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Land with a climate like Ruwa

🇿🇼Ruwa, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ruwa are Mvurwi, Zimbabwe (99% match), Chinhoyi and Rusape. About 119,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ruwa are Mvurwi, Zimbabwe (99% match), Chinhoyi and Rusape. About 309,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 251 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 251 chill hours · 887 mm rain

What grows in Ruwa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇼Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gweru (95), Shurugwi (94)

  2. 2

    🇿🇼Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chinhoyi (97), Karoi (94)

  3. 3

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lebowakgomo (85), Polokwane (84)

  4. 4

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Choma (93), Kalomo (86)

  5. 5

    🇿🇲Central Province, Zambia

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serenje (84), Kapiri Mposhi (80)

  6. 6

    🇿🇼Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mvurwi (99)

  7. 7

    🇧🇼Central, Botswana

    2,800 sq mi7,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serowe (80), Tutume (70)

  8. 8

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

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

    For example Mpika (73), Chinsali (63)

  9. 9

    🇦🇴Cubango, Angola

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

    For example Menongue (76)

  10. 10

    🇧🇼City of Francistown, Botswana

    1,400 sq mi3,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Francistown (67)

  11. 11

    🇲🇿Manica, Mozambique

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Machipanda (77), Manica (57)

  12. 12

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mchinji (80), Dedza (75)

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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    🇿🇼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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇿🇼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

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇿🇼RusapeManicaland, Zimbabwe

    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

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

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇿🇼GweruMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 198 chill hours · 718 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇼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

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇿🇼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

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇿🇲ChomaSouthern Province, Zambia

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 296 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 296 chill hours · 831 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇿🇼ChegutuMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 132 chill hours · 782 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇿🇼GokweMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 129 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 129 chill hours · 773 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    89%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇼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

    89%match
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    🇿🇼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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    88%match
  12. 12

    🇿🇼KwekweMidlands Province, Zimbabwe

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 143 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 143 chill hours · 701 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    88%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

    86%match
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    🇿🇦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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    85%match
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    🇿🇦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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    84%match
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    🇿🇲SerenjeCentral Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 72 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 72 chill hours · 1,052 mm rain

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

    84%match
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    🇿🇦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 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    82%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

    81%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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    81%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

    80%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.