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Land with a climate like Mbale, Uganda

🇺🇬Mbale, Eastern Region, Uganda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbale, Uganda are Buyale, Uganda (99% match), Apac and Masindi. About 374,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbale, Uganda are Buyale, Uganda (99% match), Apac and Masindi. About 967,000 km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Region, Uganda, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Mbale, Uganda →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    29k sq mi76k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apac (99), Dokolo (99)

  2. 2

    🇨🇩Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Watsa (96), Wamba (90)

  3. 3

    🇨🇩Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    19k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bondo (87), Buta (83)

  4. 4

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kigumba (99), Buyale (99)

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muriti (92), Matongo (90)

  6. 6

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kaliro (99), Buyende (99)

  7. 7

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bako (93), Jinka (93)

  8. 8

    🇨🇩Nord-Ubangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Businga (82), Gbadolite (81)

  9. 9

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tēpī (87), Tarch’a Sodo (84)

  10. 10

    🇨🇲East, Cameroon

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yokadouma (81), Batouri (79)

  11. 11

    🇨🇫Sangha-Mbaéré, Central African Republic

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nola (80)

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    🇨🇫Mbomou, Central African Republic

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bangassou (74)

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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    🇺🇬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 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇬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 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇬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 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇬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 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇬KamuliEastern Region, Uganda

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

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

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇬IgangaEastern Region, Uganda

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

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

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇬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 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇬NamavunduEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,153 mm rain

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

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬HoimaWestern Region, Uganda

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

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

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇪MumiasKakamega County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,563 mm rain

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

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇬LuweroCentral Region, Uganda

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

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

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇨🇩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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, coffee (arabica)

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇬AnakaNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,074 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇬GuluNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,266 mm rain

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

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬AbimNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,019 mm rain

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

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇬BukuyaCentral Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 923 mm rain

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

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇬SorotiEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,173 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇪🇹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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, potato, coffee (arabica)

    93%match
  19. 19

    🇪🇹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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), potato, wine grapes

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇬MorotoNorthern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, table and raisin grapes, potato

    93%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.