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Land with a climate like Ridgecrest

🇺🇸Ridgecrest, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ridgecrest are Barstow, United States (99% match), Pahrump and Twentynine Palms. About 22,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Nevada, United States and Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ridgecrest are Barstow, United States (99% match), Pahrump and Twentynine Palms. About 57,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Nevada, United States and Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 980 chill hours · 2.7 in rainZone 8b · 251 frost-free days · 980 chill hours · 69 mm rain

What grows in Ridgecrest →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Barstow (99), Barstow Heights (95)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Nevada, United States

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pahrump (90), Summerlin South (81)

  3. 3

    🇮🇷Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran

    1,600 sq mi4,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zahedan (77), Khāsh (68)

  4. 4

    🇮🇷Kerman, Iran

    1,500 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Anār (80), Rāvar (78)

  5. 5

    🇵🇰Balochistan, Pakistan

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chaman (71), Mastung (58)

  6. 6

    🇮🇷Yazd Province, Iran

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mahrīz (80), Abarkūh (75)

  7. 7

    🇯🇴Ma’an, Jordan

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ma'an (75)

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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    🇺🇸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 25 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸PahrumpNevada, United States

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,322 chill hours · 4.1 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,322 chill hours · 105 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    90%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Twentynine PalmsCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 777 chill hours · 4.3 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 777 chill hours · 109 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, date palm

    86%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸RosamondCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 241 frost-free days · 1,196 chill hours · 5.7 in rainZone 8b · 241 frost-free days · 1,196 chill hours · 146 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, wine grapes, kiwifruit

    83%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸AdelantoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 218 frost-free days · 1,306 chill hours · 4.1 in rainZone 8b · 218 frost-free days · 1,306 chill hours · 105 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, pistachio, cherry

    82%match
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    🇮🇷AnārKerman, Iran

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,125 chill hours · 4.8 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,125 chill hours · 121 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    80%match
  7. 7

    🇮🇷MahrīzYazd Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,322 chill hours · 4.3 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,322 chill hours · 108 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    80%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸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 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇮🇷RāvarKerman, Iran

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 886 chill hours · 3.9 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 886 chill hours · 100 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    78%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇷ZahedanSistan and Baluchestan, Iran

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 896 chill hours · 3.3 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 896 chill hours · 83 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops

    77%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇷Nā’īnIsfahan, Iran

    Zone 8a · 248 frost-free days · 1,338 chill hours · 4.2 in rainZone 8a · 248 frost-free days · 1,338 chill hours · 106 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    76%match
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    🇮🇷ZarandKerman, Iran

    Zone 8a · 249 frost-free days · 1,335 chill hours · 4.1 in rainZone 8a · 249 frost-free days · 1,335 chill hours · 105 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, cherry, kiwifruit

    76%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇷RafsanjānKerman, Iran

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 5.2 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,087 chill hours · 131 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, kiwifruit, cherry

    76%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇷AbarkūhYazd Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,292 chill hours · 5.7 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,292 chill hours · 146 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    75%match
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    🇯🇴Ma'anMa’an, Jordan

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 963 chill hours · 2.7 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 963 chill hours · 68 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, cherry, kiwifruit

    75%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 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    74%match
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    🇦🇫Lashkar GāhHelmand, Afghanistan

    Zone 8a · 259 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 3.5 in rainZone 8a · 259 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 89 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    72%match
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    🇵🇰ChamanBalochistan, Pakistan

    Zone 8a · 261 frost-free days · 936 chill hours · 6.9 in rainZone 8a · 261 frost-free days · 936 chill hours · 175 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    71%match
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    🇮🇷BāfqYazd Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 4.1 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 104 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    69%match
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    🇮🇷KhāshSistan and Baluchestan, Iran

    Zone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 703 chill hours · 2.8 in rainZone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 703 chill hours · 71 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    68%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.