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Land with a climate like Kimilili

🇰🇪Kimilili, Bungoma County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kimilili are Mbale, Kenya (97% match), Kapsabet and Kabarnet. About 80,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia, Oromiya, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kimilili are Mbale, Kenya (97% match), Kapsabet and Kabarnet. About 208,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia, Oromiya, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Kimilili →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Komtikas (97), Mīzan Teferī (97)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Āgaro (88), Jimma (86)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wenago (94), Dīla (93)

  4. 4

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (94), Mangbwalu (92)

  5. 5

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Busia (84), Mayuge (82)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

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

  7. 7

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

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

    For example Paidha (89), Abim (85)

  8. 8

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyarusozi (88), Fort Portal (87)

  9. 9

    🇰🇪Migori County, Kenya

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

    For example Isebania (87), Kihancha (86)

  10. 10

    🇨🇴Santander Department, Colombia

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

    For example Barbosa (84), San Gil (82)

  11. 11

    🇰🇪Elegeyo-Marakwet, Kenya

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

    For example Iten (90)

  12. 12

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

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

    For example Sirari (88), Mugumu (84)

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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    🇰🇪MbaleVihiga County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,611 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇪KapsabetNandi, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,381 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪KabarnetBaringo, Kenya

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

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇹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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇩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 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇪🇹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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, mango

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇩MangbwaluIturi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,226 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, wine grapes

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇩BuniaIturi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,159 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, mango

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇬PaidhaNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,113 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, wine grapes

    89%match
  11. 11

    🇪🇹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 16 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    89%match
  12. 12

    🇪🇹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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇹AwasaSidama Region, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, mango, table and raisin grapes

    88%match
  14. 14

    🇪🇹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 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    87%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬Fort PortalWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,297 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    87%match
  16. 16

    🇪🇹JimmaOromiya, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    86%match
  17. 17

    🇰🇪SiayaSiaya County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,280 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cacao

    86%match
  18. 18

    🇪🇹JinkaSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,046 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, wine grapes

    86%match
  19. 19

    🇰🇪Eldama RavineBaringo, Kenya

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

    Shares 13 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    85%match
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    🇺🇬AbimNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,019 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, wine grapes

    85%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.