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Land with a climate like Catamarca

🇦🇷Catamarca, Argentina

The towns with the closest growing climate to Catamarca are Santiago del Estero, Argentina (96% match), La Rioja and Termas de Río Hondo. About 197,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Coahuila, Mexico and Santiago del Estero, Argentina.The towns with the closest growing climate to Catamarca are Santiago del Estero, Argentina (96% match), La Rioja and Termas de Río Hondo. About 511,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Limpopo, South Africa, Coahuila, Mexico and Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 387 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9b · 328 frost-free days · 387 chill hours · 448 mm rain

What grows in Catamarca →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Thabazimbi (86), Praktiseer (84)

  2. 2

    🇲🇽Coahuila, Mexico

    16k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz (88), Castaños (87)

  3. 3

    🇦🇷Santiago del Estero, Argentina

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santiago del Estero (96), Termas de Río Hondo (93)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example General Güemes (92), Rosario de la Frontera (91)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cruz del Eje (87), Villa Dolores (78)

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    🇿🇦North West, South Africa

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hammanskraal (85), Hartbeestfontein-A (84)

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    🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

    3,800 sq mi9,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example García (86), Santa Catarina (86)

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    🇲🇽San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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

    For example Cárdenas (81), Ciudad Fernández (80)

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    🇿🇦Mpumalanga, South Africa

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vaalbank (84), Siyabuswa (83)

  10. 10

    🇿🇼Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

    1,400 sq mi3,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwanda (73), Beitbridge (62)

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    🇧🇼Kgatleng, Botswana

    1,100 sq mi2,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mochudi (77)

  12. 12

    🇧🇼South-East, Botswana

    1,100 sq mi2,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ramotswa (80), Tlokweng (78)

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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    🇦🇷Santiago del EsteroArgentina

    Zone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 252 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 252 chill hours · 547 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇦🇷La RiojaArgentina

    Zone 9a · 315 frost-free days · 552 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9a · 315 frost-free days · 552 chill hours · 295 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇦🇷Termas de Río HondoSantiago del Estero, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 354 frost-free days · 227 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 354 frost-free days · 227 chill hours · 651 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇦🇷San Pedro de JujuyJujuy, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 130 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 130 chill hours · 529 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇷General GüemesSalta, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 352 frost-free days · 254 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 352 frost-free days · 254 chill hours · 425 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, wine grapes

    92%match
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    🇦🇷San José de MetánSalta, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 308 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 308 chill hours · 635 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond

    89%match
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    🇦🇷AñatuyaSantiago del Estero, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 205 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 205 chill hours · 624 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇦🇷Joaquín V. GonzálezSalta, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 128 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 128 chill hours · 492 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇦🇷San Miguel de TucumánTucuman, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 183 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 183 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇽Castaños↻Seasons flipped. Coahuila, Mexico

    Zone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 336 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 336 chill hours · 293 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    87%match
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    🇦🇷Cruz del EjeCordoba, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 461 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 461 chill hours · 475 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, wine grapes, cherry

    87%match
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    🇿🇦ThabazimbiLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 485 chill hours · 575 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇦🇷Libertador General San MartínJujuy, Argentina

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 107 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 107 chill hours · 657 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇲🇽Santa Catarina↻Seasons flipped. Nuevo León, Mexico

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 138 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 138 chill hours · 460 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    86%match
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    🇦🇷AimogastaLa Rioja, Argentina

    Zone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 709 chill hours · 9.2 in rainZone 9a · 299 frost-free days · 709 chill hours · 234 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    84%match
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    🇿🇦PraktiseerLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 122 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 26 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇿🇦SiyabuswaMpumalanga, South Africa

    Zone 10a · 356 frost-free days · 276 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · 356 frost-free days · 276 chill hours · 527 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 26 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇿🇦MarapongLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 397 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇿🇦NorthamLimpopo, South Africa

    Zone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 26 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇿🇦BritsNorth West, South Africa

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 471 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 471 chill hours · 593 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    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.