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Land with a climate like El Centro

🇺🇸El Centro, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to El Centro are Indio, United States (99% match), San Luis Río Colorado and Fortuna Foothills. About 54,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Arizona, United States and Sonora, Mexico.The towns with the closest growing climate to El Centro are Indio, United States (99% match), San Luis Río Colorado and Fortuna Foothills. About 139,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Arizona, United States and Sonora, Mexico.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 312 frost-free days · 368 chill hours · 2.4 in rainZone 9a · 312 frost-free days · 368 chill hours · 62 mm rain

What grows in El Centro →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Coachella (99), Indio (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Arizona, United States

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis (99), Somerton (98)

  3. 3

    🇲🇽Sonora, Mexico

    3,300 sq mi8,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis Río Colorado (99), Puerto Peñasco (67)

  4. 4

    🇲🇽Baja California, Mexico

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

    For example San Felipe (67)

  5. 5

    🇲🇦Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moulay Ali Cherif (80), Reçani (80)

  6. 6

    🇩🇿Tindouf, Algeria

    1,600 sq mi4,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tindouf (65)

  7. 7

    🇩🇿Touggourt, Algeria

    1,300 sq mi3,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Touggourt (78), Tebesbest (78)

  8. 8

    🇹🇳Kebili Governorate, Tunisia

    1,300 sq mi3,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Douz (75), Kebili (75)

  9. 9

    🇩🇿Ouargla, Algeria

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example El Hadjira (78), Hassi Messaoud (76)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸Nevada, United States

    700 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example North Las Vegas (67), Whitney (67)

  11. 11

    🇲🇦Guelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco

    500 sq mi1,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Assa (65)

  12. 12

    🇹🇳Tozeur Governorate, Tunisia

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nefta (73), Tozeur (67)

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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    🇺🇸IndioCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 301 chill hours · 3.2 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 301 chill hours · 81 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇽San Luis Río ColoradoSonora, Mexico

    Zone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 321 chill hours · 2.8 in rainZone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 321 chill hours · 71 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Fortuna FoothillsArizona, United States

    Zone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 275 chill hours · 3.3 in rainZone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 275 chill hours · 83 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸BlytheCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 415 chill hours · 3.5 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 415 chill hours · 90 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇩🇿TouggourtAlgeria

    Zone 9a · 307 frost-free days · 439 chill hours · 2.4 in rainZone 9a · 307 frost-free days · 439 chill hours · 62 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    78%match
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    🇩🇿DjamaaEl Mghair, Algeria

    Zone 9a · 318 frost-free days · 385 chill hours · 2.6 in rainZone 9a · 318 frost-free days · 385 chill hours · 66 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    78%match
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    🇩🇿El HadjiraOuargla, Algeria

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 460 chill hours · 1.9 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 460 chill hours · 48 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    78%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇦ZagoraDrâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

    Zone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 319 chill hours · 3.0 in rainZone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 319 chill hours · 75 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    77%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸Twentynine PalmsCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 777 chill hours · 4.3 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 777 chill hours · 109 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, table and raisin grapes

    76%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇿El OuedAlgeria

    Zone 9a · 318 frost-free days · 400 chill hours · 2.2 in rainZone 9a · 318 frost-free days · 400 chill hours · 56 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    76%match
  11. 11

    🇩🇿Hassi MessaoudOuargla, Algeria

    Zone 9a · 319 frost-free days · 373 chill hours · 1.6 in rainZone 9a · 319 frost-free days · 373 chill hours · 40 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    76%match
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    🇩🇿GueraraGhardaia, Algeria

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 3.1 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 80 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    76%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇿OuarglaAlgeria

    Zone 9a · 308 frost-free days · 409 chill hours · 1.7 in rainZone 9a · 308 frost-free days · 409 chill hours · 42 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    76%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇳DouzKebili Governorate, Tunisia

    Zone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 403 chill hours · 3.4 in rainZone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 403 chill hours · 87 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    75%match
  15. 15

    🇩🇿El MeghaïerEl Mghair, Algeria

    Zone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 322 chill hours · 2.9 in rainZone 9b · 321 frost-free days · 322 chill hours · 73 mm rain

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

    75%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸Lake Havasu CityArizona, United States

    Zone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 329 chill hours · 4.9 in rainZone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 329 chill hours · 125 mm rain

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

    75%match
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    🇩🇿BécharAlgeria

    Zone 8b · 291 frost-free days · 562 chill hours · 2.8 in rainZone 8b · 291 frost-free days · 562 chill hours · 70 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, pear

    74%match
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    🇲🇦ArfoudDrâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

    Zone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 492 chill hours · 3.9 in rainZone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 492 chill hours · 98 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, table and raisin grapes

    74%match
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    🇺🇸Bullhead CityArizona, United States

    Zone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 309 chill hours · 4.2 in rainZone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 309 chill hours · 107 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    72%match
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    🇩🇿GhardaïaGhardaia, Algeria

    Zone 9a · 316 frost-free days · 419 chill hours · 2.6 in rainZone 9a · 316 frost-free days · 419 chill hours · 65 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, table and raisin grapes

    72%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.