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Land with a climate like Mendes

🇧🇷Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The towns with the closest growing climate to Mendes are São José do Vale do Rio Preto, Brazil (99% match), Vargem Alta and Muniz Freire. About 347,000 sq mi of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Minas Gerais, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil and Paraná, Brazil.The towns with the closest growing climate to Mendes are São José do Vale do Rio Preto, Brazil (99% match), Vargem Alta and Muniz Freire. About 898,000 km² of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Minas Gerais, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil and Paraná, Brazil.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,384 mm rain

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Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    87k sq mi226k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lajinha (99), Manhumirim (98)

  2. 2

    🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

    67k sq mi174k km² matching 80% or better

    For example São José dos Campos (99), Jacareí (99)

  3. 3

    🇧🇷Paraná, Brazil

    40k sq mi105k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Astorga (93), Wenceslau Braz (92)

  4. 4

    🇿🇦KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mandeni (88), Tongaat (88)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Yunnan, China

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mengzi (80), Wenshan City (77)

  6. 6

    🇻🇳Điện Biên Province, Vietnam

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mường Lay (74), Dien Bien Phu (62)

  7. 7

    🇻🇳Sơn La Province, Vietnam

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chiềng Cơi (84), Thị Trấn Thuận Châu (84)

  8. 8

    🇲🇬Alaotra Mangoro, Madagascar

    3,100 sq mi8,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moramanga (83), Didy (82)

  9. 9

    🇱🇦Houaphan, Laos

    2,800 sq mi7,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xam Nua (80)

  10. 10

    🇲🇽Veracruz, Mexico

    2,500 sq mi6,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Coatepec (91), Córdoba (90)

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    🇻🇳Tuyen Quang, Vietnam

    2,200 sq mi5,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bắc Quang (75), Thị Trấn Việt Quang (66)

  12. 12

    🇵🇪San Martín Department, Peru

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

    For example Rioja (66), Moyobamba (66)

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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    🇧🇷São José do Vale do Rio PretoRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 1,462 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇷Vargem AltaEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,180 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇧🇷Muniz FreireEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,159 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇧🇷ItatiaiaRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,493 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇧🇷São José dos CamposSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇧🇷Afonso CláudioEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,115 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇧🇷IúnaEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 10 chill hours · 1,155 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇧🇷Bom JardimRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 10b · No frost · 19 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 19 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇧🇷Santa Maria de JetibáEspírito Santo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 1,215 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇧🇷SorocabaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 2 chill hours · 1,196 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
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    🇧🇷Juiz de ForaMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,384 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇷CaratingaMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 8 chill hours · 1,136 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
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    🇧🇷CarangolaMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 4 chill hours · 1,165 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇧🇷ManhuaçuMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 10b · No frost · 41 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 41 chill hours · 1,178 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇧🇷Cachoeiras de MacacuRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,211 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇧🇷Lima DuarteMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,327 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇧🇷PindamonhangabaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,268 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇧🇷ItapetiningaSão Paulo, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 12 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    96%match
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    🇧🇷São PauloBrazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 1 chill hours · 1,380 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇧🇷Santos DumontMinas Gerais, Brazil

    Zone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 5 chill hours · 1,548 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops

    95%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.