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Land with a climate like São Tomé

🇸🇹São Tomé, São Tomé Island, Sao Tome and Principe

The towns with the closest growing climate to São Tomé are Makoua, Republic of the Congo (90% match), Libreville and Bata. About 73,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon, Estuaire, Gabon and Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo.The towns with the closest growing climate to São Tomé are Makoua, Republic of the Congo (90% match), Libreville and Bata. About 188,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon, Estuaire, Gabon and Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Your growing climate

Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,693 mm rain

What grows in São Tomé →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇦Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Makokou (84)

  2. 2

    🇬🇦Estuaire, Gabon

    6,000 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akanda (90), Libreville (88)

  3. 3

    🇨🇩Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bolenge (81), Mbandaka (80)

  4. 4

    🇬🇶Wele-Nzas, Equatorial Guinea

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Añisoc (85), Aconibe (81)

  5. 5

    🇨🇬Cuvette, Republic of the Congo

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Makoua (90), Owando (68)

  6. 6

    🇨🇩Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boende (80)

  7. 7

    🇬🇶Litoral, Equatorial Guinea

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bata (86)

  8. 8

    🇬🇦Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon

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

  9. 9

    🇸🇹São Tomé Island, Sao Tome and Principe

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇬🇶Djibloho, Equatorial Guinea

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ciudad de la Paz (82)

  11. 11

    🇨🇬Sangha, Republic of the Congo

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pokola (72), Ouesso (66)

  12. 12

    🇮🇩Aceh, Indonesia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Reuleuet (81), Bireun (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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    🇨🇬MakouaCuvette, Republic of the Congo

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,351 mm rain

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

    90%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇦LibrevilleEstuaire, Gabon

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 109 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,780 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    88%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇶BataLitoral, Equatorial Guinea

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 86 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,179 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    86%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇶AñisocWele-Nzas, Equatorial Guinea

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,945 mm rain

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

    85%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇦MakokouOgooué-Ivindo, Gabon

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,587 mm rain

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

    84%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇩ReuleuetAceh, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,777 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    81%match
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    🇬🇶AconibeWele-Nzas, Equatorial Guinea

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,987 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed), coffee (arabica)

    81%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇩Boende↻Seasons flipped. Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,675 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    80%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇩MbandakaÉquateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,473 mm rain

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

    80%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇩BireunAceh, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,666 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    80%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇩PadangsidempuanNorth Sumatra, Indonesia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 105 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,661 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    77%match
  12. 12

    🇬🇦OyemWoleu-Ntem, Gabon

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,725 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, canola (rapeseed), coffee (arabica)

    77%match
  13. 13

    🇵🇭MalitaDavao Region, Philippines

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,751 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    77%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇩SigliAceh, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,817 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    76%match
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    🇮🇩LhokseumaweAceh, Indonesia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,623 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    74%match
  16. 16

    🇨🇴GiganteHuila Department, Colombia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,500 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wheat, coffee (arabica), canola (rapeseed)

    73%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇴PatíaCauca Department, Colombia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,720 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇨🇩Nioki↻Seasons flipped. Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    73%match
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    🇵🇭BongaoAutonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,577 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    73%match
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    🇵🇭JoloAutonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,776 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 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.