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Land with a climate like Iten

🇰🇪Iten, Elegeyo-Marakwet, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Iten are Kapenguria, Kenya (99% match), Kercha and Kapchorwa. About 39,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and Samburu County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Iten are Kapenguria, Kenya (99% match), Kercha and Kapchorwa. About 100,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and Samburu County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,169 mm rain

What grows in Iten →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kercha (93), Gobēsa (84)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    4,400 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wacha (90), Waka (86)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Samburu County, Kenya

    2,700 sq mi7,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maralal (84)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Laikipia, Kenya

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

    For example Nanyuki (83), Nyahururu (75)

  5. 5

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

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

    For example Yirga Ch’efē (89), Gīdolē (87)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapenguria (99), Makutano (98)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Djugu (88), Mangbwalu (65)

  8. 8

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapchorwa (92), Budadiri (67)

  9. 9

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paidha (66), Abim (52)

  10. 10

    🇨🇴Boyacá, Colombia

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sogamoso (82), Duitama (78)

  11. 11

    🇨🇴Santander Department, Colombia

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Málaga (89), Vélez (74)

  12. 12

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fort Portal (77), Buhesi (75)

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

  1. 1

    🇰🇪KapenguriaWest Pokot County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%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 14 great-fit crops

    93%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇬KapchorwaEastern Region, Uganda

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

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

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇹WachaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,570 mm rain

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

    90%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇪KimililiBungoma County, Kenya

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

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

    90%match
  6. 6

    🇪🇹Yirga ‘AlemSidama Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 1,208 mm rain

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

    89%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇴MálagaSantander 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

    89%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹Yirga Ch’efēSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 1,428 mm rain

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

    89%match
  9. 9

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

    88%match
  10. 10

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

    87%match
  11. 11

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

    86%match
  12. 12

    🇪🇹Ch’ench’aSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 51 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 51 chill hours · 1,297 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 14 great-fit crops

    85%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇪MaralalSamburu County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 16 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 16 chill hours · 638 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    84%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇳KodaikānālTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,550 mm rain

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

    84%match
  15. 15

    🇪🇹GobēsaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 249 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 249 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    84%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇪NanyukiLaikipia, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 41 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 41 chill hours · 896 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    83%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇴SogamosoBoyacá, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 47 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 47 chill hours · 1,245 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 14 great-fit crops

    82%match
  18. 18

    🇪🇹GhinnirOromiya, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, table and raisin grapes

    81%match
  19. 19

    🇪🇹Hosa’inaCentral Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 82 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 82 chill hours · 1,025 mm rain

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

    80%match
  20. 20

    🇪🇹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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, sorghum, banana

    79%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.