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Land with a climate like Nyimba

🇿🇲Nyimba, Eastern Province, Zambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nyimba are Maamba, Zambia (94% match), Katete and Kariba. About 323,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Eastern Province, Zambia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nyimba are Maamba, Zambia (94% match), Katete and Kariba. About 837,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Southern Province, Zambia, Western Province, Zambia and Eastern Province, Zambia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 914 mm rain

What grows in Nyimba →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    33k sq mi85k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maamba (94), Siavonga (92)

  2. 2

    🇿🇲Western Province, Zambia

    22k sq mi58k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Senanga (85), Mongu (84)

  3. 3

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinda (94), Katete (94)

  4. 4

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    8,100 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salima (90), Kasungu (87)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kariba (92), Kadoma (84)

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    🇿🇼Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hwange (92), Victoria Falls (88)

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    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songo (92), Ulongué (67)

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    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Makongolosi (88), Matundasi (84)

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    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutuáli (90), Malema (80)

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    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    4,800 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gokwe (78), Kwekwe (74)

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    🇹🇿Singida, Tanzania

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Itigi (79), Mgandu (79)

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    🇹🇿Rukwa, Tanzania

    3,600 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Namanyere (78), Laela (71)

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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    🇿🇲MaambaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 20 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 20 chill hours · 793 mm rain

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

    94%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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, potato

    94%match
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    🇿🇼KaribaMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 725 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇲🇿SongoTete, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 875 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇿🇼HwangeMatabeleland North, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 61 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇲🇿CuambaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 968 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    91%match
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    🇲🇼SalimaCentral Region, Malawi

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

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    90%match
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    🇿🇲ChirunduSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 703 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇲🇿MutuáliNampula, Mozambique

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,039 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇿🇲LivingstoneSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops

    89%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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, macadamia, wine grapes

    87%match
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    🇲🇼KasunguCentral Region, Malawi

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

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

    87%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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, potato, wine grapes

    86%match
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    🇿🇲Lusaka WestLusaka Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 71 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 71 chill hours · 806 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, potato, lavender

    86%match
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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 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, olive, potato

    86%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 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, potato

    86%match
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    🇿🇲Itezhi-TezhiSouthern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, potato, wine grapes

    85%match
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    🇿🇲SenangaWestern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 814 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    85%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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, wine grapes, macadamia

    85%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.