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Land with a climate like Loja

🇪🇨Loja, Ecuador

The towns with the closest growing climate to Loja are Gualaceo, Ecuador (97% match), Chachapoyas and Lubero. About 38,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amazonas, Peru and Cajamarca Department, Peru.The towns with the closest growing climate to Loja are Gualaceo, Ecuador (97% match), Chachapoyas and Lubero. About 99,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amazonas, Peru and Cajamarca Department, Peru.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 902 mm rain

What grows in Loja →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lubero (91), Kanyobagonga (89)

  2. 2

    🇵🇪Amazonas, Peru

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chachapoyas (94)

  3. 3

    🇵🇪Cajamarca Department, Peru

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

  4. 4

    🇵🇪San Martín Department, Peru

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

  5. 5

    🇪🇨Loja, Ecuador

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

  6. 6

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

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

    For example Kisoro (87), Rubanda (87)

  7. 7

    🇷🇼Western Province, Rwanda

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mukamira (85), Kora (84)

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    🇪🇨Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

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    🇨🇴Huila Department, Colombia

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

    For example Isnos (75)

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    🇪🇨Azuay, Ecuador

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

    For example Gualaceo (97), Cuenca (93)

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    🇨🇴Tolima Department, Colombia

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

    For example Anaime (74), Padua (59)

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    🇨🇴Nariño, Colombia

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samaniego (77), San Lorenzo (76)

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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    🇪🇨GualaceoAzuay, Ecuador

    Zone 11a · No frost · 16 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 16 chill hours · 875 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇵🇪ChachapoyasAmazonas, Peru

    Zone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 955 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    94%match
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    🇨🇩LuberoNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,316 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    91%match
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    🇨🇩KanyobagongaNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,192 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    89%match
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    🇺🇬KabaleWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 911 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    87%match
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    🇷🇼MusanzeNorthern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,231 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    86%match
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    🇪🇨AmbatoTungurahua Province, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 108 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 108 chill hours · 522 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    85%match
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    🇪🇨Ibarra↻Seasons flipped. Imbabura, Ecuador

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 702 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇨🇴Pamplona↻Seasons flipped. Norte de Santander Department, Colombia

    Zone 11a · No frost · 33 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 33 chill hours · 1,032 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, peach, blueberry

    81%match
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    🇨🇩KabareSouth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,533 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, hemp, macadamia

    79%match
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    🇧🇷Vargem Grande PaulistaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 32 chill hours · 1,399 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, soybean, coffee (arabica)

    79%match
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    🇪🇨RiobambaChimborazo Province, Ecuador

    Zone 10b · No frost · 177 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 177 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, apple, blueberry

    78%match
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    🇷🇼KiramboWestern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,140 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    76%match
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    🇨🇴San Lorenzo↻Seasons flipped. Nariño, Colombia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,658 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, hemp, macadamia

    76%match
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    🇨🇴Isnos↻Seasons flipped. Huila Department, Colombia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,833 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    75%match
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    🇧🇷MafraSanta Catarina, Brazil

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 221 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 221 chill hours · 1,403 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, blueberry, soybean

    74%match
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    🇨🇴Anaime↻Seasons flipped. Tolima Department, Colombia

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,662 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, hemp, macadamia

    74%match
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    🇷🇼NzegaSouthern Province, Rwanda

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

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, macadamia, coffee (arabica)

    74%match
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    🇧🇷São Bento do SulSanta Catarina, Brazil

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 211 chill hours · 1,540 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tea, soybean

    74%match
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    🇨🇴Chiquinquirá↻Seasons flipped. Boyacá, Colombia

    Zone 10b · No frost · 67 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 67 chill hours · 1,144 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 10 great-fit crops

    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.