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Land with a climate like Soma, Gambia

🇬🇲Soma, Lower River, Gambia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Soma, Gambia are Sédhiou, Senegal (98% match), Brikama and Kolda. About 47,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kolda, Senegal, Tambacounda, Senegal and Kaffrine, Senegal.The towns with the closest growing climate to Soma, Gambia are Sédhiou, Senegal (98% match), Brikama and Kolda. About 121,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kolda, Senegal, Tambacounda, Senegal and Kaffrine, Senegal.

Your growing climate

Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 677 mm rain

What grows in Soma, Gambia →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇸🇳Kolda, Senegal

    7,900 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kolda (97), Diaoubé (91)

  2. 2

    🇸🇳Tambacounda, Senegal

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koumpentoum (91), Tambacounda (88)

  3. 3

    🇸🇳Kaffrine, Senegal

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koungheul (95), Koungneul Sossé (95)

  4. 4

    🇬🇲Western, Gambia

    2,900 sq mi7,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brikama (97), Busumbala (96)

  5. 5

    🇬🇲Lower River, Gambia

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

  6. 6

    🇬🇲Upper River, Gambia

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

    For example Farato (92)

  7. 7

    🇬🇳Boké Region, Guinea

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

    For example Koundara (76), Kamabi (75)

  8. 8

    🇬🇼Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Reino de Antula (75), Plaque (75)

  9. 9

    🇬🇼Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bafatá (76), Xitole (56)

  10. 10

    🇬🇼Gabú, Guinea-Bissau

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gabú (83)

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    🇮🇳Gujarat, India

    300 sq mi700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dhāri (81), Chalāla (79)

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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    🇸🇳SédhiouSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 987 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇲BrikamaWestern, Gambia

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 913 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    97%match
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    🇸🇳KoldaSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 865 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇳BignonaZiguinchor, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,082 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇳KoungheulKaffrine, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 605 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇸🇳FatickSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 511 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇸🇳KaolackSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 545 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇸🇳DiaoubéKolda, Senegal

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 889 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    91%match
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    🇸🇳VélingaraKolda, Senegal

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 801 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇳BambeyDiourbel Region, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 475 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, cacao

    88%match
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    🇸🇳TambacoundaSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇸🇳ThièsThies, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 471 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, cacao

    83%match
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    🇸🇳MbourThies, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 492 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, cacao

    83%match
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    🇬🇼GabúGuinea-Bissau

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,245 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, strawberry, date palm

    83%match
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    🇸🇳ToubaDiourbel Region, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 439 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, cacao

    82%match
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    🇸🇳MékhéThies, Senegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 401 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, cacao

    81%match
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    🇸🇳LougaSenegal

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 363 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, sugarcane, cacao

    76%match
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    🇬🇼BafatáGuinea-Bissau

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,389 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, date palm, strawberry

    76%match
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    🇬🇳KoundaraBoké Region, Guinea

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,118 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane

    76%match
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    🇬🇼BissauGuinea-Bissau

    Zone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 12b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,603 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sugarcane, date palm

    74%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.