa, Tanzania

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

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿MlangaliNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 90 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 90 chill hours · 1,191 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇹🇿KateshManyara, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿IringaTanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 611 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇼DedzaCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    92%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿ChalaRukwa, Tanzania

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇹🇿KibakweDodoma, Tanzania

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇿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 21 great-fit crops

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇼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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava, sugarcane

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇲🇼LilongweCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, sugarcane

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇲🇼MponelaCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇿MtinkoSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 572 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    87%match
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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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, mango, cassava

    87%match
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    🇹🇿GeiroMorogoro, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 662 mm rain

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

    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.