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Land with a climate like Machakos

🇰🇪Machakos, Machakos County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Machakos are Arusha, Tanzania (94% match), Kiratu and Mbulu. About 40,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arusha, Tanzania, Kajiado County, Kenya and Makueni County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Machakos are Arusha, Tanzania (94% match), Kiratu and Mbulu. About 103,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arusha, Tanzania, Kajiado County, Kenya and Makueni County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 684 mm rain

What grows in Machakos →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇿Arusha, Tanzania

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arusha (94), Kiratu (93)

  2. 2

    🇰🇪Kajiado County, Kenya

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Makueni County, Kenya

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Makindu (73)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Machakos County, Kenya

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

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Manyara, Tanzania

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

    For example Mbulu (92), Dareda (90)

  6. 6

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    2,300 sq mi6,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Belo Campo (74), Caetité (74)

  7. 7

    🇹🇿Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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

    For example Usangi (79), Tarakea (78)

  8. 8

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example São João do Paraíso (77), Taiobeiras (73)

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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    🇹🇿ArushaTanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 777 mm rain

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

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿KiratuArusha, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 764 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇹🇿MbuluManyara, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 3 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇪KituiKitui County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava, rice

    88%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿BabatiManyara, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 727 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, rice

    86%match
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    🇰🇪MwingiKitui County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 680 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava

    80%match
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    🇹🇿UsangiKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 798 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava, sugarcane

    79%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿NangwaManyara, Tanzania

    Zone 10b · No frost · 27 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 27 chill hours · 772 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic

    79%match
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    🇹🇿TarakeaKilimanjaro, Tanzania

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    78%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇪KaruriMurang'A, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,048 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, cassava, sugarcane

    77%match
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    🇹🇿MakuyuniArusha, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 535 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    77%match
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    🇧🇷São João do ParaísoMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 616 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    77%match
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    🇹🇿GeiroMorogoro, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, rice

    76%match
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    🇧🇷Belo CampoBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 690 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, rice, cassava

    74%match
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    🇧🇷CaetitéBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, rice, cassava

    74%match
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    🇲🇽Teopisca↻Seasons flipped. Chiapas, Mexico

    Zone 11a · No frost · 18 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 18 chill hours · 1,154 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, rice

    74%match
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    🇹🇿Boma la NgombeKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 758 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, cassava, rice

    73%match
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    🇰🇪MakinduMakueni County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 529 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    73%match
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    🇧🇷TaiobeirasMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, rice, cassava

    73%match
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    🇧🇷SeabraBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 639 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    73%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.