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Land with a climate like Damascus

🇸🇾Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Damascus are As-Suwayda, Syria (99% match), Amman and Mafraq. About 134,000 km² (52,000 sq mi) of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Homs, Syria and Aleppo, Syria.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 1,254 chill hours · 13 in (324 mm) rain

What grows in Damascus →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%DamascusClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    36k km² (14k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Visalia (91), Tulare (91)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Homs, Syria

    17k km² (6,600 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Homs (93), Tallbīsah (92)

  3. 3

    🇸🇾Aleppo, Syria

    16k km² (6,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Bāb (92), Tādif (92)

  4. 4

    🇸🇾Rif-dimashq, Syria

    9,700 km² (3,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Qārah (84)

  5. 5

    🇯🇴Karak, Jordan

    4,600 km² (1,800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example ‘Izrā (93), Karak City (93)

  6. 6

    🇯🇴Tafielah, Jordan

    2,700 km² (1,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Aţ Ţafīlah (88)

  7. 7

    🇯🇴Amman, Jordan

    2,600 km² (1,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Jubayhah (97), Khuraybat as Sūq (96)

  8. 8

    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    2,500 km² (1,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Birecik (79), Ceylanpınar (79)

  9. 9

    🇵🇸West Bank, Palestinian Territory

    2,000 km² (800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Banī Na‘īm (92), Hebron (92)

  10. 10

    🇱🇧Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

    1,300 km² (500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example El Hermel (89), Aarsâl (74)

  11. 11

    🇱🇾Al Marj, Libya

    700 km² (300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Abyār (67), Al Marj (59)

  12. 12

    🇮🇷Markazi, Iran

    600 km² (200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Sāveh (76), Māmūnīyeh (73)

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

  1. 1

    🇸🇾As-SuwaydaSuwayda, Syria

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,324 chill hours · 12 in (302 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇴AmmanJordan

    Zone 9a · 298 frost-free days · 943 chill hours · 12 in (301 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇴MafraqJordan

    Zone 9a · 295 frost-free days · 910 chill hours · 8.7 in (222 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇴‘AjlūnAjloun, Jordan

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 19 in (493 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇾HomsSyria

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,069 chill hours · 15 in (385 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops

    93%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇴‘IzrāKarak, Jordan

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,168 chill hours · 13 in (334 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇾As SalamīyahHama, Syria

    Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 1,112 chill hours · 11 in (273 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸VisaliaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 978 chill hours · 9.6 in (243 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops

    91%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇴IrbidJordan

    Zone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 600 chill hours · 17 in (427 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇾AleppoSyria

    Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 1,203 chill hours · 11 in (290 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops

    90%match
  11. 11

    🇸🇾Dayr ḨāfirAleppo, Syria

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,220 chill hours · 9.6 in (244 mm) rain

    Shares 27 of your 32 great-fit crops

    90%match
  12. 12

    🇱🇧El HermelBaalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

    Zone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 1,044 chill hours · 21 in (540 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇸🇾Al QaryataynHoms, Syria

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,386 chill hours · 4.8 in (123 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops

    88%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸SangerCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 268 frost-free days · 1,151 chill hours · 12 in (294 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops

    88%match
  15. 15

    🇸🇾ManbijAleppo, Syria

    Zone 8b · 252 frost-free days · 1,420 chill hours · 12 in (293 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 32 great-fit crops

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸MercedCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,159 chill hours · 13 in (318 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸LemooreCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,172 chill hours · 7.1 in (181 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops

    88%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸ModestoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 942 chill hours · 12 in (303 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇮🇱JerusalemIsrael

    Zone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 728 chill hours · 16 in (416 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    87%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸Los BanosCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 1,024 chill hours · 8.9 in (225 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    87%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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