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Land with a climate like Matara

🇱🇰Matara, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

The towns with the closest growing climate to Matara are Bentota, Sri Lanka (99% match), Colombo and Kurunegala. About 1.4 million sq mi of land in 56 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sabah, Malaysia, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and Jambi, Indonesia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Matara are Bentota, Sri Lanka (99% match), Colombo and Kurunegala. About 3.7 million km² of land in 56 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sabah, Malaysia, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and Jambi, Indonesia.

Your growing climate

Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,275 mm rain

What grows in Matara →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Papar (97), Kinarut (97)

  2. 2

    🇮🇩Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

    27k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pangkalanbuun (92), Kualakapuas (92)

  3. 3

    🇮🇩Jambi, Indonesia

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Simpang (91), Mendaha (89)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩South Sumatra, Indonesia

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Palembang (92), Indralaya (92)

  5. 5

    🇨🇴Antioquia, Colombia

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Carepa (97), Apartadó (97)

  6. 6

    🇧🇷Amazonas, Brazil

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Presidente Figueiredo (83), Novo Airão (82)

  7. 7

    🇵🇭Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pagaluñgan (90), Budta (90)

  8. 8

    🇵🇭Mimaropa, Philippines

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mapun (92), Jose Rizal (88)

  9. 9

    🇵🇭Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ipil (88), Dipolog (88)

  10. 10

    🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Marudi (89), Miri (89)

  11. 11

    🇲🇾Johor, Malaysia

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kampung Minyak Beku (88), Bukit Gambir (87)

  12. 12

    🇳🇮South Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nueva Guinea (84), Rama (84)

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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    🇱🇰BentotaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 129 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,270 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇱🇰ColomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 103 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,623 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇱🇰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: strawberry

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇨🇴ApartadóAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,282 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇩Manggar↻Seasons flipped. Bangka–Belitung Islands, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 99 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,516 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇩Polewali↻Seasons flipped. West Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,041 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇾Kota Kuala MudaKedah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 105 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,665 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇾Kota KinabaluSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 97 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,465 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇻🇨KingstownSaint George Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,205 mm rain

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

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇩Poso↻Seasons flipped. Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 98 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,487 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇭ChumphonThailand

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

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

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇩Tanjung Pandan↻Seasons flipped. Bangka–Belitung Islands, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 111 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,821 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇲🇾Kuala PenyuSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 122 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,110 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇹ScarboroughTobago, Trinidad and Tobago

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

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

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇩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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇲🇾GerikPerak, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 97 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,467 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇩Cilacap↻Seasons flipped. Central Java, Indonesia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 107 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,708 mm rain

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

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇩Manismata↻Seasons flipped. West Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 113 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,874 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  19. 19

    🇲🇶Fort-de-FranceMartinique, Martinique

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,018 mm rain

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

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇱🇨Gros IsletGros-Islet, Saint Lucia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 81 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,062 mm rain

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

    94%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.