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Land with a climate like Ruiru

🇰🇪Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ruiru are Kajiado, Kenya (97% match), Boma la Ngombe and Embu. About 39,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Arusha, Tanzania and Mara, Tanzania.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ruiru are Kajiado, Kenya (97% match), Boma la Ngombe and Embu. About 101,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Arusha, Tanzania and Mara, Tanzania.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 698 mm rain

What grows in Ruiru →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇿Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boma la Ngombe (91), Usangi (87)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Arusha, Tanzania

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Usa River (92), Kiratu (88)

  3. 3

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

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

    For example Mugumu (84), Nyamuswa (80)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Kajiado County, Kenya

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

    For example Kajiado (97)

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Machakos County, Kenya

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

  6. 6

    🇰🇪Narok County, Kenya

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

    For example Narok (70)

  7. 7

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seabra (78), Souto Soares (78)

  8. 8

    🇩🇴San Juan Province, Dominican Republic

    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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    🇰🇪KajiadoKajiado County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 491 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇿Boma la NgombeKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 758 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, rice, sugarcane

    91%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪EmbuEmbu County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,215 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, coffee (arabica), sugarcane

    89%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿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 19 great-fit crops

    88%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇿ArushaTanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 777 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    88%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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    87%match
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    🇹🇿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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    85%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿MugumuMara, Tanzania

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

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

    84%match
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    🇰🇪KituiKitui County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 784 mm rain

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

    82%match
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    🇰🇪Makueni BomaMakueni County, Kenya

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 683 mm rain

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

    80%match
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    🇧🇷SeabraBahia, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 639 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    78%match
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    🇹🇿BundaMara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 779 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    77%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 19 great-fit crops

    75%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 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    75%match
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    🇷🇼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 19 great-fit crops

    75%match
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    🇺🇬Nakivale Refugee CampWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 623 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    74%match
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    🇹🇿KibaraMara, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 821 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    74%match
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    🇹🇿HedaruKilimanjaro, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 613 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇺🇬LyantondeCentral Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    73%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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    73%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.