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Land with a climate like Rioja

🇵🇪Rioja, San Martín Department, Peru

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rioja are Zamora, Ecuador (97% match), Babamba and Santa Rosa. About 952,000 sq mi of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Acre, Brazil, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mongala, Democratic Republic of the Congo.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rioja are Zamora, Ecuador (97% match), Babamba and Santa Rosa. About 2.5 million km² of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Acre, Brazil, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mongala, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Your growing climate

Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,541 mm rain

What grows in Rioja →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Acre, Brazil

    39k sq mi100k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Senador Guiomard (88), Marechal Thaumaturgo (87)

  2. 2

    🇨🇩Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    25k sq mi64k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Babamba (97), Yangambi (89)

  3. 3

    🇨🇩Mongala, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Binga (86), Lisala (82)

  4. 4

    🇵🇪San Martín Department, Peru

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Uchiza (93), Tocache (90)

  5. 5

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Posto da Mata (88), Itabela (87)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Basankusu (85), Bolenge (83)

  7. 7

    🇧🇷Espírito Santo, Brazil

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Serra (87), Vila Velha (87)

  8. 8

    🇨🇬Cuvette, Republic of the Congo

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Owando (79), Makoua (77)

  9. 9

    🇵🇪Ucayali, Peru

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atalaya (84), San Fernando (83)

  10. 10

    🇨🇬Sangha, Republic of the Congo

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pokola (83), Ouesso (82)

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    🇨🇲South, Cameroon

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sangmélima (84), Ambam (83)

  12. 12

    🇨🇬Likouala, Republic of the Congo

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Impfondo (80), Mindouli (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

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    🇪🇨ZamoraZamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,685 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇩Babamba↻Seasons flipped. Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,473 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇵🇪Santa RosaJunin, Peru

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,804 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇵🇪La PecaAmazonas, Peru

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,044 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, barley, potato

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇴Garzón↻Seasons flipped. Huila Department, Colombia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,499 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇵🇪San Martín de PangoaJunin, Peru

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,586 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇵🇬BuloloMorobe Province, Papua New Guinea

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,250 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇴Cali↻Seasons flipped. Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,721 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇩Beni↻Seasons flipped. North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,460 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, fig

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇩LodjaSankuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,388 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    91%match
  11. 11

    🇵🇪Tingo MaríaHuánuco Department, Peru

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 108 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,744 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇻🇪San Cristóbal↻Seasons flipped. Táchira, Venezuela

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 81 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,069 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, potato

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇷Angra dos ReisRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,768 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, potato

    91%match
  14. 14

    🇵🇪TocacheSan Martín Department, Peru

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,298 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇨🇴Pitalito↻Seasons flipped. Huila Department, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,708 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, barley

    90%match
  16. 16

    🇮🇩PayakumbuhWest Sumatra, Indonesia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 98 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,482 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    90%match
  17. 17

    🇧🇷ItaguaíRio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,303 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, barley

    89%match
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    🇨🇩LukulaSankuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,390 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    89%match
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    🇺🇬Bundibugyo↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,131 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, barley, wine grapes

    89%match
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    🇨🇴Cartago↻Seasons flipped. Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,798 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    89%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.