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Land with a climate like Salima

🇲🇼Salima, Central Region, Malawi

The towns with the closest growing climate to Salima are Montepuez, Mozambique (94% match), Tunduru and Cuamba. About 252,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Province, Zambia, Ruvuma, Tanzania and Nampula, Mozambique.The towns with the closest growing climate to Salima are Montepuez, Mozambique (94% match), Tunduru and Cuamba. About 652,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Eastern Province, Zambia, Ruvuma, Tanzania and Nampula, Mozambique.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Salima →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nyimba (90), Petauke (85)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tunduru (94), Songea (82)

  3. 3

    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutuáli (92), Namapa-erati (88)

  4. 4

    🇲🇿Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    13k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Montepuez (94), Chiúre (85)

  5. 5

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    9,900 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nkhotakota (88), Kasungu (79)

  6. 6

    🇲🇿Tete, Mozambique

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songo (89), Moatize (76)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Lindi, Tanzania

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Liwale (86), Nachingwea (71)

  8. 8

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isoka (76), Chinsali (76)

  9. 9

    🇿🇲Southern Province, Zambia

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Siavonga (84), Sinazongwe (78)

  10. 10

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Urunda (87), Rujewa (86)

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    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karonga (88), Rumphi (76)

  12. 12

    🇲🇬Sofia, Madagascar

    2,600 sq mi6,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boriziny (75), Mampikony (73)

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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    🇲🇿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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇿CuambaNiassa Province, Mozambique

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

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇿MutuáliNampula, Mozambique

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

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇿🇲NyimbaEastern Province, Zambia

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

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, barley

    90%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇿SongoTete, Mozambique

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

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    89%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇼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 19 great-fit crops

    88%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇼NkhotakotaCentral Region, Malawi

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

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

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇹🇿RujewaMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 707 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, barley

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇬TsaratananaBetsiboka, Madagascar

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,473 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    86%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇿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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    86%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿ChimalaMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 970 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, potato, table and raisin grapes

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇿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 19 great-fit crops

    85%match
  14. 14

    🇿🇲PetaukeEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 953 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, potato, table and raisin grapes

    85%match
  15. 15

    🇿🇼KaribaMashonaland West, Zimbabwe

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

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    84%match
  16. 16

    🇿🇲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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, potato

    84%match
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    🇹🇿IzaziIringa, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 436 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, table and raisin grapes, tea

    83%match
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    🇨🇩BaudhuinvilleTanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 838 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, barley

    82%match
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    🇹🇿SongeaRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, potato

    82%match
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    🇹🇿MatundasiMbeya, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 944 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, wine grapes, potato

    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.