Climatch

Land with a climate like Bakersfield

🇺🇸Bakersfield, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Bakersfield are Visalia, United States (96% match), Lemoore and Coalinga. About 128,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Homs, Syria and Mafraq, Jordan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Bakersfield are Visalia, United States (96% match), Lemoore and Coalinga. About 331,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Homs, Syria and Mafraq, Jordan.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Bakersfield →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hanford (96), Visalia (96)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Homs, Syria

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Qaryatayn (91), Tadmur (90)

  3. 3

    🇯🇴Mafraq, Jordan

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rukban (90), Mafraq (88)

  4. 4

    🇮🇷Razavi Khorasan, Iran

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarakhs (86), Tāybād (84)

  5. 5

    🇮🇶Anbar, Iraq

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ar Ruţbah (85), Al Qā’im (67)

  6. 6

    🇸🇾Raqqa, Syria

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al-Tabqa (91), Ar Raqqah (86)

  7. 7

    🇸🇦Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia

    5,600 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ţurayf (87), Turaif (87)

  8. 8

    🇹🇲Ahal, Turkmenistan

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarahs (85), Tejen (80)

  9. 9

    🇸🇾Deir ez-Zor, Syria

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Deir ez-Zor (76), Al Mayādīn (74)

  10. 10

    🇱🇾Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zintan (82), Ar Rayāyinah (74)

  11. 11

    🇸🇦Al Jawf Region, Saudi Arabia

    3,100 sq mi7,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qurayyat (67)

  12. 12

    🇹🇲Mary, Turkmenistan

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mary (81), Yolöten (80)

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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    🇺🇸VisaliaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 779 chill hours · 9.6 in rainZone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 779 chill hours · 243 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸LemooreCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 945 chill hours · 7.1 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 945 chill hours · 181 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸CoalingaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 894 chill hours · 7.6 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 894 chill hours · 192 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸FresnoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 763 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 763 chill hours · 260 mm rain

    Shares 30 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇾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 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple, wine grapes

    91%match
  6. 6

    🇸🇾Al-TabqaRaqqa, Syria

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 831 chill hours · 6.2 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 831 chill hours · 157 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇾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 28 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇴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 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇾JayrūdRif-dimashq, Syria

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,222 chill hours · 6.5 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,222 chill hours · 164 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    88%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇾DūmāRif-dimashq, Syria

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,046 chill hours · 9.4 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,046 chill hours · 239 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    88%match
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    🇸🇦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 26 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    87%match
  12. 12

    🇸🇾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 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇸🇾Ar RaqqahRaqqa, Syria

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

    Shares 23 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    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 26 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    86%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇴ZarqaJordan

    Zone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 536 chill hours · 8.0 in rainZone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 536 chill hours · 203 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, avocado, pistachio

    86%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 26 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    85%match
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    🇮🇷TāybādRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 8.5 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 217 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    84%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇷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 23 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    84%match
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    🇺🇸LancasterCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 6.7 in rainZone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 169 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    83%match
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    🇯🇴Aţ ŢafīlahTafielah, Jordan

    Zone 9a · 297 frost-free days · 775 chill hours · 9.6 in rainZone 9a · 297 frost-free days · 775 chill hours · 243 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 30 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pistachio, tea

    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.