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Land with a climate like Kataragama

🇱🇰Kataragama, Uva Province, Sri Lanka

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kataragama are Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (95% match), Dambulla and Mannar. About 37,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and Lamu, Kenya.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kataragama are Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (95% match), Dambulla and Mannar. About 95,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and Lamu, Kenya.

Your growing climate

Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,271 mm rain

What grows in Kataragama →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇱🇰Northern Province, Sri Lanka

    8,300 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mannar (93), Vavuniya (92)

  2. 2

    🇱🇰Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalmunai (91), Ampara (89)

  3. 3

    🇰🇪Lamu, Kenya

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lamu (87)

  4. 4

    🇱🇰Uva Province, Sri Lanka

    2,700 sq mi6,900 km² matching 80% or better

  5. 5

    🇰🇪Kilifi County, Kenya

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kilifi (91), Mtwapa (87)

  6. 6

    🇹🇭Surat Thani, Thailand

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

    For example Ko Samui (81), Surat Thani (58)

  7. 7

    🇰🇪Kwale County, Kenya

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ukunda (87), Matuga (82)

  8. 8

    🇮🇩Aceh, Indonesia

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sigli (83), Reuleuet (81)

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    🇮🇳Tamil Nadu, India

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rameswaram (84), Pāmban (81)

  10. 10

    🇧🇷Sergipe, Brazil

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Barra dos Coqueiros (84), Aracaju (83)

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    🇧🇷Alagoas, Brazil

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piaçabuçu (77), Penedo (77)

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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    🇱🇰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 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    95%match
  2. 2

    🇱🇰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 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇱🇰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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇱🇰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 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇱🇰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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇱🇰KalmunaiEastern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,013 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇱🇰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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    88%match
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    🇰🇪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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇰🇪Lamu↻Seasons flipped. Kenya

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 955 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇱🇰Eravur TownEastern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,963 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    86%match
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    🇱🇰VakaraiEastern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,758 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao

    85%match
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    🇱🇰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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    85%match
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    🇱🇰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 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao

    84%match
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    🇮🇳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 18 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇮🇩SigliAceh, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,817 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    83%match
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    🇧🇷Aracaju↻Seasons flipped. Sergipe, Brazil

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,541 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cacao

    83%match
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    🇰🇪Matuga↻Seasons flipped. Kwale County, Kenya

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,190 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    82%match
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    🇮🇩ReuleuetAceh, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,777 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    81%match
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    🇹🇭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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    81%match
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    🇱🇰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 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    80%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.