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Land with a climate like Kandahār

🇦🇫Kandahār, Kandahar, Afghanistan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kandahār are Gereshk, Afghanistan (99% match), Chaman and Ferdows. About 139,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in South Khorasan Province, Iran, Yazd Province, Iran and Helmand, Afghanistan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kandahār are Gereshk, Afghanistan (99% match), Chaman and Ferdows. About 359,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in South Khorasan Province, Iran, Yazd Province, Iran and Helmand, Afghanistan.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 254 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 6.1 in rainZone 8a · 254 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 156 mm rain

What grows in Kandahār →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇮🇷South Khorasan Province, Iran

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ferdows (92), Boshrūyeh (86)

  2. 2

    🇮🇷Yazd Province, Iran

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mahrīz (88), Abarkūh (88)

  3. 3

    🇦🇫Helmand, Afghanistan

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gereshk (99), Lashkar Gāh (98)

  4. 4

    🇮🇷Kerman, Iran

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Anār (91), Rafsanjān (87)

  5. 5

    🇦🇫Herat, Afghanistan

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shīnḏanḏ (90), Kushk (90)

  6. 6

    🇵🇰Balochistan, Pakistan

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chaman (92), Pishin (57)

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    🇦🇫Kandahar, Afghanistan

    4,800 sq mi13k 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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    🇦🇫GereshkHelmand, Afghanistan

    Zone 8a · 254 frost-free days · 1,161 chill hours · 4.3 in rainZone 8a · 254 frost-free days · 1,161 chill hours · 108 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇵🇰ChamanBalochistan, Pakistan

    Zone 8a · 261 frost-free days · 936 chill hours · 6.9 in rainZone 8a · 261 frost-free days · 936 chill hours · 175 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    92%match
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    🇮🇷FerdowsSouth Khorasan Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 261 frost-free days · 1,146 chill hours · 6.1 in rainZone 8a · 261 frost-free days · 1,146 chill hours · 155 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    92%match
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    🇮🇷AnārKerman, Iran

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,125 chill hours · 4.8 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,125 chill hours · 121 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    91%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇫ShīnḏanḏHerat, Afghanistan

    Zone 7b · 235 frost-free days · 1,548 chill hours · 5.4 in rainZone 7b · 235 frost-free days · 1,548 chill hours · 137 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    90%match
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    🇮🇷AbarkūhYazd Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,292 chill hours · 5.7 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,292 chill hours · 146 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    88%match
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    🇮🇷GonābādRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 264 frost-free days · 1,100 chill hours · 7.2 in rainZone 8a · 264 frost-free days · 1,100 chill hours · 183 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, blueberry

    87%match
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    🇮🇷RafsanjānKerman, Iran

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 5.2 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 131 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, lavender, saffron

    87%match
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    🇮🇷BoshrūyehSouth Khorasan Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 275 frost-free days · 874 chill hours · 5.1 in rainZone 8a · 275 frost-free days · 874 chill hours · 130 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    86%match
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    🇮🇷BāfqYazd Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 4.1 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 104 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    85%match
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    🇮🇷KherāmehFars, Iran

    Zone 8b · 240 frost-free days · 1,168 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 8b · 240 frost-free days · 1,168 chill hours · 226 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    85%match
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    🇮🇷RāvarKerman, Iran

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 886 chill hours · 3.9 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 886 chill hours · 100 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, blueberry

    84%match
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    🇮🇷YazdYazd Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 265 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 4.1 in rainZone 8a · 265 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 103 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇮🇷BīrjandSouth Khorasan Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,430 chill hours · 5.9 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,430 chill hours · 150 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    84%match
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    🇮🇷ZarandKerman, Iran

    Zone 8a · 249 frost-free days · 1,335 chill hours · 4.1 in rainZone 8a · 249 frost-free days · 1,335 chill hours · 105 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    84%match
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    🇮🇷ZahedanSistan and Baluchestan, Iran

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 896 chill hours · 3.3 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 896 chill hours · 83 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, lavender

    84%match
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    🇮🇷ArsanjānFars, Iran

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,234 chill hours · 7.7 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,234 chill hours · 196 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    83%match
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    🇮🇷BardaskanRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 266 frost-free days · 1,064 chill hours · 7.2 in rainZone 8a · 266 frost-free days · 1,064 chill hours · 182 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, blueberry, garlic

    83%match
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    🇮🇷NeyrīzFars, Iran

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,119 chill hours · 256 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    83%match
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    🇮🇷Nā’īnIsfahan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 248 frost-free days · 1,338 chill hours · 4.2 in rainZone 8a · 248 frost-free days · 1,338 chill hours · 106 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    83%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.