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Land with a climate like Balkh

🇦🇫Balkh, Afghanistan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Balkh are Shibirghān, Afghanistan (99% match), Qarqīn and Sarakhs. About 149,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mary, Turkmenistan, Lebap, Turkmenistan and Ahal, Turkmenistan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Balkh are Shibirghān, Afghanistan (99% match), Qarqīn and Sarakhs. About 385,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Mary, Turkmenistan, Lebap, Turkmenistan and Ahal, Turkmenistan.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,537 chill hours · 6.6 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,537 chill hours · 168 mm rain

What grows in Balkh →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇲Mary, Turkmenistan

    16k sq mi41k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yolöten (97), Bayramaly (96)

  2. 2

    🇹🇲Lebap, Turkmenistan

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Magdanly (96), Kerki (93)

  3. 3

    🇹🇲Ahal, Turkmenistan

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarahs (97), Tejen (95)

  4. 4

    🇺🇿Bukhara, Uzbekistan

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kogon Shahri (87), Bukhara (86)

  5. 5

    🇺🇿Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beshkent (93), Qarshi (91)

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    🇦🇫Faryab, Afghanistan

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Andkhoy (95), Maymana (71)

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    🇦🇫Herat, Afghanistan

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Herāt (89), Eslam Qaleh (84)

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    🇮🇷Razavi Khorasan, Iran

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarakhs (97), Tāybād (80)

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    🇦🇫Balkh, Afghanistan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇺🇿Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sho‘rchi (89), Denov (80)

  11. 11

    🇸🇾Homs, Syria

    3,200 sq mi8,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tadmur (77), Al Qaryatayn (76)

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    🇸🇾Raqqa, Syria

    2,700 sq mi6,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al-Tabqa (76), Ar Raqqah (76)

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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    🇦🇫ShibirghānJowzjan, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 238 frost-free days · 1,604 chill hours · 8.3 in rainZone 7b · 238 frost-free days · 1,604 chill hours · 210 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇦🇫QarqīnJowzjan, Afghanistan

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,336 chill hours · 6.5 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,336 chill hours · 164 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, olive, fig

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇷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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, kiwifruit

    97%match
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    🇦🇫QarāwulKunduz, Afghanistan

    Zone 8a · 256 frost-free days · 1,417 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 8a · 256 frost-free days · 1,417 chill hours · 222 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇲MaryTurkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,499 chill hours · 5.8 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,499 chill hours · 147 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇦🇫Sar-e PulSar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 230 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 9.0 in rainZone 7b · 230 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 229 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇹🇲MagdanlyLebap, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,496 chill hours · 7.9 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,496 chill hours · 201 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇹🇯ZarhalolKhatlon Province, Tajikistan

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,499 chill hours · 7.3 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,499 chill hours · 186 mm rain

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

    95%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 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇦🇫AndkhoyFaryab, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 234 frost-free days · 1,666 chill hours · 8.6 in rainZone 7b · 234 frost-free days · 1,666 chill hours · 218 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇦🇫KunduzAfghanistan

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,463 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,463 chill hours · 272 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇹🇯KolkhozobodKhatlon Province, Tajikistan

    Zone 8a · 256 frost-free days · 1,370 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 8a · 256 frost-free days · 1,370 chill hours · 222 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, olive

    93%match
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    🇹🇲KerkiLebap, Turkmenistan

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,616 chill hours · 6.3 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,616 chill hours · 161 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%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 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇺🇿QarshiQashqadaryo, Uzbekistan

    Zone 8a · 234 frost-free days · 1,705 chill hours · 7.2 in rainZone 8a · 234 frost-free days · 1,705 chill hours · 183 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, wine grapes, kiwifruit

    91%match
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    🇦🇫HerātHerat, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 234 frost-free days · 1,632 chill hours · 9.3 in rainZone 7b · 234 frost-free days · 1,632 chill hours · 236 mm rain

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

    89%match
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    🇦🇫AībakSamangan, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 230 frost-free days · 1,986 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 7b · 230 frost-free days · 1,986 chill hours · 255 mm rain

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

    89%match
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    🇺🇿Sho‘rchiSurxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan

    Zone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 1,391 chill hours · 9.8 in rainZone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 1,391 chill hours · 250 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, olive, cherry

    89%match
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    🇺🇿MuborakQashqadaryo, Uzbekistan

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 1,898 chill hours · 6.1 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 1,898 chill hours · 155 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇹🇲SaýatLebap, Turkmenistan

    Zone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 5.2 in rainZone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 133 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, wine grapes

    88%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.