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Land with a climate like Gitarama

🇷🇼Gitarama, Southern Province, Rwanda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Gitarama are Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (99% match), Ngozi and Rwamagana. About 91,000 sq mi of land in 15 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Kagera, Tanzania and North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.The towns with the closest growing climate to Gitarama are Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (99% match), Ngozi and Rwamagana. About 236,000 km² of land in 15 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Kagera, Tanzania and North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

What grows in Gitarama →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rukungiri (94), Nyachera (94)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Kagera, Tanzania

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kamachumu (96), Nshamba (95)

  3. 3

    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sake (92), Kirumba (88)

  4. 4

    🇷🇼Eastern Province, Rwanda

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kibungo (98), Kayonza (97)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bukavu (99), Kabare (91)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Djugu (93), Bunia (88)

  7. 7

    🇷🇼Western Province, Rwanda

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

    For example Cyangugu (99), Karengera (98)

  8. 8

    🇵🇪San Martín Department, Peru

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

  9. 9

    🇵🇪Amazonas, Peru

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

    For example Chachapoyas (75), La Peca (69)

  10. 10

    🇺🇬Central Region, Uganda

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalisizo (87), Kasaali (86)

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    🇧🇮Gitega, Burundi

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gitega (90), Karusi (90)

  12. 12

    🇵🇪Cajamarca Department, Peru

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jaén (78)

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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    🇨🇩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 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇮NgoziBurundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,031 mm rain

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

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇷🇼RwamaganaEastern Province, Rwanda

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

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, peanut, mango

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿NshambaKagera, Tanzania

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

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

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇬NyacheraWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 758 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, citrus, peanut

    94%match
  6. 6

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

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇷🇼NyagatareEastern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 699 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango, citrus

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇩SakeNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,282 mm rain

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

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬RutomaWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 914 mm rain

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

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇬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 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, peanut, sugarcane

    92%match
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    🇺🇬Katoke↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

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

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

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇿KassambyaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 955 mm rain

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

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇮GitegaBurundi

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

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇬IsingiroWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 664 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, citrus, mango

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇧🇮KarusiGitega, Burundi

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

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

    90%match
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    🇹🇿BugaramaKagera, Tanzania

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

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, peanut, mango

    88%match
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    🇨🇩Bunia↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, 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 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, sugarcane, cassava

    88%match
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    🇨🇩RutshuruNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 941 mm rain

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

    87%match
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    🇨🇩Mangbwalu↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, 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 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, cassava

    86%match
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    🇺🇬Kapchorwa↻Seasons flipped. Eastern 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

    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.