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Land with a climate like Gulu, Uganda

🇺🇬Gulu, Northern Region, Uganda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Gulu, Uganda are Lira, Uganda (99% match), Apac and Dokolo. About 417,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo and East, Cameroon.The towns with the closest growing climate to Gulu, Uganda are Lira, Uganda (99% match), Apac and Dokolo. About 1.1 million km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo and East, Cameroon.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,266 mm rain

What grows in Gulu, Uganda →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    35k sq mi90k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lira (99), Apac (99)

  2. 2

    🇨🇩Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Watsa (96), Bakwa (95)

  3. 3

    🇨🇲East, Cameroon

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Batouri (87), Bertoua (84)

  4. 4

    🇨🇩Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gandajika (84), Kabinda (84)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bondo (86), Buta (78)

  6. 6

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kumi (98), Ngora (97)

  7. 7

    🇨🇫Ombella-M'Poko, Central African Republic

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bimbo (87), Bossembélé (86)

  8. 8

    🇨🇫Ouaka, Central African Republic

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kouango (84), Bambari (81)

  9. 9

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kiryandongo Refugee Camp (99), Buyale (99)

  10. 10

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bale Hawassa (93), Gasuba (91)

  11. 11

    🇨🇫Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic

    7,100 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zemio (90)

  12. 12

    🇸🇸Western Equatoria, South Sudan

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yambio (93)

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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    🇺🇬LiraNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇬ApacNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇬DokoloNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,152 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇬BuyaleWestern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇬KitgumNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,040 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇬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 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇬AbimNorthern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, barley, potato

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇬MasindiWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,075 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬AruaNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,240 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇩WatsaHaut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,564 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, coffee (arabica), potato

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇩BakwaHaut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,411 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇬NebbiNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 947 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, table and raisin grapes, potato

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇬MbaleEastern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇸🇸YeiCentral Equatoria, South Sudan

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,110 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬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 21 great-fit crops

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇬SorotiEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,173 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇸🇸YambioWestern Equatoria, South Sudan

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,276 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇬BuyendeEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,128 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇪🇹Bale HawassaSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,116 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, barley, potato

    93%match
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    🇺🇬HoimaWestern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, coffee (arabica), potato

    92%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.