Climatch

Land with a climate like Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb

🇮🇷Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Kermanshah Province, Iran

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb are Poldokhtar, Iran (98% match), Erbil and Jamjamāl. About 52,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nineveh, Iraq, Al-Hasakah, Syria and Ilam Province, Iran.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb are Poldokhtar, Iran (98% match), Erbil and Jamjamāl. About 136,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nineveh, Iraq, Al-Hasakah, Syria and Ilam Province, Iran.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 463 mm rain

What grows in Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇶Nineveh, Iraq

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tallkayf (97), Al-Hamdaniya (97)

  2. 2

    🇸🇾Al-Hasakah, Syria

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Mālikīyah (94), Al Qāmishlī (94)

  3. 3

    🇮🇷Ilam Province, Iran

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ābdānān (98), Darreh Shahr (98)

  4. 4

    🇮🇶Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jamjamāl (97), Shūrash (97)

  5. 5

    🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Erbil (97), Baḥarkah (97)

  6. 6

    🇮🇷Khuzestan, Iran

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

    For example Īz̄eh (79), Andīmeshk (72)

  7. 7

    🇮🇷Lorestan Province, Iran

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poldokhtar (98), Khorramabad (92)

  8. 8

    🇸🇾Deir ez-Zor, Syria

    1,900 sq mi5,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Mayādīn (73), Subaykhān (70)

  9. 9

    🇹🇷Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akçakale (80), Ceylanpınar (76)

  10. 10

    🇹🇷Şırnak, Turkey

    1,000 sq mi2,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Silopi (92), Cizre (89)

  11. 11

    🇸🇾Raqqa, Syria

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al-Tabqa (71), Ar Raqqah (70)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Mardin, Turkey

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nusaybin (94), Kızıltepe (69)

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

    🇮🇷PoldokhtarLorestan Province, Iran

    Zone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 556 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 556 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇶ErbilIraq

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 797 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 797 chill hours · 534 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇶JamjamālSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 785 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 785 chill hours · 537 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇶HalabjaIraq

    Zone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 266 frost-free days · 916 chill hours · 707 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple, olive

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇮🇶MosulNineveh, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 576 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9a · 301 frost-free days · 576 chill hours · 447 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇶KoysinceqErbil, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 869 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8b · 270 frost-free days · 869 chill hours · 674 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇾Al QāmishlīAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 880 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 880 chill hours · 407 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple, olive

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇮🇶SulaymaniyahIraq

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 994 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 994 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇷KhorramabadLorestan Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 790 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 790 chill hours · 471 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, pistachio

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇶DihokDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 913 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 913 chill hours · 745 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple, olive

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇶SinjārNineveh, Iraq

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 674 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 674 chill hours · 393 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇷CizreŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 625 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇶KirkukIraq

    Zone 9a · 315 frost-free days · 418 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9a · 315 frost-free days · 418 chill hours · 348 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    87%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇶QeładizêSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,076 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple

    87%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇶'ĀkraNineveh, Iraq

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,078 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,078 chill hours · 833 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pistachio

    87%match
  16. 16

    🇮🇷KūhdashtLorestan Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,002 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,002 chill hours · 461 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, olive, garlic

    84%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇷EyvānIlam Province, Iran

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,220 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,220 chill hours · 473 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, olive, lavender

    82%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇷AkçakaleŞanlıurfa, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,038 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,038 chill hours · 309 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple, olive

    80%match
  19. 19

    🇮🇶Ash SharqātSalah ad Din, Iraq

    Zone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 265 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 265 chill hours · 273 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops

    80%match
  20. 20

    🇸🇾Al ḨasakahAl-Hasakah, Syria

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 289 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, apple, olive

    80%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.

Looking for land?

We're building detailed reports on land like Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb: frost risk year by year, water, and how each match's climate is shifting by 2050.

We'll only use your email for the report and related updates.

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.