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Land with a climate like Bako

🇪🇹Bako, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Bako are Bungoma, Kenya (97% match), Busia and Khwisero. About 126,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia and Eastern Region, Uganda.The towns with the closest growing climate to Bako are Bungoma, Kenya (97% match), Busia and Khwisero. About 327,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia and Eastern Region, Uganda.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,189 mm rain

What grows in Bako →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Abim (90), Moroto (89)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gasuba (94), Dīla (93)

  3. 3

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Malaba (96), Tororo (96)

  4. 4

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Buyale (90), Kiryandongo Refugee Camp (90)

  5. 5

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tēpī (93), Tarch’a Sodo (91)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bunia (90), Mangbwalu (89)

  7. 7

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    8,300 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kele (94), Kibre Mengist (87)

  8. 8

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarime (91), Butiama (88)

  9. 9

    🇨🇩Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Watsa (84), Isiro (73)

  10. 10

    🇰🇪Baringo, Kenya

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kabarnet (87), Eldama Ravine (54)

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    🇰🇪Migori County, Kenya

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Migori (88), Isebania (88)

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    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapenguria (58), Makutano (52)

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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    🇰🇪BungomaBungoma County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,435 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cacao

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇪BusiaBusia County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,452 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cacao

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪KhwiseroKakamega County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,583 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cacao

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇹KeleOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 833 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹GasubaSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,193 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇪🇹DīlaSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,098 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇬MbaleEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,070 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹Arba MinchSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 762 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇪🇹TēpīSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,517 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cacao

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇬IgangaEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,123 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇹🇿Tarime↻Seasons flipped. Mara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,150 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇪🇹Tarch’a SodoSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,281 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇨🇩BuniaIturi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,159 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇺🇬BuyaleWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,036 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬KamuliEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,109 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇺🇬KumiEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,073 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇺🇬AbimNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,019 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇺🇬PallisaEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,196 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇨🇩MangbwaluIturi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,226 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇺🇬MorotoNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    89%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.