Climatch

Land with a climate like Lafey

🇰🇪Lafey, Mandera County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Lafey are Ramu, Kenya (98% match), Takaba and Mandera. About 127,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mandera County, Kenya, Gedo, Somalia and Wajir County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Lafey are Ramu, Kenya (98% match), Takaba and Mandera. About 328,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mandera County, Kenya, Gedo, Somalia and Wajir County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 307 mm rain

What grows in Lafey →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇪Mandera County, Kenya

    16k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ramu (98), Takaba (97)

  2. 2

    🇸🇴Gedo, Somalia

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beled Hawo (92), Luuq (82)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Wajir County, Kenya

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wajir (89), Habaswein (85)

  4. 4

    🇸🇴Hiiraan, Somalia

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beledweyne (82), Buulobarde (82)

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Marsabit County, Kenya

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

  6. 6

    🇪🇹Somali, Ethiopia

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gode (81), Kahandhale (79)

  7. 7

    🇸🇴Bay, Somalia

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

    For example Baidoa (74), Diinsoor (70)

  8. 8

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇰🇪RamuMandera County, Kenya

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.8 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 250 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇪TakabaMandera County, Kenya

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 310 mm rain

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

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪ManderaMandera County, Kenya

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.8 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 248 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇪WajirWajir County, Kenya

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 281 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    89%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇪HabasweinWajir County, Kenya

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 258 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    85%match
  6. 6

    🇸🇴LuuqGedo, Somalia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 286 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    82%match
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    🇸🇴BeledweyneHiiraan, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 336 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    82%match
  8. 8

    🇸🇴BuulobardeHiiraan, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 354 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    82%match
  9. 9

    🇪🇹GodeSomali, Ethiopia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 332 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    81%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇴BalanbaleGalguduud, Somalia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 294 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    78%match
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    🇸🇴CabudwaaqGalguduud, Somalia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 254 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    78%match
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    🇪🇹RaqoSomali, Ethiopia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 254 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    76%match
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    🇸🇴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 19 great-fit crops

    75%match
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    🇪🇹NeefkuceliyeSomali, Ethiopia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 290 mm rain

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

    75%match
  15. 15

    🇪🇹LasoanoSomali, Ethiopia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 297 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    75%match
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    🇸🇴BaidoaBay, Somalia

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

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    74%match
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    🇪🇹QorofSomali, Ethiopia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.1 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 232 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    74%match
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    🇪🇹YamarugleySomali, Ethiopia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.1 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 230 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    72%match
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    🇸🇴SaaxoMudug, Somalia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.0 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 204 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    71%match
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    🇸🇴GaalkacyoMudug, Somalia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.4 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 187 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    71%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.