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Land with a climate like Mbala

🇿🇲Mbala, Northern Province, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbala are Laela, Tanzania (99% match), Tunduma and Kasama. About 436,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Northern Province, Zambia and Luapula Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbala are Laela, Tanzania (99% match), Tunduma and Kasama. About 1.1 million km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Northern Province, Zambia and Luapula Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

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

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Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manyinga (87), Kabompo (86)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Northern Province, Zambia

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kasama (99), Luwingu (98)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Luapula Province, Zambia

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samfya (96), Mansa (94)

  4. 4

    🇦🇴Huíla, Angola

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quipungo (86), Matala (84)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubumbashi (90), Likasi (89)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Tabora, Tanzania

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tabora (84), Tumbi (83)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kiomboi (89), Igugunu (87)

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    🇨🇩Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fungurume (87), Malemba (86)

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    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (97), Makongolosi (96)

  10. 10

    🇦🇴Bíe, Angola

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chitembo (80), Camacupa (76)

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    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baudhuinville (89), Kituku (85)

  12. 12

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (87), Kasungu (79)

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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    🇹🇿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: table and raisin grapes

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿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: table and raisin grapes

    99%match
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    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇲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

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    97%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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    97%match
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    🇿🇲MporokosoNorthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,196 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops

    96%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 22 great-fit crops

    96%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 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇿🇲KawambwaLuapula Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,195 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    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 22 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 22 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 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇨🇩LubumbashiHaut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 10b · No frost · 44 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 44 chill hours · 1,066 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    90%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 22 great-fit crops

    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 22 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇹🇿KiomboiSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    89%match
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    🇨🇩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 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    89%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.