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Land with a climate like Nkhotakota

🇲🇼Nkhotakota, Central Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nkhotakota are Karonga, Malawi (96% match), Macomia and Newala Kisimani. About 156,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, Ruvuma, Tanzania and Nampula, Mozambique.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nkhotakota are Karonga, Malawi (96% match), Macomia and Newala Kisimani. About 404,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, Ruvuma, Tanzania and Nampula, Mozambique.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Nkhotakota →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇿Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Macomia (91), Montepuez (87)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tunduru (88), Maposeni (84)

  3. 3

    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Namapa-erati (84), Nampula (82)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Lindi, Tanzania

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nachingwea (85), Liwale (84)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Mtwara, Tanzania

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Newala (90), Newala Kisimani (88)

  6. 6

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salima (88), Mchinji (52)

  7. 7

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karonga (96), Nkhata Bay (81)

  8. 8

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cuamba (71), Mandimba (60)

  9. 9

    🇲🇽Guerrero, Mexico

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ayutla de los Libres (74), Zumpango del Río (70)

  10. 10

    🇲🇼Southern Region, Malawi

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

    For example Monkey Bay (81), Mwanza (75)

  11. 11

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isoka (54)

  12. 12

    🇲🇬Sofia, Madagascar

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Befandriana (78), Antsohihy (54)

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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    🇲🇼KarongaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,057 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇿MacomiaCabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,048 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    91%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 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    88%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿TunduruRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 943 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    88%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇼SalimaCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,063 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    88%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇿MontepuezCabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 970 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    87%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇿ChiúreCabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,013 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    86%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇿MuedaCabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,073 mm rain

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

    84%match
  9. 9

    🇹🇿MaposeniRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,123 mm rain

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

    84%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿LiwaleLindi, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    84%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇿MasasiMtwara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 925 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    84%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿RuangwaLindi, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 833 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    83%match
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    🇹🇿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 20 great-fit crops

    83%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇿NampulaMozambique

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,070 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    82%match
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    🇹🇿MahanjeRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,236 mm rain

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

    82%match
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    🇲🇿RibáuèNampula, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,146 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    81%match
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    🇲🇼Monkey BaySouthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 940 mm rain

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

    81%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇿NangangaMtwara, Tanzania

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 826 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    81%match
  19. 19

    🇲🇼Nkhata BayNorthern Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, coffee (arabica)

    81%match
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    🇲🇬BefandrianaSofia, Madagascar

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,008 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 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.