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Land with a climate like Otavalo

🇪🇨Otavalo, Imbabura, Ecuador

The towns with the closest growing climate to Otavalo are Upper Gilgil, Kenya (88% match), Ambato and Soacha. About 9,300 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Imbabura, Ecuador, Nakuru County, Kenya and Nyandarua County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Otavalo are Upper Gilgil, Kenya (88% match), Ambato and Soacha. About 24,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Imbabura, Ecuador, Nakuru County, Kenya and Nyandarua County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 33 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 33 chill hours · 815 mm rain

What grows in Otavalo →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇨Imbabura, Ecuador

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

  2. 2

    🇰🇪Nakuru County, Kenya

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

    For example Elburgon (83), Molo (83)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Nyandarua County, Kenya

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Upper Gilgil (88), Ol Kalou (88)

  4. 4

    🇨🇴Nariño, Colombia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pasto (84), Ipiales (80)

  5. 5

    🇨🇴Cundinamarca, Colombia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mosquera (90), Madrid (90)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubero (77), Kanyobagonga (63)

  7. 7

    🇰🇪Laikipia, Kenya

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nanyuki (72), Nyahururu (61)

  8. 8

    🇪🇨Carchi, Ecuador

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tulcán (80)

  9. 9

    🇪🇨Tungurahua Province, Ecuador

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pelileo (92), Ambato (87)

  10. 10

    🇨🇴Tolima Department, Colombia

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Anaime (67)

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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    🇰🇪Upper Gilgil↻Seasons flipped. Nyandarua County, Kenya

    Zone 10b · No frost · 262 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 262 chill hours · 1,056 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, cherry, apple

    88%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇨Ambato↻Seasons flipped. Tungurahua Province, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 108 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 108 chill hours · 522 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    87%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇴SoachaCundinamarca, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 94 chill hours · 1,107 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, peach

    87%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇨Cuenca↻Seasons flipped. Azuay, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 97 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 97 chill hours · 748 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    86%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇴ChiquinquiráBoyacá, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 67 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 67 chill hours · 1,144 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇪🇨Riobamba↻Seasons flipped. Chimborazo Province, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 177 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 177 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    85%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇴PastoNariño, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 30 chill hours · 1,427 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, cherry

    84%match
  8. 8

    🇰🇪Molo↻Seasons flipped. Nakuru County, Kenya

    Zone 10b · No frost · 54 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 54 chill hours · 1,079 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower

    83%match
  9. 9

    🇪🇨TulcánCarchi, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 362 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 362 chill hours · 1,068 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, cherry

    80%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇴ZipaquiráCundinamarca, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 277 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 277 chill hours · 1,091 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pear, cherry

    78%match
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    🇨🇩Lubero↻Seasons flipped. North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,316 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn), sunflower, tomato

    77%match
  12. 12

    🇨🇴PamplonaNorte de Santander Department, Colombia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 33 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 33 chill hours · 1,032 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, peach, blueberry

    74%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇨Machachi↻Seasons flipped. Pichincha, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 399 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 399 chill hours · 1,048 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pear, cherry

    74%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇴TunjaBoyacá, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 180 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 180 chill hours · 988 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, peach

    74%match
  15. 15

    🇪🇨Loja↻Seasons flipped. Ecuador

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 902 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, maize (corn), tomato

    72%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇪NanyukiLaikipia, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 41 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 41 chill hours · 896 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, tomato, hemp

    72%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇬Kabale↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 911 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn), sunflower, tomato

    71%match
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    🇷🇼Busogo↻Seasons flipped. Northern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,253 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn), sunflower, tomato

    68%match
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    🇵🇪Chachapoyas↻Seasons flipped. Amazonas, Peru

    Zone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 955 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn), sunflower, tomato

    67%match
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    🇨🇴AnaimeTolima Department, Colombia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,662 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, maize (corn), sunflower

    67%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.