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Land with a climate like Mumbwa

🇿🇲Mumbwa, Central Province, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mumbwa are Namwala, Zambia (99% match), Monze and Kaoma. About 487,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mumbwa are Namwala, Zambia (99% match), Monze and Kaoma. About 1.3 million km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North-Western, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Southern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 156 chill hours · 893 mm rain

What grows in Mumbwa →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    33k sq mi85k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kasempa (97), Kabompo (97)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kaoma (99), Kalabo (96)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    30k sq mi76k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Namwala (99), Monze (99)

  4. 4

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chegutu (93), Karoi (92)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubumbashi (94), Kipushi (92)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (94), Kwekwe (90)

  7. 7

    🇦🇴Huíla, Angola

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quipungo (89), Matala (84)

  8. 8

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (90), Kasungu (87)

  9. 9

    🇦🇴Cubango, Angola

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Menongue (92)

  10. 10

    🇿🇼Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Victoria Falls (91), Hwange (85)

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    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    3,300 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matundasi (84), Makongolosi (80)

  12. 12

    🇹🇿Rukwa, Tanzania

    3,300 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Laela (88), Matai (84)

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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    🇿🇲NamwalaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 185 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 185 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇲MonzeSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 149 chill hours · 840 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇲KaomaWestern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 142 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 142 chill hours · 826 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇲MazabukaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 88 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 88 chill hours · 786 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇲Itezhi-TezhiSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 91 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 91 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇿🇲MpongweCopperbelt, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 133 chill hours · 1,100 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇲ChongweLusaka Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%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

    99%match
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    🇿🇲KalomoSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 772 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇿🇲KafueLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 42 chill hours · 788 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    98%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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇿🇲KasempaNorth-Western, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 213 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 213 chill hours · 1,021 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%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

    97%match
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    🇿🇲ManyingaNorth-Western, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 115 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 115 chill hours · 990 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    96%match
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    🇿🇲KalaboWestern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 49 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava

    96%match
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    🇿🇲MufumbweNorth-Western, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 151 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 151 chill hours · 1,030 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%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.