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Land with a climate like Jos

🇳🇬Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Jos are Pankshin, Nigeria (97% match), Kachia and Kafanchan. About 56,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Plateau State, Nigeria and Moxico, Angola.The towns with the closest growing climate to Jos are Pankshin, Nigeria (97% match), Kachia and Kafanchan. About 146,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Plateau State, Nigeria and Moxico, Angola.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,157 mm rain

What grows in Jos →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇳🇬Kaduna State, Nigeria

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kachia (92), Kafanchan (88)

  2. 2

    🇳🇬Plateau State, Nigeria

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pankshin (97)

  3. 3

    🇦🇴Moxico, Angola

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luau (86), Luena (78)

  4. 4

    🇨🇲Adamaoua, Cameroon

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

    For example Ngaoundéré (79), Meïganga (65)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tshilenge (78), Malemba (78)

  6. 6

    🇳🇬Adamawa, Nigeria

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ganye (70), Mubi (68)

  7. 7

    🇨🇲North, Cameroon

    1,500 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Touboro (57), Tcholliré (53)

  8. 8

    🇨🇫Ouham-Pendé, Central African Republic

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bocaranga (79), Bozoum (51)

  9. 9

    🇸🇸Western Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kafia Kingi (50)

  10. 10

    🇨🇲Far North, Cameroon

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokolo (81)

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

    🇳🇬PankshinPlateau State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,124 mm rain

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

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇬KachiaKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,322 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇬KafanchanKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,440 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    88%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇬Dutsen WaiKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,024 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 21 great-fit crops

    87%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇴Luau↻Seasons flipped. Moxico, Angola

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,230 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇨🇲MokoloFar North, Cameroon

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 848 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    81%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇬ZariaKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 989 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops

    80%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇲NgaoundéréAdamaoua, Cameroon

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,422 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    79%match
  9. 9

    🇳🇬KadunaKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,160 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops

    79%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇫BocarangaOuham-Pendé, Central African Republic

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,236 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇳🇬FuntuaKatsina State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 905 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    78%match
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    🇨🇩Tshilenge↻Seasons flipped. Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 1,264 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    78%match
  13. 13

    🇨🇩Malemba↻Seasons flipped. Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,201 mm rain

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

    78%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇴Luena↻Seasons flipped. Moxico, Angola

    Zone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 6 chill hours · 1,192 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, coffee (arabica)

    78%match
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    🇳🇬BauchiNigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 940 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    77%match
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    🇨🇩Mwene↻Seasons flipped. Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,155 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    76%match
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    🇿🇲Mongu↻Seasons flipped. Western Province, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 29 chill hours · 932 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    75%match
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    🇿🇲Zambezi↻Seasons flipped. North-Western, Zambia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 76 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 76 chill hours · 980 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇳🇬Sofo-Birnin-GwariKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,045 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 21 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇿🇲Kawambwa↻Seasons flipped. Luapula Province, Zambia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,195 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: coffee (arabica)

    73%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.