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Land with a climate like Arecibo

🇵🇷Arecibo, Puerto Rico

The towns with the closest growing climate to Arecibo are Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic (98% match), Salvaleón de Higüey and Nagua. About 670,000 sq mi of land in 42 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bahia, Brazil, Bolívar, Venezuela and Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.The towns with the closest growing climate to Arecibo are Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic (98% match), Salvaleón de Higüey and Nagua. About 1.7 million km² of land in 42 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bahia, Brazil, Bolívar, Venezuela and Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Your growing climate

Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,566 mm rain

What grows in Arecibo →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alcobaça (92), Prado (92)

  2. 2

    🇻🇪Bolívar, Venezuela

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tumeremo (88), El Dorado (84)

  3. 3

    🇨🇩Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yangambi (82), Basoko (80)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luwuk (87), Toli-Toli (80)

  5. 5

    🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Keningau (89), Bandar Nabawan (87)

  6. 6

    🇲🇽Quintana Roo, Mexico

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cancún (91), Tulum (90)

  7. 7

    🇨🇩Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbandaka (82), Bolenge (82)

  8. 8

    🇲🇽Tabasco, Mexico

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jalpa de Méndez (84), Cunduacán (84)

  9. 9

    🇨🇩Mongala, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    8,100 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bumba (84), Lisala (79)

  10. 10

    🇨🇺Pinar del Río, Cuba

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Los Palacios (90), Consolación del Sur (86)

  11. 11

    🇬🇹Petén, Guatemala

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poptún (82), Flores (81)

  12. 12

    🇧🇿Cayo District, Belize

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Belmopan (93), San Ignacio (93)

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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    🇩🇴Hato Mayor del ReyHato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,499 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇩🇴Salvaleón de HigüeyLa Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,348 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇩🇴NaguaMaría Trinidad Sánchez, Dominican Republic

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,782 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇵🇷CarolinaPuerto Rico

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,646 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇭🇹JérémieGrand'Anse, Haiti

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,335 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇩🇴San Francisco de MacorísDuarte Province, Dominican Republic

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,486 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇩🇴Boca ChicaSanto Domingo Province, Dominican Republic

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,256 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇩🇴Santo DomingoNacional, Dominican Republic

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,559 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇭🇹Cap-HaïtienNord, Haiti

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,546 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇴Puerto PlataDominican Republic

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,474 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇭🇹Port-de-PaixNord-Ouest, Haiti

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,346 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇿San IgnacioCayo District, Belize

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,600 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇭🇳Dulce Nombre de CulmíOlancho Department, Honduras

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,634 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇭🇳San Pedro SulaCortés Department, Honduras

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,371 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇲Barrett TownSaint James Parish, Jamaica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,429 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    92%match
  16. 16

    🇧🇷Prado↻Seasons flipped. Bahia, Brazil

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,291 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, canola (rapeseed), barley

    92%match
  17. 17

    🇭🇳QuimistánSanta Bárbara Department, Honduras

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,215 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    91%match
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    🇵🇷GuayamaPuerto Rico

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,305 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    91%match
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    🇯🇲Ocho RiosSaint Ann Parish, Jamaica

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,637 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed)

    91%match
  20. 20

    🇲🇽CancúnQuintana Roo, Mexico

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,135 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    91%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.