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Land with a climate like Chilaw

🇱🇰Chilaw, North Western Province, Sri Lanka

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chilaw are Ambalantota, Sri Lanka (97% match), Ko Samui and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. About 241,000 sq mi of land in 36 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Zulia, Venezuela, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines and Surat Thani, Thailand.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chilaw are Ambalantota, Sri Lanka (97% match), Ko Samui and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. About 623,000 km² of land in 36 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Zulia, Venezuela, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines and Surat Thani, Thailand.

Your growing climate

Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,685 mm rain

What grows in Chilaw →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇻🇪Zulia, Venezuela

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caja Seca (86), Casigua El Cubo (86)

  2. 2

    🇵🇭Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sitangkai (83), Bongao (82)

  3. 3

    🇹🇭Surat Thani, Thailand

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ko Samui (94), Surat Thani (92)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poso (81), Bungku (79)

  5. 5

    🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Keningau (84), Kinarut (82)

  6. 6

    🇮🇩East Kalimantan, Indonesia

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bontang (79), Loa Janan (78)

  7. 7

    🇱🇰Northern Province, Sri Lanka

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mullaittivu (82), Vavuniya (82)

  8. 8

    🇨🇴Antioquia, Colombia

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Turbo (86), Apartadó (86)

  9. 9

    🇮🇩Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kendari (82), Baubau (72)

  10. 10

    🇹🇭Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ron Phibun (91), Pak Phanang (91)

  11. 11

    🇹🇭Trang, Thailand

    3,900 sq mi10,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Huai Yot (89), Trang (86)

  12. 12

    🇲🇾Kedah, Malaysia

    3,600 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Changloon (87), Pokok Sena (87)

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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    🇱🇰AmbalantotaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,221 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, macadamia, strawberry

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇭Ko SamuiSurat Thani, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,712 mm rain

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

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇱🇰Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaWestern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 108 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,740 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇱🇰MataraSouthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,275 mm rain

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

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇭Surat ThaniThailand

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,730 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇳KanniyākumāriTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,354 mm rain

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

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇹🇭YalaThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,966 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    91%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇭Pak PhanangNakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,253 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    91%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇳NāgercoilTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,405 mm rain

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

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇭SadaoSongkhla, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,931 mm rain

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

    89%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇭Nakhon Si ThammaratThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,276 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    89%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇳NeyyāttinkaraKerala, India

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,699 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇹🇭Thung SongNakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,975 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇬🇵Les AbymesGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,649 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, macadamia

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇲Montego BaySaint James Parish, Jamaica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,372 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, strawberry, macadamia

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇭Hat YaiSongkhla, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,879 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇹🇭Lang SuanChumphon, Thailand

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,923 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    88%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇭NarathiwatThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 92 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,348 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    88%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇲KingstonJamaica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,093 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, strawberry, macadamia

    88%match
  20. 20

    🇱🇰AnuradhapuraNorth Central Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,474 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, fig

    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.