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Land with a climate like Yirga Ch’efē

🇪🇹Yirga Ch’efē, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Yirga Ch’efē are Leku, Ethiopia (97% match), Ghinnir and Gīdolē. About 44,000 sq mi of land in 5 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 Ch’efē are Leku, Ethiopia (97% match), Ghinnir and Gīdolē. About 113,000 km² of land in 5 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 · 56 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 31 chill hours · 1,428 mm rain

What grows in Yirga Ch’efē →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    16k sq mi41k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ghinnir (93), Shakiso (89)

  2. 2

    🇪🇹South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wacha (93), Waka (91)

  3. 3

    🇪🇹South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gīdolē (92), Bodītī (85)

  4. 4

    🇰🇪Laikipia, Kenya

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

    For example Nanyuki (73)

  5. 5

    🇺🇬Eastern Region, Uganda

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

    For example Kapchorwa (91), Budadiri (69)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪West Pokot County, Kenya

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

    For example Kapenguria (92), Makutano (90)

  7. 7

    🇰🇪Nandi, Kenya

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kapsabet (90)

  8. 8

    🇺🇬Northern Region, Uganda

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paidha (67), Abim (54)

  9. 9

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (84), Bunia (66)

  10. 10

    🇨🇴Santander Department, Colombia

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Málaga (82), Vélez (60)

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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    🇪🇹LekuSidama Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 20 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 20 chill hours · 1,126 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig, sorghum

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇹GhinnirOromiya, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig, sorghum

    93%match
  3. 3

    🇪🇹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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, fig, wine grapes

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇪KitaleTrans Nzoia, Kenya

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

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, sorghum, fig

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇹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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, fig, wine grapes

    91%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇬KapchorwaEastern Region, Uganda

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

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, peanut

    91%match
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    🇪🇹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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig, sorghum

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇹Mīzan TeferīSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,622 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, banana

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇰🇪KimililiBungoma County, Kenya

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

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, banana

    89%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇪ItenElegeyo-Marakwet, Kenya

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,169 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    89%match
  11. 11

    🇪🇹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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, banana, cotton

    88%match
  12. 12

    🇪🇹Kibre MengistOromiya, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig, sorghum

    87%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇪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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig

    87%match
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    🇪🇹ShashamaneOromiya, Ethiopia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 86 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 86 chill hours · 931 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig

    87%match
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    🇪🇹JimmaOromiya, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, citrus, cotton

    86%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇪Eldama RavineBaringo, Kenya

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

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    86%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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, fig

    84%match
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    🇪🇹SodoSouth Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

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

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, citrus, cotton

    83%match
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    🇨🇴MálagaSantander Department, Colombia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,433 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    82%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 10 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    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.