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Land with a climate like Nkhata Bay

🇲🇼Nkhata Bay, Northern Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nkhata Bay are Kidatu, Tanzania (88% match), Mlimba and Newala Kisimani. About 37,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Morogoro, Tanzania, Northern Region, Malawi and Nampula, Mozambique.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nkhata Bay are Kidatu, Tanzania (88% match), Mlimba and Newala Kisimani. About 96,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Morogoro, Tanzania, Northern Region, Malawi and Nampula, Mozambique.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,488 mm rain

What grows in Nkhata Bay →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇿Morogoro, Tanzania

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kidatu (88), Mlimba (86)

  2. 2

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karonga (59), Rumphi (57)

  3. 3

    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

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

    For example Murrupula (80), Ribáuè (77)

  4. 4

    🇲🇿Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

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

    For example Mocímboa da Praia (77), Mocímboa (76)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    2,300 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mahanje (77), Maposeni (63)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Mtwara, Tanzania

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luchingu (84), Newala (84)

  7. 7

    🇲🇿Zambezia Province, Mozambique

    1,700 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alto Molocue (78), Mocuba (70)

  8. 8

    🇲🇲Rakhine, Myanmar

    800 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ann (59)

  9. 9

    🇲🇲Shan State, Myanmar

    800 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pangkham (79), Kēng Tung (79)

  10. 10

    🇧🇷Ceará, Brazil

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Porteiras (77), Caririaçu (76)

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    🇮🇩East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soe (81), Kefamenanu (80)

  12. 12

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nkhotakota (81)

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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    🇹🇿KidatuMorogoro, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,381 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    88%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿MlimbaMorogoro, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,249 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    86%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿Newala KisimaniMtwara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,127 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    83%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿IfakaraMorogoro, Tanzania

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,375 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    82%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿NachingweaLindi, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    82%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇩SoeEast Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,472 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, tea, cacao

    81%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇼NkhotakotaCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,382 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    81%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇿MurrupulaNampula, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,114 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops

    80%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇩KefamenanuEast Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,300 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    80%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿TandahimbaMtwara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,047 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    80%match
  11. 11

    🇬🇹Esquipulas↻Seasons flipped. Chiquimula, Guatemala

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,306 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    80%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿KyelaMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,171 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, banana, tea

    79%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇽Ocozocoautla de Espinosa↻Seasons flipped. Chiapas, Mexico

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,082 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    79%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇲Loikaw↻Seasons flipped. Kayah State, Myanmar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 1,291 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇲🇲Pangkham↻Seasons flipped. Shan State, Myanmar

    Zone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 1,304 mm rain

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

    79%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇿KatumbaMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,720 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    79%match
  17. 17

    🇲🇲Kēng Tung↻Seasons flipped. Shan State, Myanmar

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 1,343 mm rain

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

    79%match
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    🇲🇿Alto MolocueZambezia Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,270 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    78%match
  19. 19

    🇭🇳Danlí↻Seasons flipped. El Paraíso Department, Honduras

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    78%match
  20. 20

    🇲🇽Comalapa↻Seasons flipped. Chiapas, Mexico

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,603 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops

    78%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.