Climatch

Land with a climate like Varto

🇹🇷Varto, Muş, Turkey

The towns with the closest growing climate to Varto are Patnos, Turkey (97% match), Erciş and Cimin. About 43,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Van, Turkey, Erzurum, Turkey and Hakkâri, Turkey.The towns with the closest growing climate to Varto are Patnos, Turkey (97% match), Erciş and Cimin. About 113,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Van, Turkey, Erzurum, Turkey and Hakkâri, Turkey.

Your growing climate

Zone 6a · 163 frost-free days · 3,240 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 163 frost-free days · 3,240 chill hours · 627 mm rain

What grows in Varto →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇹🇷Van, Turkey

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

    For example Erciş (96), Van (92)

  2. 2

    🇹🇷Erzurum, Turkey

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aşkale (91), Pasinler (79)

  3. 3

    🇹🇷Hakkâri, Turkey

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yüksekova (92), Şemdinli (79)

  4. 4

    🇮🇷West Azerbaijan, Iran

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seyah Cheshmeh (81), Oshnavīyeh (70)

  5. 5

    🇰🇬Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan

    1,600 sq mi4,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kara-Kul’ (87), Toktogul (79)

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    🇹🇯Khatlon Province, Tajikistan

    500 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

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    🇮🇶Duhok, Iraq

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

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    🇰🇬Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kara-Kulja (80), Nookat (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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    🇹🇷PatnosAğrı, Turkey

    Zone 5b · 152 frost-free days · 3,345 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 5b · 152 frost-free days · 3,345 chill hours · 513 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 11 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇹🇷ErcişVan, Turkey

    Zone 6a · 160 frost-free days · 3,218 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 6a · 160 frost-free days · 3,218 chill hours · 469 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, canola (rapeseed), sunflower

    96%match
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    🇹🇷CiminErzincan, Turkey

    Zone 6b · 167 frost-free days · 3,202 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 167 frost-free days · 3,202 chill hours · 621 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇹🇷VanTurkey

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,125 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,125 chill hours · 452 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, sunflower

    92%match
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    🇹🇷YüksekovaHakkâri, Turkey

    Zone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 3,080 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 3,080 chill hours · 657 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇹🇷AşkaleErzurum, Turkey

    Zone 5b · 145 frost-free days · 3,416 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 5b · 145 frost-free days · 3,416 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), potato, hemp

    91%match
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    🇹🇷GüroymakBitlis, Turkey

    Zone 6b · 193 frost-free days · 2,909 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 6b · 193 frost-free days · 2,909 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), wine grapes

    88%match
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    🇰🇬Kara-Kul’Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,311 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,311 chill hours · 540 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed)

    87%match
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    🇹🇷BayburtBayburt Province, Turkey

    Zone 6a · 154 frost-free days · 3,319 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 6a · 154 frost-free days · 3,319 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), potato, barley

    85%match
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    🇹🇷KelkitGümüşhane Province, Turkey

    Zone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,009 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,009 chill hours · 464 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, canola (rapeseed), sunflower

    83%match
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    🇹🇷GöksunKahramanmaraş, Turkey

    Zone 7a · 173 frost-free days · 2,907 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7a · 173 frost-free days · 2,907 chill hours · 581 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, wine grapes

    83%match
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    🇹🇷AğrıTurkey

    Zone 5b · 143 frost-free days · 3,443 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 5b · 143 frost-free days · 3,443 chill hours · 500 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley

    83%match
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    🇮🇷Seyah CheshmehWest Azerbaijan, Iran

    Zone 6b · 165 frost-free days · 3,192 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 6b · 165 frost-free days · 3,192 chill hours · 396 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, canola (rapeseed), potato

    81%match
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    🇹🇷DiyadinAğrı, Turkey

    Zone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 3,505 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 3,505 chill hours · 443 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, potato

    81%match
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    🇰🇬Kara-KuljaOsh Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,278 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,278 chill hours · 536 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: barley, canola (rapeseed), hemp

    80%match
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    🇹🇷AdilcevazBitlis, Turkey

    Zone 7a · 183 frost-free days · 3,178 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7a · 183 frost-free days · 3,178 chill hours · 579 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, saffron

    80%match
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    🇹🇷PasinlerErzurum, Turkey

    Zone 5b · 133 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 5b · 133 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 440 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: canola (rapeseed), barley, potato

    79%match
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    🇹🇷YozgatTurkey

    Zone 7b · 175 frost-free days · 3,051 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 7b · 175 frost-free days · 3,051 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, canola (rapeseed), barley

    79%match
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    🇹🇷HorasanErzurum, Turkey

    Zone 5b · 139 frost-free days · 3,442 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 5b · 139 frost-free days · 3,442 chill hours · 403 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, canola (rapeseed), potato

    78%match
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    🇹🇷KağızmanKars Province, Turkey

    Zone 6a · 168 frost-free days · 3,185 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6a · 168 frost-free days · 3,185 chill hours · 377 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, canola (rapeseed)

    77%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.