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Land with a climate like Nicoya

🇨🇷Nicoya, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nicoya are Chacarita, Costa Rica (99% match), Managua and Nandaime. About 152,000 sq mi of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Ratanakiri, Cambodia and East Java, Indonesia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nicoya are Chacarita, Costa Rica (99% match), Managua and Nandaime. About 393,000 km² of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Ratanakiri, Cambodia and East Java, Indonesia.

Your growing climate

Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,016 mm rain

What grows in Nicoya →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇩East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atambua (84), Tambolaka (79)

  2. 2

    🇰🇭Ratanakiri, Cambodia

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lumphat (82), Banlung (80)

  3. 3

    🇮🇩East Java, Indonesia

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mojokerto (86), Soko (86)

  4. 4

    🇻🇪Guárico, Venezuela

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camaguán (80), El Sombrero (78)

  5. 5

    🇰🇭Kratie, Cambodia

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Snuol (86), Preaek Prasab (80)

  6. 6

    🇰🇭Stung Treng, Cambodia

    5,200 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Stung Treng (85)

  7. 7

    🇨🇷Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

  8. 8

    🇨🇴Magdalena Department, Colombia

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aracataca (86), Pivijay (84)

  9. 9

    🇨🇴Bolívar, Colombia

    3,800 sq mi9,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Pablo (85), Turbaco (85)

  10. 10

    🇻🇪Apure, Venezuela

    3,600 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Biruaca (81), Achaguas (79)

  11. 11

    🇻🇪Cojedes, Venezuela

    3,500 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Las Vegas (81), San Carlos (79)

  12. 12

    🇸🇱Northern Province, Sierra Leone

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

    For example Lunsar (84), Mile 91 (83)

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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    🇨🇷ChacaritaPuntarenas Province, Costa Rica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,003 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, banana

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇮ManaguaManagua Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,674 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇮NandaimeGranada Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,555 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇻SonsonateSonsonate Department, El Salvador

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,793 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇻La LibertadLa Libertad Department, El Salvador

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,922 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇹GuazacapánSanta Rosa Department, Guatemala

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,022 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, banana, tea

    93%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇻ZacatecolucaLa Paz Department, El Salvador

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,084 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, wheat

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇬🇹EscuintlaGuatemala

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 111 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,808 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, tea, banana

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇭🇳LangueValle Department, Honduras

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,855 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇹Puerto San JoséEscuintla, Guatemala

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,553 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇸🇻AguilaresSan Salvador Department, El Salvador

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,852 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    90%match
  12. 12

    🇸🇻UsulutánUsulutan, El Salvador

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,909 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇬🇹RetalhuleuGuatemala

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 94 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,396 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, banana

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇳🇮RivasRivas Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,642 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    88%match
  15. 15

    🇬🇹TiquisateEscuintla, Guatemala

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 92 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,349 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, banana

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇸🇻San MiguelSan Miguel Department, El Salvador

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,767 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇲🇽HuixtlaChiapas, Mexico

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,167 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇮🇩Mojokerto↻Seasons flipped. East Java, Indonesia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,753 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    86%match
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    🇰🇭Siem ReapCambodia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,342 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    85%match
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    🇳🇮SomotilloChinandega Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,682 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 15 great-fit crops

    85%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.