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Land with a climate like Kakuma

🇰🇪Kakuma, Turkana County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kakuma are Lodwar, Kenya (87% match), Degeh Bur and Torit. About 45,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Turkana County, Kenya, Middle Juba, Somalia and Northern Region, Uganda.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kakuma are Lodwar, Kenya (87% match), Degeh Bur and Torit. About 116,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Turkana County, Kenya, Middle Juba, Somalia and Northern Region, Uganda.

Your growing climate

Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 370 mm rain

What grows in Kakuma →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇪Turkana County, Kenya

    9,800 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lodwar (87)

  2. 2

    🇸🇴Middle Juba, Somalia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bu’aale (73)

  3. 3

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Adjumani (57), Yumbe (54)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Samburu County, Kenya

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

  5. 5

    🇸🇸Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Torit (75), Pajok (57)

  6. 6

    🇪🇹Somali, Ethiopia

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Degeh Bur (77), Ārabī (51)

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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    🇰🇪LodwarTurkana County, Kenya

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 226 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    87%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇹Degeh BurSomali, Ethiopia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 395 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, avocado, tea

    77%match
  3. 3

    🇸🇸ToritEastern Equatoria, South Sudan

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 855 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    75%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇴Bu’aaleMiddle Juba, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 527 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 18 great-fit crops

    73%match
  5. 5

    🇩🇴NeibaBaoruco Province, Dominican Republic

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 526 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 18 great-fit crops

    72%match
  6. 6

    🇸🇸JubaCentral Equatoria, South Sudan

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 803 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    69%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇴DiinsoorBay, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 481 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    68%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹Ara AliOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 470 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, strawberry, tea

    67%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇴BaardheereGedo, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 522 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 18 great-fit crops

    67%match
  10. 10

    🇪🇹ĀwashĀfar, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 504 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 18 great-fit crops

    65%match
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    🇸🇴WanlaweynLower Shabeelle, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 526 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 18 great-fit crops

    65%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇳DharapuramTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 607 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    63%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇳TiruppurTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 691 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    61%match
  14. 14

    🇪🇹Dire DawaEthiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 477 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, wheat, avocado

    60%match
  15. 15

    🇸🇴JawharMiddle Shabele, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 389 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    57%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇬AdjumaniNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,003 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, wheat

    57%match
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    🇸🇸PajokEastern Equatoria, South Sudan

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,047 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    57%match
  18. 18

    🇸🇴BaidoaBay, Somalia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 439 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    55%match
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    🇸🇴BuurhakabaBay, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 445 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    55%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇬YumbeNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,163 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    54%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.