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Land with a climate like Goroka

🇵🇬Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

The towns with the closest growing climate to Goroka are Wamena, Indonesia (97% match), Mount Hagen and Pitalito. About 174,000 sq mi of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in San Martín Department, Peru, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Junin, Peru.The towns with the closest growing climate to Goroka are Wamena, Indonesia (97% match), Mount Hagen and Pitalito. About 451,000 km² of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in San Martín Department, Peru, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Junin, Peru.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 88 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,239 mm rain

What grows in Goroka →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇵🇪San Martín Department, Peru

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moyobamba (86), Rioja (86)

  2. 2

    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sake (86), Katwa (85)

  3. 3

    🇵🇪Junin, Peru

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Satipo (82), San Martín de Pangoa (80)

  4. 4

    🇵🇬Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

  5. 5

    🇵🇬Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bulolo (76)

  6. 6

    🇵🇬Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mount Hagen (96)

  7. 7

    🇮🇩South Sulawesi, Indonesia

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rantepao (67)

  8. 8

    🇮🇩West Sumatra, Indonesia

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

    For example Padangpanjang (90), Bukittinggi (90)

  9. 9

    🇨🇴Huila Department, Colombia

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

    For example Pitalito (92), Isnos (85)

  10. 10

    🇪🇨Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

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

    For example Zamora (84)

  11. 11

    🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

    3,000 sq mi7,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Caraguatatuba (83), Ilhabela (81)

  12. 12

    🇮🇩Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    2,700 sq mi7,000 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇮🇩WamenaHighland Papua, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,166 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇵🇬Mount HagenWestern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 105 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,679 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇴Pitalito↻Seasons flipped. Huila Department, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,708 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇩BukittinggiWest Sumatra, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 102 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,593 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    90%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇩Sungai PenuhJambi, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 94 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,381 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    87%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇩CimahiWest Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 91 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,305 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    87%match
  7. 7

    🇵🇪MoyobambaSan Martín Department, Peru

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,608 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    86%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇨ZamoraZamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,685 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    84%match
  9. 9

    🇹🇿BukobaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,686 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    84%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇼GisenyiWestern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,184 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, fig

    84%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇴Silvania↻Seasons flipped. Cundinamarca, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,744 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    84%match
  12. 12

    🇱🇰Hatton↻Seasons flipped. Central Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 117 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,984 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇨🇴Pereira↻Seasons flipped. Risaralda Department, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 93 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,359 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇧🇷CaraguatatubaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,162 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    83%match
  15. 15

    🇻🇪San Cristóbal↻Seasons flipped. Táchira, Venezuela

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 81 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,069 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    83%match
  16. 16

    🇵🇭Bontoc↻Seasons flipped. Cordillera, Philippines

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 126 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,206 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇧🇷ParatyRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,297 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    83%match
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    🇮🇩BatuEast Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 133 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,372 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops

    82%match
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    🇮🇩Sidikalang↻Seasons flipped. North Sumatra, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 107 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,727 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    82%match
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    🇮🇩Kabanjahe↻Seasons flipped. North Sumatra, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 106 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,692 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    82%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.