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Land with a climate like Kotido

🇺🇬Kotido, Northern Region, Uganda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kotido are Moroto, Uganda (99% match), Kitgum and Kumi. About 156,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Oromiya, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kotido are Moroto, Uganda (99% match), Kitgum and Kumi. About 404,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Oromiya, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 682 mm rain

What grows in Kotido →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    34k sq mi87k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moroto (99), Kitgum (95)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kele (87), Mena (82)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bedēsa (92), Arba Minch (92)

  4. 4

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kumi (94), Nakaloke (94)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bunda (91), Kibara (87)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Geita, Tanzania

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kasamwa (92), Katoro (85)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Mwanza, Tanzania

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Usagara (93), Sengerema (93)

  8. 8

    🇸🇸Central Equatoria, South Sudan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yei (88)

  9. 9

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kiryandongo Refugee Camp (92), Buyale (92)

  10. 10

    🇸🇸Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pajok (86), Torit (59)

  11. 11

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Aru (88), Bunia (66)

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    🇨🇩Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Bakwa (75), Watsa (74)

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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    🇺🇬MorotoNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, sugarcane

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇬KitgumNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,040 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, rice

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇬KumiEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,073 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇬AnakaNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,074 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹BedēsaSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 880 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, potato

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇿Misungwi↻Seasons flipped. Mwanza, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 764 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    92%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇬LiraNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, rice, macadamia

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇬ApacNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬BuyaleWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,036 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇪🇹Arba MinchSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 762 mm rain

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

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇿Bunda↻Seasons flipped. Mara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 779 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇬GuluNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,266 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇬DokoloNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,152 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    91%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇿Magu↻Seasons flipped. Mwanza, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 750 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    91%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬MbaleEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,070 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, banana

    90%match
  16. 16

    🇪🇹Bale HawassaSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,116 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, rice, macadamia

    90%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇬NebbiNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 947 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    89%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇿Mwanza↻Seasons flipped. Tanzania

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 883 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia

    89%match
  19. 19

    🇸🇸YeiCentral Equatoria, South Sudan

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,110 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, rice

    88%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇬MasindiWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,075 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, macadamia, rice

    88%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.