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Land with a climate like Ma'an

🇯🇴Ma'an, Ma’an, Jordan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ma'an are Rukban, Jordan (89% match), Ţurayf and Ar Ruţbah. About 93,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Al Jawf Region, Saudi Arabia, Mafraq, Jordan and Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ma'an are Rukban, Jordan (89% match), Ţurayf and Ar Ruţbah. About 242,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Al Jawf Region, Saudi Arabia, Mafraq, Jordan and Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 963 chill hours · 2.7 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 963 chill hours · 68 mm rain

What grows in Ma'an →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇸🇦Al Jawf Region, Saudi Arabia

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qurayyat (78), Ţubarjal (59)

  2. 2

    🇯🇴Mafraq, Jordan

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rukban (89), Mafraq (71)

  3. 3

    🇸🇦Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ţurayf (80), Turaif (80)

  4. 4

    🇸🇾Homs, Syria

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Qaryatayn (77), Tadmur (77)

  5. 5

    🇯🇴Ma’an, Jordan

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Qīr Moāv (68)

  6. 6

    🇮🇶Anbar, Iraq

    3,300 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ar Ruţbah (79)

  7. 7

    🇮🇱Southern District, Israel

    2,600 sq mi6,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dimona (71), ‘Ar‘ara BaNegev (66)

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    🇱🇾Nalut, Libya

    2,300 sq mi5,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nālūt (65)

  9. 9

    🇯🇴Zarqa, Jordan

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

    For example Az̧ Z̧ulayl (80), Zarqa (73)

  10. 10

    🇸🇾Suwayda, Syria

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

    For example As-Suwayda (56)

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    🇸🇾Rif-dimashq, Syria

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

    For example Jayrūd (68), Al Quţayfah (66)

  12. 12

    🇱🇾Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

    1,300 sq mi3,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mizdah (60), Zintan (59)

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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    🇯🇴RukbanMafraq, Jordan

    Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 948 chill hours · 3.8 in rainZone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 948 chill hours · 96 mm rain

    Shares 31 of your 33 great-fit crops

    89%match
  2. 2

    🇸🇦ŢurayfNorthern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 787 chill hours · 4.4 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 787 chill hours · 113 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 33 great-fit crops

    80%match
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    🇮🇶Ar RuţbahAnbar, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 842 chill hours · 4.6 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 842 chill hours · 118 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 33 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇸🇦QurayyatAl Jawf Region, Saudi Arabia

    Zone 9a · 297 frost-free days · 598 chill hours · 1.8 in rainZone 9a · 297 frost-free days · 598 chill hours · 45 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    78%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸BakersfieldCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 689 chill hours · 5.4 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 689 chill hours · 138 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    78%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 30 of your 33 great-fit crops

    77%match
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    🇸🇾Al QaryataynHoms, Syria

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,158 chill hours · 4.8 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,158 chill hours · 123 mm rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    77%match
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    🇸🇾TadmurHoms, Syria

    Zone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 863 chill hours · 4.2 in rainZone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 863 chill hours · 107 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    77%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 28 of your 33 great-fit crops

    77%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸RidgecrestCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 980 chill hours · 2.7 in rainZone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 980 chill hours · 69 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 33 great-fit crops

    75%match
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    🇮🇷ArdestānIsfahan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 263 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 5.0 in rainZone 8a · 263 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 127 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 33 great-fit crops

    75%match
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    🇮🇷IsfahanIran

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,406 chill hours · 5.9 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,406 chill hours · 149 mm rain

    Shares 30 of your 33 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇯🇴ZarqaJordan

    Zone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 536 chill hours · 8.0 in rainZone 9b · 318 frost-free days · 536 chill hours · 203 mm rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    73%match
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    🇦🇫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 25 of your 33 great-fit crops

    73%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 26 of your 33 great-fit crops

    73%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 25 of your 33 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇮🇷KermanIran

    Zone 8a · 252 frost-free days · 1,279 chill hours · 4.7 in rainZone 8a · 252 frost-free days · 1,279 chill hours · 120 mm rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    72%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 26 of your 33 great-fit crops

    71%match
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    🇺🇸LancasterCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 6.7 in rainZone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 169 mm rain

    Shares 31 of your 33 great-fit crops

    71%match
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    🇮🇱DimonaSouthern District, Israel

    Zone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 421 chill hours · 8.0 in rainZone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 421 chill hours · 202 mm rain

    Shares 30 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    71%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.