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Land with a climate like Mbeya

🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbeya are Mlangali, Tanzania (96% match), Makumbako and Sumbawanga. About 37,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Malawi, Njombe, Tanzania and Mbeya, Tanzania.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbeya are Mlangali, Tanzania (96% match), Makumbako and Sumbawanga. About 95,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Malawi, Njombe, Tanzania and Mbeya, Tanzania.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Mbeya →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (84), Chitipa (82)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Njombe, Tanzania

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mtwango (98), Mlangali (96)

  3. 3

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Iringa, Tanzania

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mafinga (94), Ilula (73)

  5. 5

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

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

    For example Dedza (88), Mchinji (75)

  6. 6

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (79), Kapiri Mposhi (66)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pepa (87)

  8. 8

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

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

    For example Mpika (69), Isoka (59)

  9. 9

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokambo (76), Kambove (71)

  10. 10

    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ulongué (77)

  11. 11

    🇿🇼Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Marondera (74), Ruwa (73)

  12. 12

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mvurwi (78), Bindura (75)

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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    🇹🇿MlangaliNjombe, Tanzania

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿MakumbakoNjombe, Tanzania

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

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, peanut

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿SumbawangaRukwa, Tanzania

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

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿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 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿NjombeTanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 160 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 160 chill hours · 1,179 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, peach, blueberry

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇿ChalaRukwa, Tanzania

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

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, citrus, peanut

    90%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇼DedzaCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, peanut

    88%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿DongobeshManyara, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 35 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 35 chill hours · 669 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇹🇿MbingaRuvuma, Tanzania

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, peanut

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿KateshManyara, Tanzania

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    87%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇩PepaTanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 10b · No frost · 33 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 33 chill hours · 1,113 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, peanut

    87%match
  12. 12

    🇲🇿LichingaNiassa Province, Mozambique

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, rice

    86%match
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    🇲🇼MzimbaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, rice

    84%match
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    🇹🇿TingiRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,310 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, peanut

    83%match
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    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, rice

    82%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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, rice

    79%match
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    🇿🇼MvurwiMashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 243 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 243 chill hours · 901 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, peanut, citrus

    78%match
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    🇿🇼BinduraMashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 859 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, rice, citrus

    75%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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, peanut

    75%match
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    🇿🇼MaronderaMashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 330 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 330 chill hours · 924 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, peach

    74%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.