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Land with a climate like Malaba, Kenya

🇰🇪Malaba, Busia County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Malaba, Kenya are Pallisa, Uganda (99% match), Iganga and Kamuli. About 240,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Region, Uganda.The towns with the closest growing climate to Malaba, Kenya are Pallisa, Uganda (99% match), Iganga and Kamuli. About 622,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Region, Uganda.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,204 mm rain

What grows in Malaba, Kenya →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    27k sq mi69k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apac (96), Dokolo (95)

  2. 2

    🇨🇩Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Watsa (92), Wamba (87)

  3. 3

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    16k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kigumba (97), Buyale (97)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarime (94), Matongo (92)

  5. 5

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Busesa (99), Kaliro (99)

  6. 6

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bako (96), Jinka (96)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    9,800 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bondo (80), Buta (78)

  8. 8

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bunia (92), Mangbwalu (91)

  9. 9

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tēpī (87), Tarch’a Sodo (82)

  10. 10

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

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

  11. 11

    🇰🇪Siaya County, Kenya

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bondo (87)

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    🇰🇪Homa Bay County, Kenya

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Awendo (88), Homa Bay (88)

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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    🇺🇬PallisaEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,196 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇬IgangaEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,123 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇬KamuliEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,109 mm rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇬BuyaleWestern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇬KumiEastern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇬MasindiWestern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇬LuweroCentral Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,089 mm rain

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

    97%match
  8. 8

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

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬ApacNorthern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇬DokoloNorthern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇬HoimaWestern Region, Uganda

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

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

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇬LwakyombaWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,002 mm rain

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

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇹Felege NewaySouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,220 mm rain

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

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇿Tarime↻Seasons flipped. Mara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,150 mm rain

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

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬LiraNorthern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇬KagadiWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,114 mm rain

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

    92%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇩WatsaHaut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,564 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    92%match
  18. 18

    🇪🇹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 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wine grapes

    92%match
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    🇺🇬KasangatiCentral Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,084 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇨🇩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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    92%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.