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Land with a climate like Aktau

🇰🇿Aktau, Mangystau, Kazakhstan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Aktau are Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan (91% match), Türkmenbaşy and Qo‘qon. About 86,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mangystau, Kazakhstan, Balkan, Turkmenistan and Fergana, Uzbekistan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Aktau are Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan (91% match), Türkmenbaşy and Qo‘qon. About 222,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mangystau, Kazakhstan, Balkan, Turkmenistan and Fergana, Uzbekistan.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,684 chill hours · 4.6 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,684 chill hours · 118 mm rain

What grows in Aktau →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇿Mangystau, Kazakhstan

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zhanaozen (91)

  2. 2

    🇹🇲Balkan, Turkmenistan

    2,100 sq mi5,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Türkmenbaşy (82)

  3. 3

    🇺🇿Fergana, Uzbekistan

    1,600 sq mi4,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qo‘qon (81), Yaypan (81)

  4. 4

    🇷🇺Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

    1,300 sq mi3,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kamyzyak (78), Astrakhan (76)

  5. 5

    🇰🇿Atyrau Oblisi, Kazakhstan

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atyrau (66), Balykshi (65)

  6. 6

    🇷🇺Dagestan, Russia

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kizlyar (63), Semender (53)

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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    🇰🇿ZhanaozenMangystau, Kazakhstan

    Zone 7a · 193 frost-free days · 2,957 chill hours · 5.1 in rainZone 7a · 193 frost-free days · 2,957 chill hours · 129 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    91%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇲TürkmenbaşyBalkan, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,821 chill hours · 5.1 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,821 chill hours · 129 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    82%match
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    🇺🇿Qo‘qonFergana, Uzbekistan

    Zone 7b · 235 frost-free days · 2,312 chill hours · 5.5 in rainZone 7b · 235 frost-free days · 2,312 chill hours · 140 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops

    81%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇯IsfaraSughd, Tajikistan

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,372 chill hours · 6.4 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,372 chill hours · 163 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops

    79%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇿FerganaUzbekistan

    Zone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 2,269 chill hours · 7.3 in rainZone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 2,269 chill hours · 185 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops

    78%match
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    🇷🇺AstrakhanAstrakhan Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,171 chill hours · 7.8 in rainZone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,171 chill hours · 197 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    76%match
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    🇦🇿NaxçıvanNakhchivan, Azerbaijan

    Zone 7a · 214 frost-free days · 2,402 chill hours · 9.6 in rainZone 7a · 214 frost-free days · 2,402 chill hours · 244 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇺🇿NamanganUzbekistan

    Zone 7b · 236 frost-free days · 2,211 chill hours · 8.3 in rainZone 7b · 236 frost-free days · 2,211 chill hours · 212 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops

    72%match
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    🇮🇷ShowţWest Azerbaijan, Iran

    Zone 7a · 213 frost-free days · 2,400 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 7a · 213 frost-free days · 2,400 chill hours · 261 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    72%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇷HādīshahrEast Azerbaijan, Iran

    Zone 7a · 216 frost-free days · 2,274 chill hours · 9.3 in rainZone 7a · 216 frost-free days · 2,274 chill hours · 235 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops

    71%match
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    🇹🇯QayroqqumSughd, Tajikistan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 7.3 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 186 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    71%match
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    🇺🇿QŭnghirotKarakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

    Zone 6b · 190 frost-free days · 3,039 chill hours · 4.6 in rainZone 6b · 190 frost-free days · 3,039 chill hours · 116 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 29 great-fit crops

    68%match
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    🇰🇿AtyrauAtyrau Oblisi, Kazakhstan

    Zone 6a · 183 frost-free days · 3,297 chill hours · 6.2 in rainZone 6a · 183 frost-free days · 3,297 chill hours · 158 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 29 great-fit crops

    66%match
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    🇺🇿NukusKarakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

    Zone 6b · 194 frost-free days · 2,955 chill hours · 3.9 in rainZone 6b · 194 frost-free days · 2,955 chill hours · 100 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 29 great-fit crops

    66%match
  15. 15

    🇹🇷IğdırTurkey

    Zone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,596 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,596 chill hours · 260 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 29 great-fit crops

    65%match
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    🇺🇿AndijonAndijan Region, Uzbekistan

    Zone 7a · 216 frost-free days · 2,409 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 7a · 216 frost-free days · 2,409 chill hours · 268 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops

    64%match
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    🇷🇺KharabaliAstrakhan Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 180 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 8.6 in rainZone 6b · 180 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 218 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 29 great-fit crops

    64%match
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    🇷🇺KizlyarDagestan, Russia

    Zone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,628 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,628 chill hours · 308 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops

    63%match
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    🇹🇲DaşoguzDasoguz, Turkmenistan

    Zone 6b · 198 frost-free days · 2,835 chill hours · 3.7 in rainZone 6b · 198 frost-free days · 2,835 chill hours · 94 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 29 great-fit crops

    62%match
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    🇦🇲VagharshapatArmavir, Armenia

    Zone 7a · 193 frost-free days · 2,725 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 7a · 193 frost-free days · 2,725 chill hours · 277 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops

    61%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.