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Land with a climate like Jimma

🇪🇹Jimma, Oromiya, Ethiopia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Jimma are Bedelē, Ethiopia (98% match), Waka and K’olīto. About 67,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Jimma are Bedelē, Ethiopia (98% match), Waka and K’olīto. About 174,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Jimma →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    33k sq mi84k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bedelē (98), Metu (95)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Waka (98), Wacha (95)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shinshicho (98), Gīmbīcho (97)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

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

    For example Kapenguria (86), Makutano (83)

  5. 5

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapchorwa (89), Budadiri (73)

  6. 6

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paidha (77), Abim (75)

  7. 7

    🇰🇪Nandi, Kenya

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapsabet (81)

  8. 8

    🇰🇪Baringo, Kenya

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kabarnet (84), Eldama Ravine (77)

  9. 9

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (79), Mangbwalu (67)

  10. 10

    🇸🇸Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇪🇹BedelēOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,760 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇹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 16 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇪🇹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 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, cassava, mango

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇹MetuOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,542 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹Welk’īt’ēCentral Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,178 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, cassava, mango

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇪🇹AwasaSidama Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 940 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, mango, cassava

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇪🇹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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹SodoSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, mango

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇪🇹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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇪🇹DīlaSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,098 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, cassava, mango

    91%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇬KapchorwaEastern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    89%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇪KitaleTrans Nzoia, Kenya

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

    Shares 16 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    87%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇹ButajīraCentral Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 34 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 34 chill hours · 1,046 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    86%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇪KimililiBungoma County, Kenya

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

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    86%match
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    🇪🇹DimtuSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 956 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, wine grapes, mango

    86%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇪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 14 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    86%match
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    🇪🇹Hāgere HiywetOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 994 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    85%match
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    🇰🇪KabarnetBaringo, Kenya

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

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, cassava

    84%match
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    🇪🇹BurēAmhara, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 27 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 27 chill hours · 1,566 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 22 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇪🇹Finote SelamAmhara, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,376 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    84%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.