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Land with a climate like Zaria

🇳🇬Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Zaria are Sofo-Birnin-Gwari, Nigeria (99% match), Bauchi and Pindiga. About 298,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kaduna State, Nigeria, North, Cameroon and Niger State, Nigeria.The towns with the closest growing climate to Zaria are Sofo-Birnin-Gwari, Nigeria (99% match), Bauchi and Pindiga. About 771,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Kaduna State, Nigeria, North, Cameroon and Niger State, Nigeria.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 989 mm rain

What grows in Zaria →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇳🇬Kaduna State, Nigeria

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sofo-Birnin-Gwari (99), Lere (99)

  2. 2

    🇨🇲North, Cameroon

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tchéboa (88), Guider (88)

  3. 3

    🇳🇬Niger State, Nigeria

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rijau (94), Ibeto (91)

  4. 4

    🇳🇬Adamawa, Nigeria

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gombi (97), Mubi (97)

  5. 5

    🇲🇱Sikasso, Mali

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yanfolila (83), Kouri (82)

  6. 6

    🇲🇱Koulikoro, Mali

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sibi (86), Kangaba (83)

  7. 7

    🇧🇯Alibori, Benin

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kandi (90), Ségbana (90)

  8. 8

    🇹🇩Mandoul, Chad

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koumra (85), Maro (84)

  9. 9

    🇸🇸Western Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kafia Kingi (93), Wau (68)

  10. 10

    🇹🇩Moyen-Chari, Chad

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyabé (80), Sarh (76)

  11. 11

    🇹🇩Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, Chad

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pala (90), Mboursou Léré (85)

  12. 12

    🇨🇲Far North, Cameroon

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokolo (96), Maroua (88)

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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    🇳🇬Sofo-Birnin-GwariKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,045 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇬BauchiNigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 940 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇬PindigaGombe State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 928 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇬LereKaduna State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,092 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, wheat

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇬MalumfashiKatsina State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 832 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇳🇬GombiAdamawa, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 877 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇬MubiAdamawa, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 858 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇳🇬BiuBorno State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 789 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wheat

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇳🇬GombeGombe State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 846 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇲MokoloFar North, Cameroon

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 848 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, wheat

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇬RanoKano State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 829 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇳🇬ZuruKebbi, Nigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 915 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇳🇬DukkuGombe State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 782 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇸🇸Kafia KingiWestern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%match
  15. 15

    🇳🇬DarazoBauchi, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 788 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    93%match
  16. 16

    🇳🇬GusauZamfara State, Nigeria

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 788 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    93%match
  17. 17

    🇧🇯KandiAlibori, Benin

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 956 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    90%match
  18. 18

    🇹🇩PalaMayo-Kebbi Ouest, Chad

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 880 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    90%match
  19. 19

    🇧🇯SégbanaAlibori, Benin

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,026 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    90%match
  20. 20

    🇳🇬KontagoraNiger State, Nigeria

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 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.