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Land with a climate like Khalīfān

🇮🇶Khalīfān, Erbil, Iraq

The towns with the closest growing climate to Khalīfān are Dêrelûk Devera Nihêliya, Iraq (99% match), Batifa and Qeładizê. About 30,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Şanlıurfa, Turkey, Al-Hasakah, Syria and Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.The towns with the closest growing climate to Khalīfān are Dêrelûk Devera Nihêliya, Iraq (99% match), Batifa and Qeładizê. About 79,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Şanlıurfa, Turkey, Al-Hasakah, Syria and Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 257 frost-free days · 1,296 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8a · 257 frost-free days · 1,296 chill hours · 789 mm rain

What grows in Khalīfān →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bozova (83), Viranşehir (83)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Al-Hasakah, Syria

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Mālikīyah (91), ‘Āmūdā (86)

  3. 3

    🇮🇶Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qeładizê (97), Sulaymaniyah (93)

  4. 4

    🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq

    3,600 sq mi9,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xebat (85)

  5. 5

    🇮🇶Duhok, Iraq

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dêrelûk Devera Nihêliya (99), Batifa (99)

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    🇹🇷Mardin, Turkey

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nusaybin (86), Mardin (85)

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    🇹🇷Şırnak, Turkey

    1,700 sq mi4,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Silopi (94), İdil (90)

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    🇮🇷Kermanshah Province, Iran

    1,000 sq mi2,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (78), Javānrūd (77)

  9. 9

    🇮🇷Ilam Province, Iran

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eyvān (83), Īlām (73)

  10. 10

    🇮🇷Lorestan Province, Iran

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kūhdasht (67), Khorramabad (65)

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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    🇮🇶Dêrelûk Devera NihêliyaDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 842 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇶BatifaDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,456 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,456 chill hours · 759 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, cherry

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇶QeładizêSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇶SīnahDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 983 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 983 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇷SilopiŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 838 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 838 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    94%match
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    🇮🇶SulaymaniyahIraq

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 994 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 994 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇮🇶HalabjaIraq

    Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 707 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    91%match
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    🇹🇷İdilŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,077 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,077 chill hours · 609 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇾Al QāmishlīAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 880 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 880 chill hours · 407 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, cotton, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇹🇷MidyatMardin, Turkey

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    85%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇶XebatErbil, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 789 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 789 chill hours · 511 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    85%match
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    🇮🇷EyvānIlam Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,220 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,220 chill hours · 473 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, soybean, sunflower

    83%match
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    🇹🇷KızıltepeMardin, Turkey

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,240 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,240 chill hours · 419 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, sorghum

    83%match
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    🇹🇷ViranşehirŞanlıurfa, Turkey

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,279 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,279 chill hours · 452 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, soybean

    83%match
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    🇹🇷SiirtTurkey

    Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,468 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,468 chill hours · 680 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, cherry, fig

    81%match
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    🇹🇷ŞanlıurfaTurkey

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,102 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,102 chill hours · 434 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, sunflower

    80%match
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    🇸🇾HomsSyria

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 848 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 848 chill hours · 385 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, sorghum

    80%match
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    🇹🇷AdıyamanAdıyaman Province, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,264 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,264 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, saffron

    80%match
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    🇸🇾Al ḨasakahAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 289 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, sunflower

    80%match
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    🇹🇷BatmanTurkey

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 604 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    79%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.