Climatch

Land with a climate like Nairobi

🇰🇪Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nairobi are Karuri, Kenya (96% match), Kingori and Chuka. About 34,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mara, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and Narok County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nairobi are Karuri, Kenya (96% match), Kingori and Chuka. About 88,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mara, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and Narok County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 900 mm rain

What grows in Nairobi →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mugumu (90), Butiama (84)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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

    For example Boma la Ngombe (86), Usangi (85)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Narok County, Kenya

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Narok (79)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Kajiado County, Kenya

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

  5. 5

    🇹🇿Arusha, Tanzania

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Usa River (94), Kingori (92)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪Migori County, Kenya

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isebania (81), Kihancha (81)

  7. 7

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    1,500 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piatã (79), Morro do Chapéu (78)

  8. 8

    🇩🇴Baoruco Province, Dominican Republic

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

  9. 9

    🇩🇴San Juan Province, Dominican Republic

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isingiro (81), Iryango (79)

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    🇷🇼Southern Province, Rwanda

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mugina (79), Ruhango (79)

  12. 12

    🇭🇹Sud-Est, Haiti

    300 sq mi700 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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    🇰🇪KaruriMurang'A, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,048 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane, coffee (arabica)

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿KingoriArusha, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 985 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cassava, coffee (arabica)

    92%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪ChukaTharaka - Nithi, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,458 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica), rice, sugarcane

    91%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 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    90%match
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    🇹🇿UsangiKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 798 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    85%match
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    🇹🇿TarakeaKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,162 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    84%match
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    🇰🇪NyeriNyeri County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 951 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    83%match
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    🇹🇿KiratuArusha, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 764 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇹🇿NyamuswaMara, Tanzania

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

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    82%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿SameKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 752 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    80%match
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    🇹🇿LubataMorogoro, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 981 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, coffee (arabica)

    79%match
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    🇰🇪NarokNarok County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 692 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    79%match
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    🇧🇷PiatãBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 966 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    79%match
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    🇩🇴Constanza↻Seasons flipped. La Vega, Dominican Republic

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,003 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    79%match
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    🇷🇼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 20 great-fit crops

    78%match
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    🇷🇼KigaliRwanda

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

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    78%match
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    🇺🇬NyacheraWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 758 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    78%match
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    🇺🇬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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    78%match
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    🇷🇼GitaramaSouthern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    78%match
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    🇧🇷Morro do ChapéuBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 720 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    78%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.