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Land with a climate like Potiskum

🇳🇬Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Potiskum are Damaturu, Nigeria (99% match), Hadejia and Wudil. About 459,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Borno State, Nigeria, Koulikoro, Mali and Southern Darfur, Sudan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Potiskum are Damaturu, Nigeria (99% match), Hadejia and Wudil. About 1.2 million km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Borno State, Nigeria, Koulikoro, Mali and Southern Darfur, Sudan.

Your growing climate

Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 559 mm rain

What grows in Potiskum →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇳🇬Borno State, Nigeria

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Magumeri (99), Maiduguri (99)

  2. 2

    🇲🇱Koulikoro, Mali

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Toubakoura (96), Banamba (96)

  3. 3

    🇸🇩Southern Darfur, Sudan

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rahad al Bardi (97), Tullus (96)

  4. 4

    🇸🇩Southern Kordofan, Sudan

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dilling (94), Abu Jibeha (84)

  5. 5

    🇳🇬Yobe State, Nigeria

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Damaturu (99), Nguru (97)

  6. 6

    🇲🇱Ségou, Mali

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Diourou (94), San (94)

  7. 7

    🇲🇱Kayes, Mali

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Diéma (90), Kita (84)

  8. 8

    🇳🇬Zamfara State, Nigeria

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moriki (96), Kaura Namoda (96)

  9. 9

    🇨🇲Far North, Cameroon

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mora (92), Kousséri (92)

  10. 10

    🇹🇩Hadjer-Lamis, Chad

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Massaguet (86), Bokoro (85)

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    🇸🇩Al Qaḑārif, Sudan

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Ḩawātah (84), Doka (82)

  12. 12

    🇹🇩Chari-Baguirmi, Chad

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mandelia (93), Dourbali (91)

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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    🇳🇬DamaturuYobe State, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 525 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇬HadejiaJigawa State, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 558 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇬WudilKano State, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 767 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇬ChakwamaJigawa State, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇬AzareBauchi, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇳🇬KariBauchi, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 722 mm rain

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

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇬GumelJigawa State, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 520 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇳🇬MagumeriBorno State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 456 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇳🇬MaiduguriBorno State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 518 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇳🇬KanoKano State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 764 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava, sugarcane

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇬DauraKatsina State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 506 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇳🇬BamaBorno State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 587 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇳🇬DamboaBorno State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 647 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇳🇬DikwaBorno State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 465 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, cassava, sugarcane

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇸🇩Rahad al BardiSouthern Darfur, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 587 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇳🇬NguruYobe State, Nigeria

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 383 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, banana, cassava

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇳🇬KatsinaKatsina State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 527 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    96%match
  18. 18

    🇳🇬Kaura NamodaZamfara State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 664 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: cassava

    96%match
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    🇸🇩TullusSouthern Darfur, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 563 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇲🇱BanambaKoulikoro, Mali

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 549 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops

    96%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.