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Land with a climate like Yirga ‘Alem

🇪🇹Yirga ‘Alem, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Yirga ‘Alem are Wacha, Ethiopia (96% match), Duramē and Kitale. About 54,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Yirga ‘Alem are Wacha, Ethiopia (96% match), Duramē and Kitale. About 140,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Oromiya, Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia and South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 1,208 mm rain

What grows in Yirga ‘Alem →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jimma (93), Kercha (93)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wacha (96), Waka (94)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gīdolē (86), Āreka (86)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

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

    For example Kapenguria (92), Makutano (91)

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Samburu County, Kenya

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maralal (66)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪Elegeyo-Marakwet, Kenya

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iten (89)

  7. 7

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapchorwa (90), Budadiri (70)

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    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (84), Bunia (67)

  9. 9

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paidha (68), Abim (59)

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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    🇪🇹WachaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,570 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, banana

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇹DuramēCentral Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇪KitaleTrans Nzoia, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,199 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇪🇹WakaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,272 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹BongaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,669 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, banana, citrus

    93%match
  6. 6

    🇪🇹JimmaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 11 chill hours · 1,458 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, citrus, banana

    93%match
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    🇪🇹KerchaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,143 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇰🇪KimililiBungoma County, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,419 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, banana, peanut

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇰🇪EldoretUasin Gishu County, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇬KapchorwaEastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,391 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, peanut, banana

    90%match
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    🇪🇹GhinnirOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 909 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    90%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇪Eldama RavineBaringo, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,039 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇪🇹GīdolēSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,190 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇪🇹GununoSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,363 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, sugarcane

    86%match
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    🇪🇹GobēsaOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 249 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 249 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 17 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇨🇩DjuguIturi, 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 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana

    84%match
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    🇪🇹Kibre MengistOromiya, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, peanut, table and raisin grapes

    84%match
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    🇰🇪KabarnetBaringo, Kenya

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,156 mm rain

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

    84%match
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    🇪🇹SuntuOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,849 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, rice, tea

    82%match
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    🇪🇹BedelēOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,760 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, citrus, rice

    80%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.