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Land with a climate like Colombo, Sri Lanka

🇱🇰Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

The towns with the closest growing climate to Colombo, Sri Lanka are Galle, Sri Lanka (98% match), Kurunegala and Beliatta. About 937,000 sq mi of land in 43 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Jambi, Indonesia and Sabah, Malaysia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Colombo, Sri Lanka are Galle, Sri Lanka (98% match), Kurunegala and Beliatta. About 2.4 million km² of land in 43 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Jambi, Indonesia and Sabah, Malaysia.

Your growing climate

Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 103 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,623 mm rain

What grows in Colombo, Sri Lanka →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇩Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

    27k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Palangkaraya (92), Kualakapuas (90)

  2. 2

    🇮🇩Jambi, Indonesia

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jambi City (89), Simpang (88)

  3. 3

    🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kota Kinabalu (93), Papar (93)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩South Sumatra, Indonesia

    19k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Palembang (91), Indralaya (90)

  5. 5

    🇨🇴Antioquia, Colombia

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chigorodó (96), Carepa (95)

  6. 6

    🇵🇭Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pagaluñgan (92), Budta (92)

  7. 7

    🇵🇭Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mahayag (87), Molave (87)

  8. 8

    🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

    8,700 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Marudi (87), Limbang (85)

  9. 9

    🇹🇭Surat Thani, Thailand

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ko Samui (90), Surat Thani (90)

  10. 10

    🇲🇾Johor, Malaysia

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bukit Gambir (87), Tangkak (86)

  11. 11

    🇻🇪Zulia, Venezuela

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Casigua El Cubo (92), Encontrados (84)

  12. 12

    🇵🇭Western Visayas, Philippines

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Roxas City (88), Kalibo (84)

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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    🇱🇰GalleSouthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 116 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,957 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇱🇰KurunegalaNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,266 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, macadamia, strawberry

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇱🇰BeliattaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,840 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, macadamia, strawberry

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇾Kota Kuala MudaKedah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 105 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,665 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇴CimitarraSantander Department, Colombia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 98 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,501 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇲🇾Alor SetarKedah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 94 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,389 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    94%match
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    🇨🇴ApartadóAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,282 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇭SadaoSongkhla, Thailand

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

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, macadamia

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇾GerikPerak, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 97 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,467 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, macadamia

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇾Bandar BaharuKedah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 103 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,628 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇾Kota KinabaluSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 97 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,465 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    93%match
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    🇨🇴Puerto BerríoAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 98 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,499 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇮🇩Manismata↻Seasons flipped. West Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 113 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,874 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇭Lang SuanChumphon, Thailand

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

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    92%match
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    🇮🇩Manggar↻Seasons flipped. Bangka–Belitung Islands, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 99 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,516 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, macadamia

    92%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇭ChumphonThailand

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,999 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, strawberry

    92%match
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    🇹🇭TrangThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,153 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇮🇩Palangkaraya↻Seasons flipped. Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 99 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,527 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    92%match
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    🇹🇭PhuketThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 93 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,353 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    92%match
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    🇨🇴Puerto BoyacáBoyacá, Colombia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 88 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,240 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    92%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.