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Land with a climate like Matai

🇹🇿Matai, Rukwa, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Matai are Tunduma, Tanzania (98% match), Kasama and Luwingu. About 382,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Northern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Matai are Tunduma, Tanzania (98% match), Kasama and Luwingu. About 990,000 km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Northern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 941 mm rain

What grows in Matai →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    39k sq mi102k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manyama (87), Chisasa (86)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    22k sq mi58k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (94), Kapiri Mposhi (90)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Northern Province, Zambia

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kasama (97), Luwingu (95)

  4. 4

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Likasi (90), Lubumbashi (90)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mtinko (92), Ilongero (91)

  6. 6

    🇦🇴Huíla, Angola

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quipungo (82), Lubango (76)

  7. 7

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (91), Lilongwe (83)

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    🇨🇩Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fungurume (87), Kolwezi (84)

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    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (95), Utengule (94)

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    🇹🇿Rukwa, Tanzania

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chala (97), Namanyere (95)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chitipa (90), Mzimba (89)

  12. 12

    🇦🇴Moxico, Angola

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cazombo (78), Luena (73)

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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    🇹🇿TundumaSongwe, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 922 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇲KasamaNorthern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇲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 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇲IsokaMuchinga, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 944 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
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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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇿🇲MansaLuapula Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%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 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇹🇿UtenguleMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,332 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇲SamfyaLuapula Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇿🇲ChinsaliMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,084 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇲MpikaMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,033 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇹🇿MlowoSongwe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 1,147 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇿🇲ChipataEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇹🇿IlembulaNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 891 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇲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 23 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇿🇲KitweCopperbelt, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 203 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 203 chill hours · 1,212 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇿🇲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 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    91%match
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    🇿🇲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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    90%match
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    🇨🇩LikasiHaut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 10b · No frost · 71 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 71 chill hours · 1,159 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 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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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.