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Land with a climate like San Rafael, Costa Rica

🇨🇷San Rafael, San José, Costa Rica

The towns with the closest growing climate to San Rafael, Costa Rica are Ituango, Colombia (96% match), San Isidro and Frontino. About 89,000 sq mi of land in 18 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Antioquia, Colombia, West Java, Indonesia and South Sulawesi, Indonesia.The towns with the closest growing climate to San Rafael, Costa Rica are Ituango, Colombia (96% match), San Isidro and Frontino. About 230,000 km² of land in 18 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Antioquia, Colombia, West Java, Indonesia and South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 111 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,817 mm rain

What grows in San Rafael, Costa Rica →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇴Antioquia, Colombia

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ituango (96), Frontino (94)

  2. 2

    🇮🇩West Java, Indonesia

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Garut (91), Paseh (90)

  3. 3

    🇮🇩South Sulawesi, Indonesia

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rantepao (79)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩East Java, Indonesia

    3,600 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Batu (88), Prigen (86)

  5. 5

    🇻🇪Bolívar, Venezuela

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santa Elena de Uairén (79)

  6. 6

    🇨🇴Santander Department, Colombia

    2,700 sq mi6,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Barbosa (84), San Gil (83)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽Chiapas, Mexico

    2,600 sq mi6,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ocosingo (83), Yajalón (80)

  8. 8

    🇨🇷San José, Costa Rica

    2,400 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Isidro (95)

  9. 9

    🇻🇳Lam Dong, Vietnam

    2,300 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bảo Lộc (87), Huyện Lâm Hà (80)

  10. 10

    🇵🇦Chiriquí Province, Panama

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

    For example La Concepción (66)

  11. 11

    🇨🇴Norte de Santander Department, Colombia

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

    For example Ocaña (88)

  12. 12

    🇳🇮Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua

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

    For example Jalapa (74)

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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    🇨🇴ItuangoAntioquia, Colombia

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

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado, mango

    96%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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇴FrontinoAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,155 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, citrus

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇩Ruteng↻Seasons flipped. East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 107 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,730 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇩Garut↻Seasons flipped. West Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,263 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado, mango

    91%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇱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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado, mango

    89%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇲MandevilleManchester, Jamaica

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

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado, mango

    89%match
  8. 8

    🇮🇩Batu↻Seasons flipped. East Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 133 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,372 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇩Cimahi↻Seasons flipped. West Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 91 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,305 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, citrus, mango

    88%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇩Wonosobo↻Seasons flipped. Central Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 128 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,240 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    88%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇴OcañaNorte de Santander Department, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,746 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, citrus

    88%match
  12. 12

    🇻🇳Bảo LộcLam Dong, Vietnam

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 99 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,519 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado, mango

    87%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇹CobánAlta Verapaz, Guatemala

    Zone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 94 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,393 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    87%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇴Ciudad BolívarAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,259 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado, mango

    86%match
  15. 15

    🇳🇮JinotegaJinotega Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,503 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, citrus, mango

    85%match
  16. 16

    🇮🇩Sukabumi↻Seasons flipped. West Java, Indonesia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 107 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,724 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, citrus

    84%match
  17. 17

    🇬🇹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 21 great-fit crops

    84%match
  18. 18

    🇵🇷CayeyPuerto Rico

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,712 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, avocado, mango

    84%match
  19. 19

    🇨🇴BarbosaSantander Department, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 96 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,432 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    84%match
  20. 20

    🇨🇴BelloAntioquia, Colombia

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 93 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,360 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, citrus

    83%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.