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Land with a climate like Mponela

🇲🇼Mponela, Central Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mponela are Mzimba, Malawi (99% match), Mchinji and Lundazi. About 217,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Province, Zambia, Southern Province, Zambia and Eastern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mponela are Mzimba, Malawi (99% match), Mchinji and Lundazi. About 561,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Province, Zambia, Southern Province, Zambia and Eastern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Mponela →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (94), Mkushi (92)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Itezhi-Tezhi (87), Mazabuka (86)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lundazi (96), Sinda (93)

  4. 4

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (97), Dedza (86)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokambo (86), Lubumbashi (79)

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    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bindura (86), Mvurwi (84)

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    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (86), Rujewa (84)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mzimba (99), Chitipa (92)

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    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karoi (87), Chinhoyi (79)

  10. 10

    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mgandu (84), Ilongero (84)

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    🇹🇿Iringa, Tanzania

    3,900 sq mi10,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iringa (89), Ilula (85)

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    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

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

    For example Lichinga (91), Cuamba (52)

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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    🇲🇼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: macadamia

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇼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: macadamia, sugarcane, cassava

    97%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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia

    96%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 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿IlembulaNjombe, Tanzania

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, cassava, sugarcane

    93%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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane, cassava

    92%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 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    92%match
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    🇿🇲KateteEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,087 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, cassava, macadamia

    92%match
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    🇿🇲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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇿UlonguéTete, Mozambique

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

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

    92%match
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    🇿🇲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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia

    92%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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    92%match
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    🇿🇲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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia

    91%match
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    🇲🇿LichingaNiassa Province, Mozambique

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

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, sugarcane

    91%match
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    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

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

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

    91%match
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    🇿🇲ChongweLusaka Province, Zambia

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

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

    91%match
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    🇹🇿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

    89%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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, macadamia, sugarcane

    89%match
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    🇲🇼RumphiNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 815 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    89%match
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    🇿🇼KaroiMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 98 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 98 chill hours · 811 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    87%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.