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Land with a climate like Ch’iko

🇪🇹Ch’iko, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ch’iko are Bonga, Ethiopia (94% match), Kercha and Kitale. About 53,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ch’iko are Bonga, Ethiopia (94% match), Kercha and Kitale. About 137,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 23 chill hours · 1,273 mm rain

What grows in Ch’iko →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kercha (93), Jimma (92)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wacha (96), Bonga (94)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gīdolē (90), Āreka (88)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapenguria (90), Makutano (87)

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Elegeyo-Marakwet, Kenya

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iten (86)

  6. 6

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapchorwa (91), Budadiri (75)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (83), Bunia (70)

  8. 8

    🇰🇪Laikipia, Kenya

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nanyuki (62)

  9. 9

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paidha (71), Abim (62)

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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    🇪🇹BongaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,669 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, banana, citrus

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇹KerchaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,143 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    93%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪KitaleTrans Nzoia, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,199 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇹WakaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,272 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹Mīzan TeferīSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,622 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, banana, citrus

    93%match
  6. 6

    🇪🇹JimmaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 1,458 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, citrus, banana

    92%match
  7. 7

    🇰🇪KimililiBungoma County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,419 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, banana, peanut

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹K’olītoCentral Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,006 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, cassava, sugarcane

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬KapchorwaEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,391 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, peanut, banana

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇪🇹GhinnirOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 909 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    91%match
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    🇪🇹GīdolēSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,190 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    90%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇪EldoretUasin Gishu County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    88%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇹GununoSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,363 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, sugarcane

    88%match
  14. 14

    🇪🇹Kibre MengistOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 901 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, table and raisin grapes

    88%match
  15. 15

    🇪🇹Arsi NegeleOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 89 chill hours · 835 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    87%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇪KabarnetBaringo, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,156 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, banana, citrus

    86%match
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    🇰🇪Eldama RavineBaringo, Kenya

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

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇨🇩DjuguIturi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,235 mm rain

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

    83%match
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    🇰🇪KakamegaKakamega County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,659 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, peanut, banana

    83%match
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    🇪🇹SuntuOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,849 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, tea

    82%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.