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Land with a climate like Ar Raqqah

🇸🇾Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ar Raqqah are Deir ez-Zor, Syria (99% match), Al Mayādīn and Tadmur. About 140,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Anbar, Iraq, Deir ez-Zor, Syria and Homs, Syria.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ar Raqqah are Deir ez-Zor, Syria (99% match), Al Mayādīn and Tadmur. About 361,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Anbar, Iraq, Deir ez-Zor, Syria and Homs, Syria.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 832 chill hours · 5.8 in rainZone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 832 chill hours · 147 mm rain

What grows in Ar Raqqah →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇮🇶Anbar, Iraq

    16k sq mi41k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Qā’im (93), Ar Ruţbah (89)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Deir ez-Zor, Syria

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Deir ez-Zor (99), Al Mayādīn (97)

  3. 3

    🇸🇾Homs, Syria

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tadmur (97), Al Qaryatayn (83)

  4. 4

    🇯🇴Mafraq, Jordan

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rukban (84), Mafraq (75)

  5. 5

    🇹🇲Ahal, Turkmenistan

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarahs (86), Tejen (84)

  6. 6

    🇸🇦Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ţurayf (93), Turaif (93)

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    🇸🇾Raqqa, Syria

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

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    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akçakale (88), Ceylanpınar (82)

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    🇮🇷Razavi Khorasan, Iran

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarakhs (86), Sabzevar (78)

  10. 10

    🇮🇷Isfahan, Iran

    3,700 sq mi9,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ārān Bīdgol (91), Kāshān (91)

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    🇮🇷Tehran, Iran

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eqbālīyeh (87), Pīshvā (87)

  12. 12

    🇹🇲Mary, Turkmenistan

    2,100 sq mi5,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mary (80), Bayramaly (76)

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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    🇸🇾Deir ez-ZorSyria

    Zone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 825 chill hours · 5.4 in rainZone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 825 chill hours · 138 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇸🇾Al MayādīnDeir ez-Zor, Syria

    Zone 8b · 277 frost-free days · 743 chill hours · 5.3 in rainZone 8b · 277 frost-free days · 743 chill hours · 135 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇸🇾TadmurHoms, Syria

    Zone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 863 chill hours · 4.2 in rainZone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 863 chill hours · 107 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇶Al Qā’imAnbar, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 290 frost-free days · 642 chill hours · 5.2 in rainZone 8b · 290 frost-free days · 642 chill hours · 131 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇦ŢurayfNorthern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 787 chill hours · 4.4 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 787 chill hours · 113 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    93%match
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    🇸🇾As SalamīyahHama, Syria

    Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 878 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 878 chill hours · 273 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, blueberry

    92%match
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    🇮🇷KāshānIsfahan, Iran

    Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 7.2 in rainZone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 919 chill hours · 184 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    91%match
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    🇸🇾Al ḨasakahAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 289 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    90%match
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    🇮🇶Ar RuţbahAnbar, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 842 chill hours · 4.6 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 842 chill hours · 118 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    89%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇷AkçakaleŞanlıurfa, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,038 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,038 chill hours · 309 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    88%match
  11. 11

    🇸🇾AleppoSyria

    Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 952 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 952 chill hours · 290 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    87%match
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    🇮🇷QomQom Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 943 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 943 chill hours · 225 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, kiwifruit, lavender

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸BakersfieldCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 689 chill hours · 5.4 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 689 chill hours · 138 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, blueberry

    86%match
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    🇮🇷SarakhsRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,213 chill hours · 7.3 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,213 chill hours · 185 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    86%match
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    🇸🇾ŞūrānHama, Syria

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 679 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 679 chill hours · 346 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, garlic, lavender

    85%match
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    🇮🇶‘AnahAnbar, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 649 chill hours · 6.4 in rainZone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 649 chill hours · 162 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    84%match
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    🇮🇷Īstgāh-e Rāh Āhan-e GarmsārSemnan, Iran

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 7.7 in rainZone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 979 chill hours · 196 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    84%match
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    🇹🇲TejenAhal, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 249 frost-free days · 1,424 chill hours · 6.5 in rainZone 8a · 249 frost-free days · 1,424 chill hours · 164 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    84%match
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    🇯🇴RukbanMafraq, Jordan

    Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 948 chill hours · 3.8 in rainZone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 948 chill hours · 96 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    84%match
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    🇸🇾Al QaryataynHoms, Syria

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,158 chill hours · 4.8 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,158 chill hours · 123 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    83%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.