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Land with a climate like Balad

🇮🇶Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq

The towns with the closest growing climate to Balad are Baghdad, Iraq (99% match), Al Fallūjah and Aş Şuwayrah. About 265,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Anbar, Iraq, Khuzestan, Iran and Salah ad Din, Iraq.The towns with the closest growing climate to Balad are Baghdad, Iraq (99% match), Al Fallūjah and Aş Şuwayrah. About 686,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Anbar, Iraq, Khuzestan, Iran and Salah ad Din, Iraq.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 287 chill hours · 6.2 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 287 chill hours · 158 mm rain

What grows in Balad →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇶Anbar, Iraq

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Fallūjah (99), Ramadi (98)

  2. 2

    🇮🇷Khuzestan, Iran

    16k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hoveyzeh (96), Sūsangerd (94)

  3. 3

    🇮🇶Salah ad Din, Iraq

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tikrīt (97), Al-'Alam (97)

  4. 4

    🇸🇦Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Turubah (87), Baq‘ā’ (86)

  5. 5

    🇮🇶Basra, Iraq

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Qurnah (97), Al Madīnah (97)

  6. 6

    🇸🇦Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arar (87), Ţurayf (67)

  7. 7

    🇸🇦Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example ‘Uyūn al Jiwā’ (82), Al Bukayrīyah (80)

  8. 8

    🇸🇾Deir ez-Zor, Syria

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ālbū Kamāl (89), Hajīn (86)

  9. 9

    🇮🇷Kerman, Iran

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baravāt (77), Bam (77)

  10. 10

    🇰🇼Al Jahra Governorate, Kuwait

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

    For example Al Jahrā’ (82)

  11. 11

    🇮🇷Ilam Province, Iran

    2,800 sq mi7,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dehlorān (94), Darreh Shahr (77)

  12. 12

    🇰🇼Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ar Riqqah (81), Al Finţās (81)

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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    🇮🇶BaghdadIraq

    Zone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 381 chill hours · 6.3 in rainZone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 381 chill hours · 161 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇶Al FallūjahAnbar, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 409 chill hours · 5.3 in rainZone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 409 chill hours · 134 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇶Aş ŞuwayrahWasit, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 319 frost-free days · 365 chill hours · 5.5 in rainZone 9a · 319 frost-free days · 365 chill hours · 139 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇶Al ‘AmārahMaysan, Iraq

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 196 chill hours · 8.2 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 196 chill hours · 208 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇶Al-MusayabBabil, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 376 chill hours · 4.8 in rainZone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 376 chill hours · 121 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇶‘Alī al GharbīMaysan, Iraq

    Zone 9b · 336 frost-free days · 220 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 9b · 336 frost-free days · 220 chill hours · 221 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇮🇶RamadiAnbar, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 447 chill hours · 4.8 in rainZone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 447 chill hours · 123 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇮🇶HītAnbar, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 300 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 4.7 in rainZone 8b · 300 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 119 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇶Al ḨayyWasit, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 332 frost-free days · 251 chill hours · 6.0 in rainZone 9a · 332 frost-free days · 251 chill hours · 152 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇶TikrītSalah ad Din, Iraq

    Zone 9b · Frost 7 years in 10 · 119 chill hours · 7.1 in rainZone 9b · Frost 7 years in 10 · 119 chill hours · 180 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇶Al DiwaniyahAl-Qadisiyah, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 323 frost-free days · 314 chill hours · 4.6 in rainZone 9a · 323 frost-free days · 314 chill hours · 117 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇶Al-QāsimBabil, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 340 chill hours · 4.3 in rainZone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 340 chill hours · 108 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇶Al MadīnahBasra, Iraq

    Zone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 235 chill hours · 5.6 in rainZone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 235 chill hours · 143 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇶Ash SharqātSalah ad Din, Iraq

    Zone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 265 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 265 chill hours · 273 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇶MandalīDiyala, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 321 frost-free days · 321 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9a · 321 frost-free days · 321 chill hours · 271 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇮🇶Nāḩiyat al FuhūdDhi Qar, Iraq

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 199 chill hours · 4.6 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 199 chill hours · 116 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇶Al-KutWasit, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 331 frost-free days · 266 chill hours · 6.0 in rainZone 9a · 331 frost-free days · 266 chill hours · 152 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇶NasiriyahDhi Qar, Iraq

    Zone 9b · 336 frost-free days · 216 chill hours · 4.6 in rainZone 9b · 336 frost-free days · 216 chill hours · 117 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇮🇶Tāzah KhūrmātūKirkuk, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 323 frost-free days · 348 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9a · 323 frost-free days · 348 chill hours · 281 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    95%match
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    🇮🇷SūsangerdKhuzestan, Iran

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 203 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 203 chill hours · 272 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%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.