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Land with a climate like Nyanza

🇷🇼Nyanza, Southern Province, Rwanda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nyanza are Rwamagana, Rwanda (99% match), Bukavu and Nshamba. About 81,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Kagera, Tanzania and Eastern Province, Rwanda.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nyanza are Rwamagana, Rwanda (99% match), Bukavu and Nshamba. About 209,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Kagera, Tanzania and Eastern Province, Rwanda.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 958 mm rain

What grows in Nyanza →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iryango (94), Nyachera (94)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Kagera, Tanzania

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ngara (98), Nshamba (98)

  3. 3

    🇷🇼Eastern Province, Rwanda

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kibungo (99), Kayonza (99)

  4. 4

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Djugu (90), Bunia (86)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Bukavu (98), Kabare (86)

  6. 6

    🇺🇬Central Region, Uganda

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

    For example Kyazanga (89), Kalisizo (88)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

    For example Goma (94), Sake (88)

  8. 8

    🇷🇼Western Province, Rwanda

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

    For example Cyangugu (98), Karengera (97)

  9. 9

    🇧🇮Gitega, Burundi

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

    For example Gitega (94), Karusi (94)

  10. 10

    🇵🇪Amazonas, Peru

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

    For example Chachapoyas (66), La Peca (63)

  11. 11

    🇷🇼Southern Province, Rwanda

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

  12. 12

    🇹🇿Kigoma, Tanzania

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

    For example Kibondo (84), Kakonko (77)

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

  1. 1

    🇷🇼RwamaganaEastern Province, Rwanda

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, mango, citrus

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇩BukavuSouth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,225 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, peanut

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿NshambaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, sugarcane, cassava

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇼NyagatareEastern Province, Rwanda

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

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, citrus, peanut

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇧🇮GitegaBurundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇧🇮KarusiGitega, Burundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 925 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇹🇿BugaramaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 786 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, mango, citrus

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇷🇼GisenyiWestern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,184 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, peanut, sugarcane

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇬IsingiroWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 664 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, mango

    94%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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, cassava

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇬RukungiriWestern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇮CendajuruCankuzo, Burundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 901 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, mango

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇨🇩Djugu↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,235 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇷🇼ByumbaNorthern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 939 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 18 great-fit crops

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬Fort Portal↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,297 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, peanut, sugarcane

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇬KasaaliCentral Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 889 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, mango

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇬LyantondeCentral Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 653 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, mango

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇿BiharamuloKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 767 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, mango

    87%match
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    🇺🇬MbararaWestern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, citrus, mango

    86%match
  20. 20

    🇨🇩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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, cassava, citrus

    86%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.