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Land with a climate like Thika

🇰🇪Thika, Nairobi County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Thika are Kajiado, Kenya (94% match), Chuka and Boma la Ngombe. About 38,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Mara, Tanzania and Kajiado County, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Thika are Kajiado, Kenya (94% match), Chuka and Boma la Ngombe. About 97,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Mara, Tanzania and Kajiado County, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 846 mm rain

What grows in Thika →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇿Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boma la Ngombe (90), Usangi (89)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Mara, Tanzania

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mugumu (84), Butiama (81)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Kajiado County, Kenya

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

    For example Kajiado (94)

  4. 4

    🇹🇿Arusha, Tanzania

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

    For example Usa River (94), Kingori (89)

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Narok County, Kenya

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

    For example Narok (71)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪Machakos County, Kenya

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

    For example Kinoi (84)

  7. 7

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

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

    For example Seabra (78), Souto Soares (77)

  8. 8

    🇩🇴Baoruco Province, Dominican Republic

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

  9. 9

    🇩🇴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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇪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: macadamia, coffee (arabica), rice

    92%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇿Boma la NgombeKilimanjaro, Tanzania

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

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

    90%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿UsangiKilimanjaro, Tanzania

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

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

    89%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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    88%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇿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

    88%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: sugarcane, macadamia

    84%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿SameKilimanjaro, Tanzania

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

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    84%match
  9. 9

    🇰🇪KinoiMachakos County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 728 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    84%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇪EmaliMakueni County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 647 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    82%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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    81%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇪KituiKitui County, Kenya

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

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

    81%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
  14. 14

    🇧🇷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 20 great-fit crops

    78%match
  15. 15

    🇹🇿LubataMorogoro, Tanzania

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

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

    77%match
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    🇹🇿DaredaManyara, Tanzania

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

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    76%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 20 great-fit crops

    76%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: sugarcane, macadamia

    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 20 great-fit crops

    75%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 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    75%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.