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Land with a climate like Ashgabat

🇹🇲Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ashgabat are Bäherden, Turkmenistan (99% match), Kaka and Dargaz. About 152,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Balkan, Turkmenistan, Ahal, Turkmenistan and Razavi Khorasan, Iran.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ashgabat are Bäherden, Turkmenistan (99% match), Kaka and Dargaz. About 393,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Balkan, Turkmenistan, Ahal, Turkmenistan and Razavi Khorasan, Iran.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,479 chill hours · 9.2 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,479 chill hours · 234 mm rain

What grows in Ashgabat →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇲Balkan, Turkmenistan

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gyzylarbat (97), Bereket (94)

  2. 2

    🇹🇲Ahal, Turkmenistan

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bäherden (99), Kaka (99)

  3. 3

    🇮🇷Razavi Khorasan, Iran

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dargaz (98), Sabzevar (91)

  4. 4

    🇰🇿Turkistan, Kazakhstan

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shardara (84), Zhetysay (81)

  5. 5

    🇮🇷Semnan, Iran

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dāmghān (88), Shahrud (84)

  6. 6

    🇹🇲Mary, Turkmenistan

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mary (84), Bayramaly (83)

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    🇺🇿Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example G‘uzor (85), Qarshi (84)

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    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ceylanpınar (81), Viranşehir (80)

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    🇮🇷North Khorasan, Iran

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jājarm (93), Āshkhāneh (88)

  10. 10

    🇹🇯Khatlon Province, Tajikistan

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vakhsh (91), Bokhtar (91)

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    🇺🇿Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan

    2,800 sq mi7,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sho‘rchi (88), Denov (85)

  12. 12

    🇦🇫Kunduz, Afghanistan

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Khanabad (87), Kunduz (83)

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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    🇹🇲BäherdenAhal, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,526 chill hours · 8.2 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,526 chill hours · 209 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇲KakaAhal, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,506 chill hours · 8.6 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,506 chill hours · 219 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇮🇷DargazRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,549 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,549 chill hours · 271 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇲GyzylarbatBalkan, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,725 chill hours · 6.6 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,725 chill hours · 167 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇲BereketBalkan, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,786 chill hours · 6.1 in rainZone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,786 chill hours · 154 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    94%match
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    🇮🇷JājarmNorth Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,418 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,418 chill hours · 266 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, blueberry

    93%match
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    🇮🇷EshtehārdAlborz Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,495 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,495 chill hours · 305 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, wine grapes

    92%match
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    🇮🇷KarajAlborz Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 256 frost-free days · 1,590 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8a · 256 frost-free days · 1,590 chill hours · 279 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, blueberry, wine grapes

    91%match
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    🇮🇷SabzevarRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 252 frost-free days · 1,280 chill hours · 8.4 in rainZone 8a · 252 frost-free days · 1,280 chill hours · 213 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, blueberry

    91%match
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    🇹🇯BokhtarKhatlon Province, Tajikistan

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,295 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,295 chill hours · 278 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig, cherry

    91%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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇹🇲JebelBalkan, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 5.4 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 137 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇹🇲MagtymgulyBalkan, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,314 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,314 chill hours · 260 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, olive, fig

    90%match
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    🇹🇲BalkanabatBalkan, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,467 chill hours · 5.5 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,467 chill hours · 140 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    90%match
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    🇮🇷TehranIran

    Zone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 1,133 chill hours · 9.7 in rainZone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 1,133 chill hours · 247 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, cherry

    89%match
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    🇮🇷SāvehMarkazi, Iran

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 270 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    89%match
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    🇦🇫Ārt KhwājahTakhar, Afghanistan

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,493 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,493 chill hours · 381 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇮🇷DāmghānSemnan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 253 frost-free days · 1,409 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 8a · 253 frost-free days · 1,409 chill hours · 225 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, blueberry

    88%match
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    🇮🇷ĀshkhānehNorth Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,482 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,482 chill hours · 306 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, wine grapes, blueberry

    88%match
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    🇹🇯KhujandSughd, Tajikistan

    Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,954 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,954 chill hours · 227 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, wine grapes

    86%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.