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Land with a climate like Songea

🇹🇿Songea, Ruvuma, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Songea are Matiri, Tanzania (95% match), Rumphi and Mahanje. About 129,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ruvuma, Tanzania, Central Region, Malawi and Dodoma, Tanzania.The towns with the closest growing climate to Songea are Matiri, Tanzania (95% match), Rumphi and Mahanje. About 335,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ruvuma, Tanzania, Central Region, Malawi and Dodoma, Tanzania.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Songea →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇿Ruvuma, Tanzania

    16k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matiri (95), Mahanje (91)

  2. 2

    🇲🇼Central Region, Malawi

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lilongwe (89), Mchinji (84)

  3. 3

    🇹🇿Dodoma, Tanzania

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kondoa (84), Kibakwe (83)

  4. 4

    🇲🇼Northern Region, Malawi

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rumphi (92), Chitipa (91)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Mbeya, Tanzania

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chimala (85), Rujewa (84)

  6. 6

    🇿🇲Muchinga, Zambia

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isoka (87), Chinsali (77)

  7. 7

    🇿🇲Eastern Province, Zambia

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Katete (83), Sinda (82)

  8. 8

    🇲🇿Niassa Province, Mozambique

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichinga (87), Cuamba (63)

  9. 9

    🇲🇿Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

    1,800 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mueda (89), Montepuez (67)

  10. 10

    🇲🇿Nampula, Mozambique

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

    For example Malema (75), Mutuáli (67)

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    🇿🇲Luapula Province, Zambia

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samfya (75), Mansa (66)

  12. 12

    🇲🇼Southern Region, Malawi

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Monkey Bay (78), Blantyre (61)

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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    🇹🇿MatiriRuvuma, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,147 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    95%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇼RumphiNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 815 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes

    92%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿MahanjeRuvuma, Tanzania

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

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    91%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇼ChitipaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,075 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    91%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇿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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    89%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇼LilongweCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 18 chill hours · 880 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    89%match
  7. 7

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

    89%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇼MzimbaNorthern Region, Malawi

    Zone 11a · No frost · 15 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 15 chill hours · 904 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇿LichingaNiassa Province, Mozambique

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,067 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇿🇲IsokaMuchinga, Zambia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    87%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇿UlonguéTete, Mozambique

    Zone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 22 chill hours · 1,005 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    85%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿KondoaDodoma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes

    84%match
  13. 13

    🇹🇿Newala KisimaniMtwara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,127 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    84%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇿RujewaMbeya, Tanzania

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

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    84%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇼MponelaCentral Region, Malawi

    Zone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 24 chill hours · 848 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, lavender

    83%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇿ManyoniSingida, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 538 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes

    83%match
  17. 17

    🇹🇿MakumbakoNjombe, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 966 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, table and raisin grapes

    83%match
  18. 18

    🇲🇼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 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes

    83%match
  19. 19

    🇹🇿KibakweDodoma, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes

    83%match
  20. 20

    🇿🇲KateteEastern Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,087 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    83%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.