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Land with a climate like Matongo

🇹🇿Matongo, Mara, Tanzania

The towns with the closest growing climate to Matongo are Bondo, Kenya (99% match), Homa Bay and Kisumu. About 128,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mara, Tanzania, Western Region, Uganda and Eastern Region, Uganda.The towns with the closest growing climate to Matongo are Bondo, Kenya (99% match), Homa Bay and Kisumu. About 332,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mara, Tanzania, Western Region, Uganda and Eastern Region, Uganda.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 941 mm rain

What grows in Matongo →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    16k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Musoma (97), Bunda (96)

  2. 2

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbarara (87), Bwizibwera (87)

  3. 3

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Malaba (92), Manafwa (92)

  4. 4

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apac (83), Moroto (83)

  5. 5

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jinka (88), Bako (87)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bunia (84), Mangbwalu (80)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Katanda (85), Mangina (83)

  8. 8

    🇹🇿Mwanza, Tanzania

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mwanza (90), Kisesa (88)

  9. 9

    🇰🇪Migori County, Kenya

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

    For example Rongo (92)

  10. 10

    🇰🇪Siaya County, Kenya

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

    For example Bondo (99), Siaya (92)

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    🇰🇪Homa Bay County, Kenya

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

    For example Awendo (99), Homa Bay (99)

  12. 12

    🇹🇿Simiyu, Tanzania

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

    For example Nyakabindi (84), Maswa (80)

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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    🇰🇪BondoSiaya County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 985 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, potato

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇪Homa BayHoma Bay County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 980 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪KisumuKisumu County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,143 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿MusomaMara, Tanzania

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 785 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇪MuhoroniKisumu County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, coffee (arabica), potato

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇿BundaMara, Tanzania

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇹🇿MuritiMara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,171 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, coffee (arabica), potato

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿KibaraMara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 821 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬Mbale↻Seasons flipped. Eastern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿MwanzaTanzania

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    90%match
  11. 11

    🇰🇪Busia↻Seasons flipped. Busia County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,452 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, tea, cacao

    88%match
  12. 12

    🇪🇹Jinka↻Seasons flipped. South 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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, potato, coffee (arabica)

    88%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇴Jarabacoa↻Seasons flipped. La Vega, Dominican Republic

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,218 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, coffee (arabica), rice

    87%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇬MbararaWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 741 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, potato

    87%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬Masindi↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    87%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇪Bungoma↻Seasons flipped. Bungoma County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,435 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), rice, tea

    87%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇬Kasese↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,013 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, rice, coffee (arabica)

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇬IbandaWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 911 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, potato

    87%match
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    🇺🇬Kumi↻Seasons flipped. Eastern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    87%match
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    🇺🇬Kamuli↻Seasons flipped. Eastern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, coffee (arabica), wine grapes

    87%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.