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Land with a climate like El Cajon

🇺🇸El Cajon, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to El Cajon are Los Angeles, United States (99% match), Norco and Ladera Ranch. About 28,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Western Cape, South Africa and Baja California, Mexico.The towns with the closest growing climate to El Cajon are Los Angeles, United States (99% match), Norco and Ladera Ranch. About 71,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Western Cape, South Africa and Baja California, Mexico.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 231 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 231 chill hours · 280 mm rain

What grows in El Cajon →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lake Forest (99), Yorba Linda (99)

  2. 2

    🇿🇦Western Cape, South Africa

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vredendal (87), Moorreesburg (70)

  3. 3

    🇲🇽Baja California, Mexico

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ensenada (86), Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (86)

  4. 4

    🇲🇦Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Youssoufia (83), Echemmaia Est (82)

  5. 5

    🇲🇦Casablanca-Settat, Morocco

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example El Gara (84), Settat (82)

  6. 6

    🇲🇦Souss-Massa, Morocco

    2,300 sq mi6,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tine Biougra (82), Oulad Teïma (79)

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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    🇺🇸Los AngelesCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 108 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 108 chill hours · 356 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸NorcoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · 354 frost-free days · 332 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 10a · 354 frost-free days · 332 chill hours · 308 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Ladera RanchCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 284 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 284 chill hours · 300 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸Santa AnaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 116 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 116 chill hours · 295 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸TemeculaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 560 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 560 chill hours · 303 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    96%match
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    🇺🇸CastaicCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 549 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 549 chill hours · 338 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    90%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸Santa ClaritaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 566 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 566 chill hours · 341 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    88%match
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    🇿🇦Vredendal↻Seasons flipped. Western Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 153 chill hours · 8.1 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 153 chill hours · 206 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 28 great-fit crops

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇽EnsenadaBaja California, Mexico

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 310 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 310 chill hours · 225 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇦El GaraCasablanca-Settat, Morocco

    Zone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 429 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 429 chill hours · 352 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    84%match
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    🇲🇦YoussoufiaMarrakesh-Safi, Morocco

    Zone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 315 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 344 frost-free days · 315 chill hours · 280 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    83%match
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    🇲🇦SettatCasablanca-Settat, Morocco

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 438 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 438 chill hours · 314 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    82%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇦Ben GuerirMarrakesh-Safi, Morocco

    Zone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 398 chill hours · 9.4 in rainZone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 398 chill hours · 239 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    81%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸Santa BarbaraCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 321 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 321 chill hours · 434 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    80%match
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    🇲🇦Bou IzakarnGuelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 286 chill hours · 5.3 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 286 chill hours · 135 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry

    80%match
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    🇲🇦Oulad TeïmaSouss-Massa, Morocco

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 81 chill hours · 7.5 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 81 chill hours · 191 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    79%match
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    🇺🇸San JoseCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · 349 frost-free days · 431 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · 349 frost-free days · 431 chill hours · 386 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    76%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸OxnardCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10b · No frost · 130 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 130 chill hours · 307 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 28 great-fit crops

    76%match
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    🇲🇦TaourirtOriental, Morocco

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 257 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 257 chill hours · 220 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 28 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cherry, pecan

    75%match
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    🇲🇦Oulad BarhilSouss-Massa, Morocco

    Zone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 254 chill hours · 9.4 in rainZone 9b · 348 frost-free days · 254 chill hours · 238 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 28 great-fit crops

    75%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.