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Land with a climate like San Rafael Abajo

🇨🇷San Rafael Abajo, San José, Costa Rica

The towns with the closest growing climate to San Rafael Abajo are Matagalpa, Nicaragua (91% match), San Isidro and Río Blanco. About 80,000 sq mi of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in East Java, Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia and Lam Dong, Vietnam.The towns with the closest growing climate to San Rafael Abajo are Matagalpa, Nicaragua (91% match), San Isidro and Río Blanco. About 208,000 km² of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in East Java, Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia and Lam Dong, Vietnam.

Your growing climate

Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,222 mm rain

What grows in San Rafael Abajo →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇩East Java, Indonesia

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pakisaji (84), Gongdanglegi Kulon (84)

  2. 2

    🇮🇩East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soe (83), Ruteng (79)

  3. 3

    🇻🇳Lam Dong, Vietnam

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gia Nghĩa (89), Đinh Văn (85)

  4. 4

    🇨🇴Cesar Department, Colombia

    3,500 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

  5. 5

    🇵🇦Veraguas Province, Panama

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

    For example Santiago de Veraguas (66)

  6. 6

    🇨🇷San José, Costa Rica

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (91)

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    🇳🇮Matagalpa Department, Nicaragua

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matagalpa (91), Río Blanco (90)

  8. 8

    🇳🇮Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jalapa (83), Ocotal (69)

  9. 9

    🇨🇫Lobaye, Central African Republic

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mbaïki (79), Bobangui (69)

  10. 10

    🇮🇩Central Java, Indonesia

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ambarawa (87), Salatiga (86)

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    🇵🇦Chiriquí Province, Panama

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example La Concepción (82), David (63)

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    🇻🇳Dak Lak, Vietnam

    1,800 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Buôn Hồ (83), Phước An (80)

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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    🇳🇮MatagalpaMatagalpa Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,465 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, fig

    91%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇷San IsidroSan José, Costa Rica

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 114 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,894 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    91%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇮Río BlancoMatagalpa Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,995 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    90%match
  4. 4

    🇻🇳Gia NghĩaLam Dong, Vietnam

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,019 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    89%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇱Aileu↻Seasons flipped. Timor Leste

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,035 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    89%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇴DabeibaAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,280 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    89%match
  7. 7

    🇬🇹ColombaQuetzaltenango, Guatemala

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 151 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,826 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 23 great-fit crops

    87%match
  8. 8

    🇮🇩Salatiga↻Seasons flipped. Central Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 96 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,435 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    86%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇴ItuangoAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 99 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,522 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇲MandevilleManchester, Jamaica

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,899 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    85%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇮BoacoBoaco Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,680 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    85%match
  12. 12

    🇬🇹ChicacaoSuchitepeque, Guatemala

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 156 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,972 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 23 great-fit crops

    85%match
  13. 13

    🇳🇮El CruceroManagua Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,467 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, fig

    85%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇩Kuningan↻Seasons flipped. West Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 110 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,800 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops

    84%match
  15. 15

    🇭🇳San LuisSanta Bárbara Department, Honduras

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,562 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    84%match
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    🇮🇩Soe↻Seasons flipped. East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,472 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, potato

    83%match
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    🇻🇳Buôn HồDak Lak, Vietnam

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,599 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    83%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇩Sumedang↻Seasons flipped. West Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 95 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,413 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇳🇮JalapaNueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,536 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    83%match
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    🇵🇦La ConcepciónChiriquí Province, Panama

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 113 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,859 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops

    82%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.