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Land with a climate like Gikongoro

🇷🇼Gikongoro, Southern Province, Rwanda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Gikongoro are Shyorongi, Rwanda (99% match), Bukavu and Musanze. About 72,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Western Region, Uganda and Kagera, Tanzania.The towns with the closest growing climate to Gikongoro are Shyorongi, Rwanda (99% match), Bukavu and Musanze. About 186,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Western Region, Uganda and Kagera, Tanzania.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,124 mm rain

What grows in Gikongoro →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sake (93), Goma (92)

  2. 2

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kanungu (93), Kabale (92)

  3. 3

    🇹🇿Kagera, Tanzania

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kamachumu (93), Nshamba (91)

  4. 4

    🇨🇩South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kabare (97), Bukavu (97)

  5. 5

    🇷🇼Western Province, Rwanda

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gisenyi (94), Kora (78)

  6. 6

    🇵🇪Amazonas, Peru

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chachapoyas (86)

  7. 7

    🇵🇪San Martín Department, Peru

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

  8. 8

    🇵🇪Cajamarca Department, Peru

    2,700 sq mi6,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jaén (58)

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    🇷🇼Eastern Province, Rwanda

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

    For example Kibungo (90), Kayonza (86)

  10. 10

    🇷🇼Southern Province, Rwanda

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

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    🇧🇮Gitega, Burundi

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

    For example Karusi (92), Gitega (89)

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    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Djugu (91), Mangbwalu (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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    🇷🇼ShyorongiNorthern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 961 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, cotton, sorghum

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇩BukavuSouth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,225 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, fig

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇷🇼MusanzeNorthern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,231 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇷🇼GisenyiWestern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,184 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, fig

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇬KabaleWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 911 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇧🇮KarusiGitega, Burundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 925 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, cotton, sorghum

    92%match
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    🇨🇩Djugu↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, 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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, fig

    91%match
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    🇹🇿NshambaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, cotton

    91%match
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    🇹🇿NgaraKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 786 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, fig, sorghum

    89%match
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    🇧🇮GitegaBurundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, cotton, sorghum

    89%match
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    🇧🇮VyandaBururi, Burundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,296 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    88%match
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    🇺🇬IshakaWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,100 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, cotton

    88%match
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    🇨🇩Butembo↻Seasons flipped. North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,409 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    88%match
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    🇨🇴Málaga↻Seasons flipped. Santander Department, Colombia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,433 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    87%match
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    🇻🇪La Grita↻Seasons flipped. Táchira, Venezuela

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,183 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, sorghum, fig

    87%match
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    🇺🇬Fort Portal↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,297 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, banana

    87%match
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    🇨🇩KaynaNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton

    86%match
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    🇷🇼RwamaganaEastern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, table and raisin grapes, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇵🇪ChachapoyasAmazonas, Peru

    Zone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 955 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇻🇪Tabay↻Seasons flipped. Mérida, Venezuela

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,095 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops

    85%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.