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Land with a climate like Baḥarkah

🇮🇶Baḥarkah, Erbil, Iraq

The towns with the closest growing climate to Baḥarkah are Tallkayf, Iraq (99% match), Dihok and Halabja. About 43,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nineveh, Iraq, Al-Hasakah, Syria and Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.The towns with the closest growing climate to Baḥarkah are Tallkayf, Iraq (99% match), Dihok and Halabja. About 113,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nineveh, Iraq, Al-Hasakah, Syria and Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 893 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 893 chill hours · 606 mm rain

What grows in Baḥarkah →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇶Nineveh, Iraq

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tallkayf (99), Mosul (96)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Al-Hasakah, Syria

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Mālikīyah (96), Al Qāmishlī (95)

  3. 3

    🇮🇶Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Derbendîxan (99), Sulaymaniyah (98)

  4. 4

    🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

  5. 5

    🇮🇷Ilam Province, Iran

    3,000 sq mi7,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ābdānān (88), Darreh Shahr (87)

  6. 6

    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    2,900 sq mi7,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akçakale (81), Ceylanpınar (79)

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    🇮🇷Khuzestan, Iran

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Īz̄eh (61), Andīmeshk (55)

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    🇮🇷Lorestan Province, Iran

    1,800 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poldokhtar (89), Khorramabad (82)

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    🇹🇷Şırnak, Turkey

    1,400 sq mi3,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Silopi (97), Cizre (93)

  10. 10

    🇸🇾Deir ez-Zor, Syria

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Mayādīn (61), Deir ez-Zor (61)

  11. 11

    🇸🇾Raqqa, Syria

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ar Raqqah (63), Al-Tabqa (63)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Mardin, Turkey

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nusaybin (95), Kızıltepe (79)

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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    🇮🇶TallkayfNineveh, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 284 frost-free days · 659 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 284 frost-free days · 659 chill hours · 538 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇶DihokDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 913 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 913 chill hours · 745 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇶HalabjaIraq

    Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 707 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇶SulaymaniyahIraq

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 994 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 994 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇶QeładizêSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇹🇷SilopiŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 838 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 838 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    97%match
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    🇮🇶JamjamālSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 785 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 785 chill hours · 537 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇮🇷Sarpol-e Z̄ahābKermanshah Province, Iran

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 463 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, maize (corn), soybean

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇾Al QāmishlīAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 880 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 880 chill hours · 407 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, cotton, sorghum

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇷PoldokhtarLorestan Province, Iran

    Zone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 556 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 556 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, soybean, maize (corn)

    89%match
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    🇮🇶ShelādizDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,361 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,361 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic, cherry

    87%match
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    🇮🇶SinjārNineveh, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 674 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 674 chill hours · 393 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, soybean, maize (corn)

    87%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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, sunflower

    84%match
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    🇹🇷İdilŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,077 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,077 chill hours · 609 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    84%match
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    🇮🇷KhorramabadLorestan Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 790 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 790 chill hours · 471 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, sunflower

    82%match
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    🇹🇷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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, cotton

    81%match
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    🇮🇶KirkukIraq

    Zone 9a · 315 frost-free days · 418 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9a · 315 frost-free days · 418 chill hours · 348 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, sorghum

    79%match
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    🇹🇷KızıltepeMardin, Turkey

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,240 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,240 chill hours · 419 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, sorghum

    79%match
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    🇹🇷CeylanpınarŞanlıurfa, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,092 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,092 chill hours · 322 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, sorghum

    79%match
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    🇦🇫BaghlānBaghlan, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 249 frost-free days · 1,420 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 7b · 249 frost-free days · 1,420 chill hours · 274 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, maize (corn), soybean

    78%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.