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Land with a climate like Hambantota

🇱🇰Hambantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

The towns with the closest growing climate to Hambantota are Puttalam, Sri Lanka (97% match), Ko Samui and Chilaw. About 170,000 sq mi of land in 32 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines.The towns with the closest growing climate to Hambantota are Puttalam, Sri Lanka (97% match), Ko Samui and Chilaw. About 440,000 km² of land in 32 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines.

Your growing climate

Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,151 mm rain

What grows in Hambantota →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇱🇰Northern Province, Sri Lanka

    8,300 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jaffna (91), Valvedditturai (90)

  2. 2

    🇱🇰Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Trincomalee (88), Pottuvil (87)

  3. 3

    🇵🇭Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bongao (82), Sitangkai (81)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    6,000 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luwuk (81), Bungku (76)

  5. 5

    🇮🇳Tamil Nadu, India

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalakkādu (87), Vikramasingapuram (87)

  6. 6

    🇻🇪Falcón, Venezuela

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Puerto Cumarebo (92), Tucacas (89)

  7. 7

    🇮🇩Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kendari (77), Katobu (75)

  8. 8

    🇹🇭Surat Thani, Thailand

    3,800 sq mi9,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ko Samui (95), Surat Thani (86)

  9. 9

    🇹🇭Songkhla, Thailand

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

    For example Ranot (91), Ban Mai (91)

  10. 10

    🇱🇰North Western Province, Sri Lanka

    3,300 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Puttalam (97), Chilaw (95)

  11. 11

    🇵🇭Mimaropa, Philippines

    3,300 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jose Rizal (83), Brookes Point (82)

  12. 12

    🇻🇳Khanh Hoa, Vietnam

    3,200 sq mi8,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nha Trang (90), Tu Bông (88)

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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    🇱🇰PuttalamNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,233 mm rain

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

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇭Ko SamuiSurat Thani, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,712 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, strawberry

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇱🇰ChilawNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,685 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇱🇰AnuradhapuraNorth Central Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,474 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, strawberry

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇻🇪Puerto CumareboFalcón, Venezuela

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 771 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, strawberry

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇭RanotSongkhla, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,087 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇱🇰JaffnaNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,539 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, strawberry

    91%match
  8. 8

    🇻🇳Nha TrangKhanh Hoa, Vietnam

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,157 mm rain

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

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇱🇰MullaittivuNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,667 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, strawberry

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇱🇰DambullaCentral Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,838 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, strawberry

    90%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇲KingstonJamaica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,093 mm rain

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

    90%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇧BridgetownSaint Michael, Barbados

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,509 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cacao, strawberry

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇱🇰MannarNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,234 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇪Mombasa↻Seasons flipped. Mombasa County, Kenya

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,082 mm rain

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

    88%match
  15. 15

    🇱🇰VavuniyaNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,646 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, strawberry

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇱🇰TrincomaleeEastern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,611 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇻🇳Tuy HòaDak Lak, Vietnam

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,467 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, cacao, tea

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇱🇰PottuvilEastern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,790 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    87%match
  19. 19

    🇨🇺MaisíGuantánamo Province, Cuba

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,016 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: strawberry, wheat

    87%match
  20. 20

    🇮🇳RameswaramTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    86%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.