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Land with a climate like Makindu

🇰🇪Makindu, Makueni County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Makindu are Mwingi, Kenya (97% match), Mwala and Makuyuni. About 69,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bahia, Brazil, Kitui County, Kenya and Makueni County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Makindu are Mwingi, Kenya (97% match), Mwala and Makuyuni. About 179,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bahia, Brazil, Kitui County, Kenya and Makueni County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Makindu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example João Dourado (91), Ourolândia (90)

  2. 2

    🇰🇪Kitui County, Kenya

    6,000 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mwingi (97), Kitui (93)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Makueni County, Kenya

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Arusha, Tanzania

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mto wa Mbu (94), Makuyuni (93)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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

    For example Lembeni (82), Same (68)

  6. 6

    🇹🇿Manyara, Tanzania

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

    For example Magugu (88), Galappo (77)

  7. 7

    🇰🇪Kajiado County, Kenya

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

    For example Kitengela (73), Kajiado (68)

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    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    2,000 sq mi5,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Porteirinha (81), Varzelândia (79)

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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    🇰🇪MwingiKitui County, Kenya

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

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, wine grapes, cassava

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇪MwalaMachakos County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 649 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, avocado, potato

    93%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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    93%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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, cassava, wine grapes

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇧🇷IrecêBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 545 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇧🇷CanaranaBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 498 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, banana, tea

    89%match
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    🇹🇿MaguguManyara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 574 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇧🇷CaculéBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, rice, cassava

    88%match
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    🇧🇷UmburanasBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 472 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, banana, tea

    87%match
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    🇧🇷Lagoa RealBahia, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 590 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇧🇷América DouradaBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 517 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇧🇷ParamirimBahia, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 702 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, rice, cassava

    86%match
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    🇧🇷CondeúbaBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 651 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, rice

    85%match
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    🇰🇪TavetaTaita Taveta, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 596 mm rain

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

    84%match
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    🇧🇷Livramento de Nossa SenhoraBahia, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇧🇷BrumadoBahia, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 526 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇧🇷Palmas de Monte AltoBahia, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 703 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, avocado, cassava

    83%match
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    🇧🇷IbitiaraBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 674 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, avocado, rice

    83%match
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    🇧🇷GuanambiBahia, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 689 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, avocado, cassava

    82%match
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    🇧🇷MacaúbasBahia, Brazil

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 731 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, rice, cassava

    82%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.