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Land with a climate like Mchinji

🇲🇼Mchinji, Central Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mchinji are Katete, Zambia (99% match), Lilongwe and Mponela. About 409,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mchinji are Katete, Zambia (99% match), Lilongwe and Mponela. About 1.1 million km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Central Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 1,012 mm rain

What grows in Mchinji →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    31k sq mi81k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manyinga (83), Manyama (83)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (95), Kapiri Mposhi (95)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Itezhi-Tezhi (92), Mazabuka (91)

  4. 4

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lilongwe (99), Mponela (97)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokambo (89), Lubumbashi (89)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    11k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karoi (93), Chinhoyi (87)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mgandu (86), Mtinko (84)

  8. 8

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (94), Utengule (92)

  9. 9

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bindura (89), Mvurwi (86)

  10. 10

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    6,800 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (97), Chitipa (96)

  11. 11

    🇹🇿Rukwa, Tanzania

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matai (91), Laela (90)

  12. 12

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (93), Cuamba (69)

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

  1. 1

    🇿🇲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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇼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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇼MponelaCentral Region, Malawi

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

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

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇼MzimbaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇼KasunguCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇲LundaziEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 36 chill hours · 884 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇲LusakaLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 56 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 56 chill hours · 862 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇲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
  10. 10

    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇲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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇿🇲KabweCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 68 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, lavender

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇿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

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇲ChongweLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 62 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 62 chill hours · 818 mm rain

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

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇿IlembulaNjombe, Tanzania

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

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

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇲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

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇿🇲MkushiCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 983 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    93%match
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    🇲🇿UlonguéTete, Mozambique

    Zone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 1,005 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇲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

    93%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.