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Land with a climate like Sulaymaniyah

🇮🇶Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sulaymaniyah are Dihok, Iraq (99% match), Rānyah and Erbil. About 34,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nineveh, Iraq, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq and Erbil, Iraq.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sulaymaniyah are Dihok, Iraq (99% match), Rānyah and Erbil. About 89,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Nineveh, Iraq, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq and Erbil, Iraq.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Sulaymaniyah →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇶Nineveh, Iraq

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example 'Ākra (97), Tallkayf (94)

  2. 2

    🇮🇶Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hajiawa (98), Rānyah (98)

  3. 3

    🇮🇶Erbil, Iraq

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Khasnahzān (99), Koysinceq (99)

  4. 4

    🇮🇷Ilam Province, Iran

    3,500 sq mi9,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ābdānān (85), Eyvān (84)

  5. 5

    🇸🇾Al-Hasakah, Syria

    3,100 sq mi8,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Al Mālikīyah (94), Al Qāmishlī (92)

  6. 6

    🇮🇷Lorestan Province, Iran

    2,300 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Khorramabad (84), Poldokhtar (83)

  7. 7

    🇮🇷Khuzestan, Iran

    2,000 sq mi5,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Īz̄eh (60)

  8. 8

    🇹🇷Şırnak, Turkey

    1,400 sq mi3,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Silopi (95), Cizre (90)

  9. 9

    🇹🇷Mardin, Turkey

    500 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nusaybin (92), Kızıltepe (67)

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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    🇮🇶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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇶RānyahSulaymaniyah, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 258 frost-free days · 1,201 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 258 frost-free days · 1,201 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇶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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇶'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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇷SilopiŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 838 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 838 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    95%match
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    🇮🇷Sarpol-e Z̄ahābKermanshah Province, Iran

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

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, maize (corn), soybean

    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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, cotton, sorghum

    92%match
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    🇮🇶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 11 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, hemp, cotton

    91%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇶SoranErbil, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,356 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,356 chill hours · 769 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, lavender, saffron

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇶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 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, soybean, maize (corn)

    87%match
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    🇮🇶Dêrelûk Devera NihêliyaDuhok, Iraq

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 842 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, garlic, cherry

    86%match
  12. 12

    🇹🇷İdilŞırnak, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,077 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,077 chill hours · 609 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇷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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, sunflower

    84%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇷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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, soybean, sunflower

    84%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇷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 11 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, soybean, maize (corn)

    83%match
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    🇮🇷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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, sorghum

    78%match
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    🇹🇷ŞanlıurfaTurkey

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,102 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,102 chill hours · 434 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, sunflower

    73%match
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    🇮🇶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 9 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, sorghum

    72%match
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    🇸🇾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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sorghum, sunflower

    71%match
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    🇮🇷JavānrūdKermanshah Province, Iran

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 1,637 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 1,637 chill hours · 628 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, saffron, garlic

    68%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.