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Land with a climate like Puttalam

🇱🇰Puttalam, North Western Province, Sri Lanka

The towns with the closest growing climate to Puttalam are Ambalantota, Sri Lanka (96% match), Mannar and Kataragama. About 39,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, India and Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.The towns with the closest growing climate to Puttalam are Ambalantota, Sri Lanka (96% match), Mannar and Kataragama. About 102,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, India and Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

Your growing climate

Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,233 mm rain

What grows in Puttalam →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇱🇰Northern Province, Sri Lanka

    8,300 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mannar (95), Jaffna (93)

  2. 2

    🇮🇳Tamil Nadu, India

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rameswaram (92), Pāmban (91)

  3. 3

    🇱🇰Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

    3,800 sq mi10,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Trincomalee (84), Vakarai (80)

  4. 4

    🇱🇰North Western Province, Sri Lanka

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

    For example Kurunegala (77)

  5. 5

    🇹🇭Surat Thani, Thailand

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ko Samui (85), Surat Thani (76)

  6. 6

    🇰🇪Lamu, Kenya

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lamu (84)

  7. 7

    🇹🇭Songkhla, Thailand

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

    For example Ranot (82), Ban Mai (81)

  8. 8

    🇻🇳Khanh Hoa, Vietnam

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

    For example Nha Trang (84), Tu Bông (83)

  9. 9

    🇰🇪Kilifi County, Kenya

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

    For example Kilifi (86), Mtwapa (85)

  10. 10

    🇰🇪Kwale County, Kenya

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ukunda (85), Matuga (79)

  11. 11

    🇮🇩Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luwuk (61), Bungku (56)

  12. 12

    🇹🇿Tanga, Tanzania

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tanga (79), Mlalo (65)

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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    🇱🇰AmbalantotaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,221 mm rain

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

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇱🇰MannarNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,234 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇱🇰KataragamaUva Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,271 mm rain

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

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇱🇰JaffnaNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,539 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇳RameswaramTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇱🇰VavuniyaNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,646 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    90%match
  7. 7

    🇱🇰DambullaCentral Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,838 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, macadamia

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇱🇰MullaittivuNorthern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,667 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇰🇪Mombasa↻Seasons flipped. Mombasa County, Kenya

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,082 mm rain

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

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇭Ko SamuiSurat Thani, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,712 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    85%match
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    🇱🇰TrincomaleeEastern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,611 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao

    84%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇳TirunelveliTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 975 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    84%match
  13. 13

    🇻🇳Nha TrangKhanh Hoa, Vietnam

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,157 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    84%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇪Lamu↻Seasons flipped. Kenya

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 955 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    84%match
  15. 15

    🇻🇳Tuy HòaDak Lak, Vietnam

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,467 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea, macadamia

    82%match
  16. 16

    🇨🇺MaisíGuantánamo Province, Cuba

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,016 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia, wheat

    82%match
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    🇱🇰NegomboWestern Province, Sri Lanka

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,211 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    82%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇳KanniyākumāriTamil Nadu, India

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,354 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    82%match
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    🇹🇭RanotSongkhla, Thailand

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,087 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, tea

    82%match
  20. 20

    🇻🇪Puerto CumareboFalcón, Venezuela

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 771 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    81%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.