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Land with a climate like Mbarara

🇺🇬Mbarara, Western Region, Uganda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbarara are Kyazanga, Uganda (99% match), Nyagatare and Rutshuru. About 118,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Central Region, Uganda and Mara, Tanzania.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mbarara are Kyazanga, Uganda (99% match), Nyagatare and Rutshuru. About 306,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Central Region, Uganda and Mara, Tanzania.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Mbarara →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kihihi (97), Ntungamo (95)

  2. 2

    🇺🇬Central Region, Uganda

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyazanga (99), Lwengo (99)

  3. 3

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Butiama (92), Nyamuswa (92)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Kagera, Tanzania

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mutukula (92), Kassambya (92)

  5. 5

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    8,100 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Budadiri (87), Manafwa (86)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bunia (91), Mangbwalu (86)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rutshuru (96), Katanda (94)

  8. 8

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mena (83), Shakiso (79)

  9. 9

    🇷🇼Eastern Province, Rwanda

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bugaragara (97), Nyagatare (97)

  10. 10

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    3,600 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jinka (81), Bako (81)

  11. 11

    🇹🇿Geita, Tanzania

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

    For example Mhalamba (86), Geita (85)

  12. 12

    🇰🇪Migori County, Kenya

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

    For example Migori (86), Kihancha (85)

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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    🇺🇬KyazangaCentral Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇷🇼NyagatareEastern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 699 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇩RutshuruNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇼KigaliRwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 886 mm rain

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

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇼RwamaganaEastern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇬MasakaCentral Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 963 mm rain

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

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇬Mubende↻Seasons flipped. Central Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 914 mm rain

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

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇬Rwamwanja Refugee Camp↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 915 mm rain

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

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇩KirumbaNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 963 mm rain

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

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿KassambyaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 955 mm rain

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

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇿NyamuswaMara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 854 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇺🇬Kagadi↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

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

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

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇬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: macadamia, banana, rice

    91%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇩Bunia↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, 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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, coffee (arabica), banana

    91%match
  15. 15

    🇷🇼BugaramaWestern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 899 mm rain

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

    90%match
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    🇹🇿MugumuMara, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 899 mm rain

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

    90%match
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    🇺🇬Mityana↻Seasons flipped. Central Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,020 mm rain

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

    90%match
  18. 18

    🇧🇮KirundoBurundi

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 875 mm rain

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

    89%match
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    🇺🇬RukungiriWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 961 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    88%match
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    🇺🇬Mpondwe↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,056 mm rain

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

    88%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.