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Land with a climate like San Rafael del Sur

🇳🇮San Rafael del Sur, Managua Department, Nicaragua

The towns with the closest growing climate to San Rafael del Sur are León, Nicaragua (98% match), El Viejo and Somotillo. About 22,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chinandega Department, Nicaragua, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica and Managua Department, Nicaragua.The towns with the closest growing climate to San Rafael del Sur are León, Nicaragua (98% match), El Viejo and Somotillo. About 58,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chinandega Department, Nicaragua, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica and Managua Department, Nicaragua.

Your growing climate

Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,399 mm rain

What grows in San Rafael del Sur →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇳🇮Chinandega Department, Nicaragua

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Corinto (93), Chichigalpa (93)

  2. 2

    🇨🇷Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

    2,600 sq mi6,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Liberia (82), Nicoya (72)

  3. 3

    🇳🇮Managua Department, Nicaragua

    2,000 sq mi5,300 km² matching 80% or better

  4. 4

    🇳🇮León Department, Nicaragua

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

    For example León (98)

  5. 5

    🇸🇻Usulutan, El Salvador

    1,200 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Puerto El Triunfo (89), Usulután (86)

  6. 6

    🇸🇻La Union, El Salvador

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example La Unión (86)

  7. 7

    🇭🇳Choluteca Department, Honduras

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Marcovia (78), Ciudad Choluteca (75)

  8. 8

    🇸🇻San Miguel Department, El Salvador

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Miguel (83), San Rafael Oriente (79)

  9. 9

    🇭🇳Valle Department, Honduras

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Lorenzo (78), Langue (74)

  10. 10

    🇬🇹Escuintla, Guatemala

    300 sq mi800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Puerto San José (84), La Gomera (57)

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

  1. 1

    🇳🇮LeónLeón Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,620 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇮El ViejoChinandega Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,742 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops

    88%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇮SomotilloChinandega Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,682 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops

    87%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇻La UniónLa Union, El Salvador

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,870 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    86%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇷PuntarenasPuntarenas Province, Costa Rica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,824 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    85%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇹Puerto San JoséEscuintla, Guatemala

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,553 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops

    84%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇻San MiguelSan Miguel Department, El Salvador

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,767 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    83%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇷LiberiaGuanacaste Province, Costa Rica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,971 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    82%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇻La LibertadLa Libertad Department, El Salvador

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,922 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    80%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇹ChiquimulaGuatemala

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    77%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇮RivasRivas Department, Nicaragua

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,642 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    76%match
  12. 12

    🇸🇻AcajutlaSonsonate Department, El Salvador

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,827 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 17 great-fit crops

    76%match
  13. 13

    🇭🇳Ciudad CholutecaCholuteca Department, Honduras

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,541 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: date palm

    75%match
  14. 14

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

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,489 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    75%match
  15. 15

    🇬🇹GuazacapánSanta Rosa Department, Guatemala

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,022 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: cacao, banana, tea

    73%match
  16. 16

    🇮🇩Situbondo↻Seasons flipped. East Java, Indonesia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,201 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    73%match
  17. 17

    🇬🇹Asunción MitaJutiapa, Guatemala

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,141 mm rain

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

    73%match
  18. 18

    🇲🇽Puerto EscondidoOaxaca, Mexico

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 844 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    73%match
  19. 19

    🇬🇹GuastatoyaEl Progreso, Guatemala

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,144 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    73%match
  20. 20

    🇨🇷NicoyaGuanacaste Province, Costa Rica

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,016 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    72%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.