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Land with a climate like Joal

🇸🇳Joal, Thies, Senegal

The towns with the closest growing climate to Joal are Tivaouane, Senegal (98% match), Serekunda and Rufisque. About 29,000 sq mi of land in 2 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Thies, Senegal, Western, Gambia and Ziguinchor, Senegal.The towns with the closest growing climate to Joal are Tivaouane, Senegal (98% match), Serekunda and Rufisque. About 75,000 km² of land in 2 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Thies, Senegal, Western, Gambia and Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 578 mm rain

What grows in Joal →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇸🇳Thies, Senegal

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tivaouane (98), Dougnane (98)

  2. 2

    🇬🇲Western, Gambia

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

    For example Tanji (99), Brufut (98)

  3. 3

    🇸🇳Ziguinchor, Senegal

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bignona (88), Ziguinchor (86)

  4. 4

    🇸🇳Kaolack, Senegal

    2,900 sq mi7,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nioro du Rip (92), Kahone (90)

  5. 5

    🇬🇲Lower River, Gambia

    1,200 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soma (88)

  6. 6

    🇬🇲North Bank, Gambia

    1,200 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lamin (96), Farafenni (89)

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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    🇸🇳TivaouaneThies, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 469 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇲SerekundaBanjul, Gambia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 834 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane, avocado

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇸🇳RufisqueDakar, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 428 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇲Nema KunkuWestern, Gambia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 827 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    91%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇳KaolackSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 545 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    89%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇲FarafenniNorth Bank, Gambia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇸🇳Saint-LouisSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 277 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    89%match
  8. 8

    🇸🇳DiourbelDiourbel Region, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 470 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇳SédhiouSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 987 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇳ZiguinchorSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,185 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    86%match
  11. 11

    🇸🇳LougaSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 363 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    86%match
  12. 12

    🇸🇳KaffrineSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 542 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇸🇳ToubaDiourbel Region, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 439 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    84%match
  14. 14

    🇸🇳KoungheulKaffrine, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 605 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    74%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇳MāndviGujarat, India

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 555 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    74%match
  16. 16

    🇸🇳KoldaSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 865 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    73%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇳JamnagarGujarat, India

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 710 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    67%match
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    🇮🇳UnaGujarat, India

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 814 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    67%match
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    🇮🇳KhambhāliyaGujarat, India

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 719 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    67%match
  20. 20

    🇮🇳KeshodGujarat, India

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,015 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    66%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.