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Land with a climate like Porterville

🇺🇸Porterville, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Porterville are Fresno, United States (98% match), Coalinga and Bakersfield. About 79,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Razavi Khorasan, Iran and Aleppo, Syria.The towns with the closest growing climate to Porterville are Fresno, United States (98% match), Coalinga and Bakersfield. About 206,000 km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Razavi Khorasan, Iran and Aleppo, Syria.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 818 chill hours · 9.5 in rainZone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 818 chill hours · 241 mm rain

What grows in Porterville →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fresno (98), Clovis (98)

  2. 2

    🇮🇷Razavi Khorasan, Iran

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Torbat-e Jām (87), Tāybād (86)

  3. 3

    🇸🇾Aleppo, Syria

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dayr Ḩāfir (89), Kabbasin (88)

  4. 4

    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ceylanpınar (87), Birecik (82)

  5. 5

    🇸🇾Homs, Syria

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tallbīsah (82), Al Qaryatayn (82)

  6. 6

    🇸🇾Raqqa, Syria

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al-Tabqa (81), Ar Raqqah (73)

  7. 7

    🇹🇲Ahal, Turkmenistan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarahs (82), Tejen (76)

  8. 8

    🇦🇫Herat, Afghanistan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eslam Qaleh (85), Herāt (78)

  9. 9

    🇺🇿Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sho‘rchi (83), Denov (80)

  10. 10

    🇯🇴Karak, Jordan

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Karak City (82), ‘Izrā (77)

  11. 11

    🇮🇷Markazi, Iran

    1,500 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sāveh (81), Delījān (80)

  12. 12

    🇮🇷Qom Province, Iran

    1,000 sq mi2,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shahrak-e Pardīsān (83), Qom (77)

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

  1. 1

    🇺🇸FresnoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 763 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 763 chill hours · 260 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, date palm

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸CoalingaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 894 chill hours · 7.6 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 894 chill hours · 192 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸BakersfieldCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 689 chill hours · 5.4 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 689 chill hours · 138 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸MercedCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 933 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 933 chill hours · 318 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇾As SalamīyahHama, Syria

    Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 878 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 878 chill hours · 273 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    89%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸ModestoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 726 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 726 chill hours · 303 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    89%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇾Al BābAleppo, Syria

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 283 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    88%match
  8. 8

    🇸🇾As-SuwaydaSuwayda, Syria

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,111 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,111 chill hours · 302 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇾ManbijAleppo, Syria

    Zone 8b · 252 frost-free days · 1,180 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 252 frost-free days · 1,180 chill hours · 293 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇷CeylanpınarŞanlıurfa, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,092 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,092 chill hours · 322 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    87%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇷Torbat-e JāmRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,347 chill hours · 9.6 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,347 chill hours · 245 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple, wine grapes

    87%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇷TāybādRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 8.5 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 217 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇸🇾DamascusDamascus Governorate, Syria

    Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 324 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    86%match
  14. 14

    🇸🇾JayrūdRif-dimashq, Syria

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,222 chill hours · 6.5 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,222 chill hours · 164 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    85%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸LancasterCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 6.7 in rainZone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,139 chill hours · 169 mm rain

    Shares 28 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, apple

    85%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸Los BanosCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 826 chill hours · 8.9 in rainZone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 826 chill hours · 225 mm rain

    Shares 29 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, pistachio, tea

    84%match
  17. 17

    🇹🇷NizipGaziantep, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 252 frost-free days · 1,198 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 8b · 252 frost-free days · 1,198 chill hours · 392 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    83%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇷SarakhsRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,213 chill hours · 7.3 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,213 chill hours · 185 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    83%match
  19. 19

    🇸🇾Al ḨasakahAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 289 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    83%match
  20. 20

    🇮🇷KhvāfRazavi Khorasan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,286 chill hours · 8.0 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,286 chill hours · 204 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 29 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    83%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.