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What grows in Cidade de Pemba

Cabo Delgado, Moçambique

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Map showing the boundary of Cidade de Pemba

The 2026/27 season in Cidade de Pemba

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedNovember 2026 to May 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 824 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry — January and February look short of rain. Plant at the early end of the window, favour quicker and more drought-tolerant crops, and keep moisture in the soil: mulch, and weed early.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +1.2 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supportsenough rain for one full main crop, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers4 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 54% of this area.
54% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 181 growing days · about 810 mm · November to May
23% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 181 growing days · about 800 mm · November to May
15% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 179 growing days · about 790 mm · November to May
8% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 178 growing days · about 770 mm · November to May

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Cidade de Pemba

54% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 43 crops

23% sub-humid, warm — 43 crops

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

What grows in Cidade de Pemba with irrigation

These need water applied — rain alone will not carry them here. The dates are the windows their own water supply allows.

What Divisi would not plant in Cidade de Pemba

Every crop in the catalogue is scored against this district, not only the ones that work — so the list above is a decision rather than a shortlist. These are the rest, with what ruled each one out.

  • Grapefruit Moderate — Water
  • Lime Moderate — Water
  • Mandarin Moderate — Water
  • Sweet orange Moderate — Water
  • Avocado Unsuitable
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Water
  • Taro Unsuitable — Water
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Enset Unsuitable
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pineapple Unsuitable — Water
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Swiss chard Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Turmeric Unsuitable — Water
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 31 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Cidade de Pemba, and the map colours which kind of ground each part of it is. Your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates — the Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

What changed in Cidade de Pemba

  • 2 September 2026 African Eggplant — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 African Nightshade — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Amaranth — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Maize — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Green Gram — Crop became recommendable

This calendar moves

Planting windows shift with the forecast. Leave your email and we'll send what changed, and a note when planting time nears — a couple of emails a month at most.

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Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Cidade de Pemba?

Mango, Cashew, Egusi melon, Groundnut, Pearl millet all rate well in Cidade de Pemba — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Mango in Cidade de Pemba?

In Cidade de Pemba the window for Mango runs 15 Nov 2026 to 13 Feb 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Cidade de Pemba?

Divisi does. It reads Cidade de Pemba's own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average, so the planting dates and crop shortlist on this page are the same ones the app works out for a field here — then dates each job for that field, and keeps working with no signal.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Cidade de Pemba, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.

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The district's answer is one question. What each crop needs, what attacks it and where to sell it are the others.

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