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Land with a climate like Matam

🇸🇳Matam, Senegal

The towns with the closest growing climate to Matam are Nioro, Mali (94% match), Sélibaby and Elghabra. About 271,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Assaba, Mauritania, Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania and Tillabéri Region, Niger.The towns with the closest growing climate to Matam are Nioro, Mali (94% match), Sélibaby and Elghabra. About 702,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Assaba, Mauritania, Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania and Tillabéri Region, Niger.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 314 mm rain

What grows in Matam →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇷Assaba, Mauritania

    18k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elghabra (93), El ’Ayoûn (93)

  2. 2

    🇲🇷Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tembedgha (84), Bougadoum (83)

  3. 3

    🇳🇪Tillabéri Region, Niger

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ayorou (84), Filingué (82)

  4. 4

    🇲🇱Kayes, Mali

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nioro (94), Kayes (84)

  5. 5

    🇸🇩White Nile, Sudan

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Jazeera Aba (83), Kosti (83)

  6. 6

    🇹🇩Batha, Chad

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Umm Hājar (85), Ati (75)

  7. 7

    🇲🇷Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ṭinṭâne (89), Ayoun El Atrous (84)

  8. 8

    🇳🇪Diffa, Niger

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Diffa (84), Maïné Soroa (80)

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    🇸🇳Matam, Senegal

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇹🇩Barh el Gazel, Chad

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moussoro (84)

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    🇲🇱Gao, Mali

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example I-n-Tillit (85), Gao (76)

  12. 12

    🇲🇱Mopti, Mali

    6,400 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Douentza (82), Koro (71)

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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    🇲🇱NioroKayes, Mali

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 383 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇲🇷SélibabyGuidimaka, Mauritania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 401 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇲🇷ElghabraAssaba, Mauritania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.1 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 181 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇷El ’AyoûnAssaba, Mauritania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 337 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇷BoguéBrakna, Mauritania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.1 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 206 mm rain

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

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇸🇳NdioumSaint-Louis, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 221 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇲🇷AlegBrakna, Mauritania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 6.7 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 171 mm rain

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

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇷KiffaAssaba, Mauritania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.8 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 198 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇲🇷ṬinṭâneHodh El Gharbi, Mauritania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 226 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    89%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇳LinguèreLouga, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 363 mm rain

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

    89%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇩MaoKanem, Chad

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 6.7 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 169 mm rain

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

    87%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇩MassakoryHadjer-Lamis, Chad

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 296 mm rain

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

    87%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇱NaraKoulikoro, Mali

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 290 mm rain

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

    86%match
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    🇹🇩Umm HājarBatha, Chad

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 329 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇸🇩Wad MedaniAl Jazirah, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.3 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 237 mm rain

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

    85%match
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    🇲🇱I-n-TillitGao, Mali

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 222 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇳🇪DiffaNiger

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.0 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 229 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, wheat

    84%match
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    🇲🇷TembedghaHodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.7 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 247 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇲🇷Ayoun El AtrousHodh El Gharbi, Mauritania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.7 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 196 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇳🇪AyorouTillabéri Region, Niger

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 276 mm rain

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

    84%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.