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Land with a climate like Metu

🇪🇹Metu, Oromiya, Ethiopia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Metu are Bedelē, Ethiopia (99% match), Suntu and Nek’emtē. About 56,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Metu are Bedelē, Ethiopia (99% match), Suntu and Nek’emtē. About 145,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,542 mm rain

What grows in Metu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    30k sq mi77k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bedelē (99), Suntu (97)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarch’a Sodo (90), Waka (90)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shinshicho (92), Welk’īt’ē (91)

  4. 4

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paidha (79), Abim (78)

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Trans Nzoia, Kenya

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kiminini (81), Kitale (79)

  6. 6

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapchorwa (84), Budadiri (69)

  7. 7

    🇰🇪Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moi‘s Bridge (80), Eldoret (78)

  8. 8

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapenguria (78), Makutano (75)

  9. 9

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (74), Aru (72)

  10. 10

    🇸🇸Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇪🇹BedelēOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,760 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇹SuntuOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,849 mm rain

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

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇪🇹Nek’emtēOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,775 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇹JimmaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 1,458 mm rain

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

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹Dembī DoloOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,111 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇪🇹WakaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,272 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, wine grapes

    90%match
  7. 7

    🇪🇹SodoSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,391 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, fig

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹ĀyanaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,695 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 21 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇪🇹WalisoOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,193 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, wine grapes

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇪🇹Finote SelamAmhara, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,376 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, rice

    86%match
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    🇪🇹AwasaSidama Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 940 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, wine grapes, table and raisin grapes

    86%match
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    🇪🇹K’olītoCentral Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,006 mm rain

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

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇹NejoOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,620 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇪🇹TēpīSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,517 mm rain

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

    84%match
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    🇪🇹BongaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,669 mm rain

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

    84%match
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    🇺🇬KapchorwaEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,391 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, fig

    84%match
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    🇪🇹WachaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,570 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana

    84%match
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    🇪🇹GimbiOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,732 mm rain

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

    83%match
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    🇲🇽MotozintlaChiapas, Mexico

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,925 mm rain

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

    83%match
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    🇪🇹Hāgere HiywetOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 994 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig

    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.