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Land with a climate like Karatina

🇰🇪Karatina, Nyeri County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Karatina are Kikuyu, Kenya (92% match), Nakuru and Naivasha. About 11,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Narok County, Kenya, Nakuru County, Kenya and Nyeri County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Karatina are Kikuyu, Kenya (92% match), Nakuru and Naivasha. About 29,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Narok County, Kenya, Nakuru County, Kenya and Nyeri County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,360 mm rain

What grows in Karatina →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇪Narok County, Kenya

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

    For example Narok (78)

  2. 2

    🇰🇪Nakuru County, Kenya

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

    For example Maai Mahiu (90), Mai (90)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Nyeri County, Kenya

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

  4. 4

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ishaka (80), Kanungu (79)

  5. 5

    🇷🇼Western Province, Rwanda

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gisenyi (76), Gitesi (75)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarakea (79)

  7. 7

    🇨🇴Norte de Santander Department, Colombia

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pamplona (60), Ocaña (59)

  8. 8

    🇩🇴La Vega, Dominican Republic

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Constanza (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

    🇰🇪KikuyuKiambu County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 876 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, fig

    92%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇪NakuruNakuru County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 773 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig, table and raisin grapes

    84%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪NaivashaNakuru County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    83%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇪NyamiraNyamira county, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,582 mm rain

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

    82%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇪KerichoKericho County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,585 mm rain

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

    81%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇬IshakaWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,100 mm rain

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

    80%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇴Málaga↻Seasons flipped. Santander Department, Colombia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,433 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    80%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇩KaynaNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

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

    80%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬KanunguWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,141 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, sorghum

    79%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿TarakeaKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,162 mm rain

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

    79%match
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    🇷🇼MusanzeNorthern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,231 mm rain

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

    78%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇪NarokNarok County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 692 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    78%match
  13. 13

    🇻🇪La Grita↻Seasons flipped. Táchira, Venezuela

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,183 mm rain

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

    78%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇴Pacho↻Seasons flipped. Cundinamarca, Colombia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,585 mm rain

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

    76%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, banana

    76%match
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    🇷🇼GisenyiWestern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,184 mm rain

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

    76%match
  17. 17

    🇻🇪Palmira↻Seasons flipped. Táchira, Venezuela

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,209 mm rain

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

    76%match
  18. 18

    🇷🇼GitaramaSouthern Province, Rwanda

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

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

    75%match
  19. 19

    🇷🇼ShyorongiNorthern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 961 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig, cotton

    75%match
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    🇩🇴Constanza↻Seasons flipped. La Vega, Dominican Republic

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,003 mm rain

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

    75%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.