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Land with a climate like Palm Desert

🇺🇸Palm Desert, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Palm Desert are Blythe, United States (94% match), El Centro and San Luis Río Colorado. About 52,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arizona, United States, California, United States and Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.The towns with the closest growing climate to Palm Desert are Blythe, United States (94% match), El Centro and San Luis Río Colorado. About 135,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arizona, United States, California, United States and Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 346 chill hours · 4.8 in rainZone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 346 chill hours · 121 mm rain

What grows in Palm Desert →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇺🇸Arizona, United States

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Somerton (93), San Luis (92)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸California, United States

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brawley (94), Blythe (94)

  3. 3

    🇲🇦Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

    3,300 sq mi8,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moulay Ali Cherif (83), Reçani (83)

  4. 4

    🇲🇽Sonora, Mexico

    2,800 sq mi7,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Luis Río Colorado (92), Puerto Peñasco (57)

  5. 5

    🇲🇽Baja California, Mexico

    2,800 sq mi7,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santa Isabel (88), Mexicali (87)

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    🇺🇸Nevada, United States

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mesquite (80), Whitney (78)

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    🇲🇦Souss-Massa, Morocco

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tata (78), Oulad Barhil (52)

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    🇩🇿Béchar, Algeria

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Béchar (71)

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    🇲🇦Guelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Assa (60)

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    🇵🇰Balochistan, Pakistan

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pishin (71), Chaman (69)

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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    🇺🇸BlytheCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 415 chill hours · 3.5 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 415 chill hours · 90 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇺🇸El CentroCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 312 frost-free days · 368 chill hours · 2.4 in rainZone 9a · 312 frost-free days · 368 chill hours · 62 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇲🇽San Luis Río ColoradoSonora, Mexico

    Zone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 321 chill hours · 2.8 in rainZone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 321 chill hours · 71 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇺🇸Fortuna FoothillsArizona, United States

    Zone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 275 chill hours · 3.3 in rainZone 9b · 330 frost-free days · 275 chill hours · 83 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇺🇸ChandlerArizona, United States

    Zone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 392 chill hours · 7.4 in rainZone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 392 chill hours · 188 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇲🇦ArfoudDrâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

    Zone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 492 chill hours · 3.9 in rainZone 9a · 302 frost-free days · 492 chill hours · 98 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    83%match
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    🇺🇸Lake Havasu CityArizona, United States

    Zone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 329 chill hours · 4.9 in rainZone 9a · 320 frost-free days · 329 chill hours · 125 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    82%match
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    🇺🇸Casa GrandeArizona, United States

    Zone 9a · 273 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 7.6 in rainZone 9a · 273 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 192 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    82%match
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    🇺🇸PhoenixArizona, United States

    Zone 9b · 319 frost-free days · 331 chill hours · 6.8 in rainZone 9b · 319 frost-free days · 331 chill hours · 172 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    81%match
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    🇺🇸MesquiteNevada, United States

    Zone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 5.0 in rainZone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 882 chill hours · 126 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, almond, pear

    80%match
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    🇲🇦TataSouss-Massa, Morocco

    Zone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 271 chill hours · 5.8 in rainZone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 271 chill hours · 147 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, lavender

    78%match
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    🇺🇸Bullhead CityArizona, United States

    Zone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 309 chill hours · 4.2 in rainZone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 309 chill hours · 107 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    77%match
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    🇮🇷ĀbādehFars, Iran

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 511 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 511 chill hours · 261 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, pear

    76%match
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    🇮🇷QīrFars, Iran

    Zone 9b · 343 frost-free days · 221 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 9b · 343 frost-free days · 221 chill hours · 263 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    76%match
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    🇩🇿GueraraGhardaia, Algeria

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 3.1 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 497 chill hours · 80 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    76%match
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    🇺🇸Las VegasNevada, United States

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 757 chill hours · 4.0 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 757 chill hours · 102 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, pear

    75%match
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    🇺🇸BarstowCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 993 chill hours · 3.3 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 993 chill hours · 84 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, almond, pear

    75%match
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    🇲🇦OuarzazateDrâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

    Zone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 677 chill hours · 5.4 in rainZone 8b · 285 frost-free days · 677 chill hours · 136 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, blueberry

    75%match
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    🇮🇷BamKerman, Iran

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 348 chill hours · 5.7 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 348 chill hours · 146 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, blueberry, garlic

    75%match
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    🇹🇳DouzKebili Governorate, Tunisia

    Zone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 403 chill hours · 3.4 in rainZone 9a · 313 frost-free days · 403 chill hours · 87 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    74%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.