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Land with a climate like Tarawa

🇰🇮Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati

The towns with the closest growing climate to Tarawa are Ternate, Indonesia (96% match), Sitangkai and Yaren. About 865,000 sq mi of land in 35 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sabah, Malaysia, North Maluku, Indonesia and Southwest Papua, Indonesia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Tarawa are Ternate, Indonesia (96% match), Sitangkai and Yaren. About 2.2 million km² of land in 35 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sabah, Malaysia, North Maluku, Indonesia and Southwest Papua, Indonesia.

Your growing climate

Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,950 mm rain

What grows in Tarawa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

    27k sq mi69k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lahad Datu (95), Semporna (95)

  2. 2

    🇮🇩North Maluku, Indonesia

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sofifi (97), Ternate (96)

  3. 3

    🇮🇩Southwest Papua, Indonesia

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Waisai (91), Sorong (89)

  4. 4

    🇮🇩Jambi, Indonesia

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kuala Tungkal (84), Simpang (84)

  5. 5

    🇵🇭Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sitangkai (96), Bongao (94)

  6. 6

    🇬🇫Guyane, French Guiana

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (88), Kourou (84)

  7. 7

    🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miri (89), Marudi (88)

  8. 8

    🇲🇾Johor, Malaysia

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pengerang (85), Kampung Minyak Beku (83)

  9. 9

    🇵🇭Davao Region, Philippines

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samal (91), Santa Maria (90)

  10. 10

    🇬🇾Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Linden (88)

  11. 11

    🇵🇭Bicol Region, Philippines

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Esperanza (84), Masbate (82)

  12. 12

    🇬🇾East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example New Amsterdam (89)

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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    🇮🇩TernateNorth Maluku, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,252 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇵🇭SitangkaiAutonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,654 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇷Yaren↻Seasons flipped. Yaren District, Nauru

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 81 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,053 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇩TobeloNorth Maluku, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,084 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇾Lahad DatuSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,996 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇩DarubaNorth Maluku, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 81 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,055 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇾SempornaSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,946 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇵🇬Kokopo↻Seasons flipped. East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 100 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,549 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇵🇭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 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇲🇾KudatSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 91 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,305 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇩Toli-ToliCentral Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,095 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
  12. 12

    🇵🇭MapunMimaropa, Philippines

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 83 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,104 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇾GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaica, Guyana

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,956 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇲🇾TawauSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,156 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇾SandakanSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 98 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,489 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
  16. 16

    🇲🇾Kuala PenyuSabah, Malaysia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 122 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,110 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    91%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇩Waisai↻Seasons flipped. Southwest Papua, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 105 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,663 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    91%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇩Kawasi↻Seasons flipped. North Maluku, Indonesia

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,667 mm rain

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

    90%match
  19. 19

    🇵🇬Arawa↻Seasons flipped. Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

    Zone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 138 in rainZone 13b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 3,501 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 18 great-fit crops

    90%match
  20. 20

    🇮🇩TahunaNorth Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Zone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 106 in rainZone 13a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 2,693 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    90%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.