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Land with a climate like Baalbek

🇱🇧Baalbek, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

The towns with the closest growing climate to Baalbek are Al Qunayţirah, Syria (94% match), Gaziantep and As-Suwayda. About 18,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Rif-dimashq, Syria and Gaziantep, Turkey.The towns with the closest growing climate to Baalbek are Al Qunayţirah, Syria (94% match), Gaziantep and As-Suwayda. About 47,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Rif-dimashq, Syria and Gaziantep, Turkey.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 234 frost-free days · 1,462 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 234 frost-free days · 1,462 chill hours · 578 mm rain

What grows in Baalbek →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example El Dorado Hills (82), Oakdale (82)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Rif-dimashq, Syria

    2,200 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

  3. 3

    🇹🇷Gaziantep, Turkey

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

    For example Gaziantep (86), Nizip (74)

  4. 4

    🇱🇧Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

    1,000 sq mi2,600 km² matching 80% or better

  5. 5

    🇸🇾Suwayda, Syria

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example As-Suwayda (86)

  6. 6

    🇸🇾Homs, Syria

    700 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Homs (77), Tallbīsah (74)

  7. 7

    🇮🇷Kermanshah Province, Iran

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eslāmābād-e Gharb (84), Şaḩneh (79)

  8. 8

    🇹🇷Adıyaman Province, Turkey

    500 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Besni (80), Gölbaşı (79)

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    🇱🇧Nabatieh, Lebanon

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇱🇧Mount Lebanon, Lebanon

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

  11. 11

    🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soran (64), Shaqlāwah (64)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Kilis, Turkey

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kilis (82)

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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    🇸🇾Al QunayţirahQuneitra, Syria

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,032 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,032 chill hours · 727 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, potato, kiwifruit

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇷GaziantepTurkey

    Zone 8a · 229 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8a · 229 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 506 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops

    86%match
  3. 3

    🇸🇾As-SuwaydaSuwayda, Syria

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,111 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,111 chill hours · 302 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, maize (corn), soybean

    86%match
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    🇮🇷Eslāmābād-e GharbKermanshah Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,656 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,656 chill hours · 521 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    84%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇷PazarcıkKahramanmaraş, Turkey

    Zone 8a · 229 frost-free days · 1,681 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8a · 229 frost-free days · 1,681 chill hours · 537 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    84%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇷KilisTurkey

    Zone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,360 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,360 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, maize (corn), soybean

    82%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸MercedCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 933 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 933 chill hours · 318 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tomato

    81%match
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    🇺🇸VacavilleCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 800 chill hours · 596 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, citrus, hops

    81%match
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    🇹🇷BesniAdıyaman Province, Turkey

    Zone 8a · 229 frost-free days · 1,772 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8a · 229 frost-free days · 1,772 chill hours · 522 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    80%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇷ŞırnakTurkey

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,686 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,686 chill hours · 734 mm rain

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

    79%match
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    🇮🇷MahābādWest Azerbaijan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,092 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,092 chill hours · 461 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, tomato, sunflower

    79%match
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    🇮🇷MarīvānKurdistan Province, Iran

    Zone 7b · 215 frost-free days · 1,989 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 7b · 215 frost-free days · 1,989 chill hours · 837 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇺🇸LodiCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 894 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 894 chill hours · 455 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, potato, hemp

    79%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇴ṢuwayliḥBalqa, Jordan

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 929 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 929 chill hours · 386 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn), tomato, sunflower

    79%match
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    🇺🇸ChicoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,013 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,013 chill hours · 610 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, hops

    78%match
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    🇺🇸StocktonCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 774 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 774 chill hours · 359 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, hemp, citrus

    78%match
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    🇮🇷KermanshahKermanshah Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,644 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,644 chill hours · 494 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tomato

    78%match
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    🇺🇸WoodlandCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 814 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 814 chill hours · 470 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, citrus

    77%match
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    🇹🇷MardinTurkey

    Zone 8a · 231 frost-free days · 1,662 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8a · 231 frost-free days · 1,662 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops

    77%match
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    🇺🇸SacramentoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 682 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 682 chill hours · 454 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, potato, citrus

    77%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.