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Land with a climate like Kercha

🇪🇹Kercha, Oromiya, Ethiopia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kercha are Ghinnir, Ethiopia (94% match), Yirga ‘Alem and Gīdolē. About 36,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kercha are Ghinnir, Ethiopia (94% match), Yirga ‘Alem and Gīdolē. About 93,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,143 mm rain

What grows in Kercha →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ghinnir (94), Shashamane (86)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Waka (90), Wacha (89)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    2,700 sq mi6,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gīdolē (93), Ch’ench’a (89)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Laikipia, Kenya

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

    For example Nanyuki (81), Nyahururu (59)

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Samburu County, Kenya

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

    For example Maralal (77)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪Nandi, Kenya

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapsabet (90)

  7. 7

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapchorwa (88), Budadiri (61)

  8. 8

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (80), Bunia (58)

  9. 9

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paidha (61)

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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    🇪🇹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

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇹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

    93%match
  3. 3

    🇪🇹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

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇪Eldama RavineBaringo, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,039 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇪KitaleTrans Nzoia, Kenya

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

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

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇰🇪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 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇪🇹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

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹DuramēCentral Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

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

    89%match
  9. 9

    🇪🇹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

    89%match
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    🇪🇹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

    89%match
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    🇺🇬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

    88%match
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    🇪🇹ShashamaneOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 86 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 86 chill hours · 931 mm rain

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

    86%match
  13. 13

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

    83%match
  15. 15

    🇰🇪KabarnetBaringo, Kenya

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

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

    81%match
  16. 16

    🇨🇴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

    81%match
  17. 17

    🇰🇪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

    81%match
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    🇨🇩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

    80%match
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    🇪🇹YabēloOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 692 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, table and raisin grapes

    80%match
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    🇪🇹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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, citrus, cotton

    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.