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Land with a climate like Irákleion

🇬🇷Irákleion, Crete, Greece

The towns with the closest growing climate to Irákleion are Chaniá, Greece (99% match), Tétouan and Rhodes. About 125,000 sq mi of land in 15 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sicily, Italy, Andalusia, Spain and Crete, Greece.The towns with the closest growing climate to Irákleion are Chaniá, Greece (99% match), Tétouan and Rhodes. About 323,000 km² of land in 15 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sicily, Italy, Andalusia, Spain and Crete, Greece.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 109 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 109 chill hours · 544 mm rain

What grows in Irákleion →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇹Sicily, Italy

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Agrigento (94), Porto Empedocle (94)

  2. 2

    🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiclana de la Frontera (93), San Fernando (93)

  3. 3

    🇬🇷Crete, Greece

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chaniá (99)

  4. 4

    🇮🇹Sardinia, Italy

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oristano (87), Carbonia (87)

  5. 5

    🇲🇦Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tétouan (96), Martil (95)

  6. 6

    🇬🇷Attica, Greece

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Néa Mákri (92), Glyfáda (90)

  7. 7

    🇲🇦Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco

    4,400 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lalla Mimouna (89), Sidi Yahia El Gharb (88)

  8. 8

    🇬🇷South Aegean, Greece

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rhodes (94), Kos (93)

  9. 9

    🇹🇳Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mennzel Bou Zelfa (92), Beni Khalled (92)

  10. 10

    🇹🇷İzmir Province, Turkey

    2,600 sq mi6,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Çeşme (92), Seferihisar (86)

  11. 11

    🇹🇷Muğla, Turkey

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Turgutreis (93), Bodrum (90)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Aydın, Turkey

    2,400 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Didim (87), Kuşadası (86)

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

  1. 1

    🇬🇷ChaniáCrete, Greece

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 85 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 85 chill hours · 551 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇦TétouanTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 87 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 87 chill hours · 604 mm rain

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

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇷RhodesSouth Aegean, Greece

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 76 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 76 chill hours · 818 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, soybean, cotton

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇩🇿CherchellTipaza, Algeria

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 276 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 276 chill hours · 584 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, walnut

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇹SciaccaSicily, Italy

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 179 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 179 chill hours · 482 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, tea, avocado

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇲🇦TangierTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 78 chill hours · 737 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, sorghum, soybean

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇹🇷Çeşmeİzmir Province, Turkey

    Zone 9b · 319 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 319 frost-free days · 551 chill hours · 573 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, pistachio, walnut

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇳KélibiaNabeul Governorate, Tunisia

    Zone 10b · Frost 2 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10b · Frost 2 years in 10 · 94 chill hours · 516 mm rain

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

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇹VittoriaSicily, Italy

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 254 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 254 chill hours · 424 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, kiwifruit, tea

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇿AlgiersAlgeria

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 286 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 286 chill hours · 610 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, avocado

    91%match
  11. 11

    🇪🇸AlgecirasAndalusia, Spain

    Zone 10b · No frost · 50 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 50 chill hours · 710 mm rain

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

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇪🇸BarbateAndalusia, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 116 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 116 chill hours · 720 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, sorghum

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇹Termini ImereseSicily, Italy

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 155 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 155 chill hours · 475 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, avocado, sorghum

    91%match
  14. 14

    🇸🇾LatakiaSyria

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 126 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 126 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, soybean

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇪🇸MálagaAndalusia, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 231 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 231 chill hours · 507 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    90%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇷BodrumMuğla, Turkey

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 205 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 205 chill hours · 784 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, walnut, kiwifruit

    90%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇹AvolaSicily, Italy

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 166 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 166 chill hours · 459 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, cotton, tea

    90%match
  18. 18

    🇲🇦Ksar El KebirTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 228 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 228 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, avocado

    90%match
  19. 19

    🇩🇿SkikdaAlgeria

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 224 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 224 chill hours · 740 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, walnut, avocado

    90%match
  20. 20

    🇪🇸MarbellaAndalusia, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 193 chill hours · 598 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, walnut, avocado

    90%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.