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Land with a climate like Ko Samui

🇹🇭Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ko Samui are Ranot, Thailand (99% match), Yala and Nakhon Si Thammarat. About 692,000 sq mi of land in 46 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sabah, Malaysia, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ko Samui are Ranot, Thailand (99% match), Yala and Nakhon Si Thammarat. About 1.8 million km² of land in 46 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sabah, Malaysia, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Your growing climate

Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,712 mm rain

What grows in Ko Samui →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kudat (92), Keningau (90)

  2. 2

    🇮🇩Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    16k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bungku (92), Poso (91)

  3. 3

    🇮🇩Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kualakapuas (80), Palangkaraya (80)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kendari (94), Katobu (86)

  5. 5

    🇵🇭Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sitangkai (87), Bongao (87)

  6. 6

    🇵🇭Mimaropa, Philippines

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jose Rizal (93), Brookes Point (93)

  7. 7

    🇵🇭Central Visayas, Philippines

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dumaguete (87), Sibulan (87)

  8. 8

    🇻🇪Zulia, Venezuela

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Casigua El Cubo (88), Caja Seca (87)

  9. 9

    🇹🇭Surat Thani, Thailand

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Surat Thani (97), Tha Kham (95)

  10. 10

    🇱🇰Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Trincomalee (86), Eravur Town (84)

  11. 11

    🇱🇰Northern Province, Sri Lanka

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mullaittivu (87), Point Pedro (86)

  12. 12

    🇲🇾Kedah, Malaysia

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pulai (92), Changloon (92)

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

    🇹🇭RanotSongkhla, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,087 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇭YalaThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,966 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇭Nakhon Si ThammaratThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,276 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇭NarathiwatThailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 92 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,348 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇭Hat YaiSongkhla, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,879 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇭Surat ThaniThailand

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,730 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇱🇰AmbalantotaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,221 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, macadamia

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇮🇩Sengkang↻Seasons flipped. South Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,857 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇹🇭Thung SongNakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,975 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇭Lang SuanChumphon, Thailand

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,923 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇩Sanana↻Seasons flipped. North Maluku, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,934 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇩Watampone↻Seasons flipped. South Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 84 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,130 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇱🇰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 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇩Kendari↻Seasons flipped. Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,090 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇾Kota BharuKelantan, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 108 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,745 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇭SadaoSongkhla, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,931 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇧🇧BridgetownSaint Michael, Barbados

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,509 mm rain

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

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇱🇰KurunegalaNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,266 mm rain

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

    94%match
  19. 19

    🇹🇭ChumphonThailand

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,999 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇵🇭Brookes PointMimaropa, Philippines

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,656 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%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.