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Land with a climate like Upper Gilgil

🇰🇪Upper Gilgil, Nyandarua County, Kenya

The towns with the closest growing climate to Upper Gilgil are Otavalo, Ecuador (88% match), Soacha and Chiquinquirá. About 8,100 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nakuru County, Kenya, Nyandarua County, Kenya and Imbabura, Ecuador.The towns with the closest growing climate to Upper Gilgil are Otavalo, Ecuador (88% match), Soacha and Chiquinquirá. About 21,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nakuru County, Kenya, Nyandarua County, Kenya and Imbabura, Ecuador.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Upper Gilgil →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇪Nakuru County, Kenya

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

    For example Maai Mahiu (75), Mai (75)

  2. 2

    🇰🇪Nyandarua County, Kenya

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

  3. 3

    🇪🇨Imbabura, Ecuador

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

    For example Otavalo (88), Atuntaqui (84)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Nyeri County, Kenya

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nyeri (59), Tetu (59)

  5. 5

    🇨🇴Cundinamarca, Colombia

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Madrid (84), Mosquera (84)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸Hawaii, United States

    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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    🇪🇨Otavalo↻Seasons flipped. Imbabura, Ecuador

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

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, avocado

    88%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇴Soacha↻Seasons flipped. Cundinamarca, Colombia

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

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops

    83%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇴Chiquinquirá↻Seasons flipped. Boyacá, Colombia

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

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    80%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇪LimuruKiambu County, Kenya

    Zone 10b · No frost · 87 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 87 chill hours · 1,151 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, sunflower, maize (corn)

    77%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇴Zipaquirá↻Seasons flipped. Cundinamarca, Colombia

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

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    76%match
  6. 6

    🇪🇨RiobambaChimborazo Province, Ecuador

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

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    75%match
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    🇨🇴Pasto↻Seasons flipped. Nariño, Colombia

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

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    73%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇨CuencaAzuay, Ecuador

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

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, avocado

    71%match
  9. 9

    🇪🇨AmbatoTungurahua Province, Ecuador

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

    Shares 7 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    71%match
  10. 10

    🇪🇨QuitoPichincha, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 237 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 237 chill hours · 1,091 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    70%match
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    🇨🇴Tunja↻Seasons flipped. Boyacá, Colombia

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

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    68%match
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    🇨🇴Pamplona↻Seasons flipped. Norte 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 8 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, avocado, maize (corn)

    68%match
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    🇪🇨Tulcán↻Seasons flipped. Carchi, Ecuador

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

    Shares 7 of your 10 great-fit crops

    67%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇴Sogamoso↻Seasons flipped. Boyacá, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 47 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 47 chill hours · 1,245 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, wine grapes, sunflower

    66%match
  15. 15

    🇨🇩LuberoNorth 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 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, maize (corn), sunflower

    61%match
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    🇰🇪Nanyuki↻Seasons flipped. Laikipia, Kenya

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

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, avocado, sunflower

    59%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 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, maize (corn)

    59%match
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    🇨🇴Anaime↻Seasons flipped. Tolima Department, Colombia

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

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, tea, maize (corn)

    58%match
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    🇨🇴Sonsón↻Seasons flipped. Antioquia, Colombia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 2,092 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    56%match
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    🇺🇬RubandaWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11a · No frost · 7 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 7 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, wine grapes, maize (corn)

    56%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.