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Land with a climate like Rufā‘a

🇸🇩Rufā‘a, Al Jazirah, Sudan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rufā‘a are Kināna, Sudan (99% match), New Halfa and Bārah. About 680,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania, Zinder Region, Niger and White Nile, Sudan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rufā‘a are Kināna, Sudan (99% match), New Halfa and Bārah. About 1.8 million km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania, Zinder Region, Niger and White Nile, Sudan.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.7 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 195 mm rain

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Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇷Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbera (88), Bougadoum (87)

  2. 2

    🇳🇪Zinder Region, Niger

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tanout (89), Gouré (88)

  3. 3

    🇸🇩White Nile, Sudan

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ad Douiem (98), Al-Quṭaynah (97)

  4. 4

    🇲🇱Gao, Mali

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example I-n-Tillit (93), Gao (91)

  5. 5

    🇲🇷Assaba, Mauritania

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elghabra (84), Kiffa (84)

  6. 6

    🇳🇪Diffa, Niger

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nguigmi (97), Diffa (93)

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    🇸🇩North Kordofan, Sudan

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bārah (98), Umm Ruwaba (92)

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    🇳🇪Tahoua Region, Niger

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Abalak (88), Tchin Tabaradèn (85)

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    🇲🇱Tombouctou, Mali

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goundam (97), Diré (97)

  10. 10

    🇹🇩Wadi Fira, Chad

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Biltine (95), Iriba (84)

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    🇸🇩West Kordofan, Sudan

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example An Nuhūd (85), Ghubaysh (84)

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    🇲🇷Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ayoun El Atrous (87), Ṭinṭâne (84)

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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    🇸🇩KinānaSennar, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.5 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 241 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇸🇩New HalfaKassala, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.3 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 212 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇸🇩BārahNorth Kordofan, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.4 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 187 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇩Ad DouiemWhite Nile, Sudan

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.2 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 183 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇩Al-QuṭaynahWhite Nile, Sudan

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 5.9 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 150 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇳🇪NguigmiDiffa, Niger

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 6.3 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 161 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    97%match
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    🇲🇱DiréTombouctou, Mali

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 7.2 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 183 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇩BiltineWadi Fira, Chad

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 222 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇩KassalaSudan

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 222 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇩SennarSudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 308 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇲🇱TimbuktuTombouctou, Mali

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 5.6 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 143 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇩MaoKanem, Chad

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 6.7 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 169 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇸🇩Al-FāwAl Qaḑārif, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 300 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇸🇩Khashm al QirbahAl Qaḑārif, Sudan

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 314 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇳🇪DiffaNiger

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.0 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 229 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    93%match
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    🇲🇱I-n-TillitGao, Mali

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 8.7 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 222 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇸🇩Umm RuwabaNorth Kordofan, Sudan

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 273 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇸🇩TandaltīWhite Nile, Sudan

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 9.7 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 246 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇲🇱GaoMali

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 6.3 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 159 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇸🇩El ObeidNorth Kordofan, Sudan

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 271 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat

    91%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.