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Land with a climate like Rusape

🇿🇼Rusape, Manicaland, Zimbabwe

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rusape are Shurugwi, Zimbabwe (99% match), Harare and Masvingo. About 151,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rusape are Shurugwi, Zimbabwe (99% match), Harare and Masvingo. About 390,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 236 chill hours · 799 mm rain

What grows in Rusape →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Polokwane (97), Lebowakgomo (94)

  2. 2

    🇿🇼Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masvingo (97), Zvishavane (88)

  3. 3

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Harare Western Suburbs (97), Norton (92)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Somaroboro (88), Kwaggafontein (88)

  5. 5

    🇿🇼Manicaland, Zimbabwe

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutare (96), Chipinge (76)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽Oaxaca, Mexico

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (84), San Antonio de la Cal (77)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽Guanajuato, Mexico

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Comonfort (84), Apaseo el Grande (83)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salta (87), San José de los Cerrillos (85)

  9. 9

    🇿🇦Gauteng, South Africa

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Verena (88), Ekangala (87)

  10. 10

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    3,100 sq mi8,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Machipanda (94), Manica (82)

  11. 11

    🇧🇴Tarija Department, Bolivia

    3,100 sq mi7,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarija (90)

  12. 12

    🇲🇽Querétaro, Mexico

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tequisquiapan (85), Santa Rosa Jáuregui (85)

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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    🇿🇼ShurugwiMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 191 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 191 chill hours · 857 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇼HarareZimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 160 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 160 chill hours · 893 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇼MasvingoMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇦PolokwaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 470 chill hours · 682 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇼MutareManicaland, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 117 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇼MvurwiMashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 243 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 243 chill hours · 901 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇦LebowakgomoLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · 357 frost-free days · 293 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇦Louis TrichardtLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 131 chill hours · 656 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇼BulawayoZimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 202 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 202 chill hours · 640 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇼ChinhoyiMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 170 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 170 chill hours · 810 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇿🇦MokopaneLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 256 chill hours · 550 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇼BinduraMashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 277 chill hours · 859 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇴TarijaTarija Department, Bolivia

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 137 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 137 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇼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 23 great-fit crops

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇼GwandaMatabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 241 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, macadamia

    89%match
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    🇿🇦SomaroboroMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 427 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇿🇦LydenburgMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 585 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    88%match
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    🇿🇼ZvishavaneMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 110 chill hours · 570 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇿🇦Bela BelaLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 322 frost-free days · 504 chill hours · 574 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach

    88%match
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    🇿🇦MookgophongLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 505 chill hours · 531 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    88%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.