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Land with a climate like Erbil

🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq

The towns with the closest growing climate to Erbil are Derbendîxan, Iraq (99% match), Mosul and Jamjamāl. About 116,000 km² (45,000 sq mi) of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nineveh, Iraq, Al-Hasakah, Syria and Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,038 chill hours · 21 in (534 mm) rain

What grows in Erbil →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%ErbilClosest

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

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    🇮🇶Nineveh, Iraq

    19k km² (7,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Tallkayf (99), Mosul (99)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Al-Hasakah, Syria

    14k km² (5,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Qāmishlī (95), Al Mālikīyah (95)

  3. 3

    🇮🇶Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

    11k km² (4,400 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Derbendîxan (99), Jamjamāl (99)

  4. 4

    🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq

    11k km² (4,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

  5. 5

    🇮🇷Ilam Province, Iran

    9,100 km² (3,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ābdānān (89), Darreh Shahr (89)

  6. 6

    🇮🇷Khuzestan, Iran

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

    For example Īz̄eh (65), Andīmeshk (64)

  7. 7

    🇸🇾Deir ez-Zor, Syria

    4,400 km² (1,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Mayādīn (70), Deir ez-Zor (68)

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    🇮🇷Lorestan Province, Iran

    3,900 km² (1,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Poldokhtar (90), Khorramabad (79)

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    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    3,100 km² (1,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Akçakale (80), Şanlıurfa (76)

  10. 10

    🇹🇷Şırnak, Turkey

    3,100 km² (1,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Silopi (95), Cizre (92)

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    🇸🇾Raqqa, Syria

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

    For example Ar Raqqah (68), Al-Tabqa (67)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Mardin, Turkey

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

    For example Nusaybin (95), Kızıltepe (71)

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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    🇮🇶DerbendîxanSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 819 chill hours · 23 in (577 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇶MosulNineveh, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 770 chill hours · 18 in (447 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇶JamjamālSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 999 chill hours · 21 in (537 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇶DihokDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 1,182 chill hours · 29 in (745 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, olive

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇶SulaymaniyahIraq

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,273 chill hours · 28 in (712 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    97%match
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    🇮🇷Sarpol-e Z̄ahābKermanshah Province, Iran

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 797 chill hours · 18 in (463 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    97%match
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    🇸🇾Al QāmishlīAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,129 chill hours · 16 in (407 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇮🇶QeładizêSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,361 chill hours · 28 in (709 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇶SinjārNineveh, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 885 chill hours · 15 in (393 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇷CizreŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 959 chill hours · 25 in (625 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    92%match
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    🇮🇷PoldokhtarLorestan Province, Iran

    Zone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 17 in (432 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇮🇶KirkukIraq

    Zone 9a · 315 frost-free days · 591 chill hours · 14 in (348 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    88%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇶KelarSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 319 frost-free days · 501 chill hours · 13 in (336 mm) rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    84%match
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    🇸🇾Al ḨasakahAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,371 chill hours · 11 in (289 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, blueberry, garlic

    81%match
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    🇮🇶ShelādizDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 33 in (836 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, cherry, garlic

    81%match
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    🇹🇷AkçakaleŞanlıurfa, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,283 chill hours · 12 in (309 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    80%match
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    🇮🇷KhorramabadLorestan Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 991 chill hours · 19 in (471 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, olive

    79%match
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    🇹🇷ŞanlıurfaTurkey

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,365 chill hours · 17 in (434 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, olive

    76%match
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    🇸🇾ḨamāhHama, Syria

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 829 chill hours · 13 in (342 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, olive, blueberry

    75%match
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    🇦🇫BaghlānBaghlan, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 249 frost-free days · 1,694 chill hours · 11 in (274 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 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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