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Where can I grow avocado?

Persea americana · Fruit · Perennial

Avocado is a great fit (80+) on 36.8 million km² (14.2 million sq mi) of land in 170 countries, 18% of it only with irrigation. The most well-suited land is in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Pará, Brazil and Bahia, Brazil. Where it can't grow, it's usually winters get too cold (72%) and too many heat-stress days (17%).

Crop fit≤5075100Uncolored land: won't grow

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Great fit (80+)
36.8M km²(14.2M sq mi)
25% of land
Worth a try (50–79)
6.3M km²(2.4M sq mi)
4% of land
Great fit without irrigation
29.8M km²(11.5M sq mi)
Rain alone is enough
Countries
170
With great-fit land

Regions with the most suitable land

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Great fit on 564k km² (218k sq mi)

    For example Belo Horizonte (100), Uberlândia (100)

  2. 2

    🇧🇷Pará, Brazil

    Great fit on 530k km² (205k sq mi) · worth a try on 90k km² (35k sq mi)

    For example Dom Eliseu (100), Monte Alegre (100)

  3. 3

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    Great fit on 498k km² (192k sq mi) · worth a try on 24k km² (9,100 sq mi)

    For example Camaçari (100), Santo Antônio de Jesus (100)

  4. 4

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    Great fit on 270k km² (104k sq mi) · worth a try on 3,800 km² (1,500 sq mi)

    For example Jimma (100), Nek’emtē (100)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Yunnan, China

    Great fit on 222k km² (86k sq mi) · worth a try on 29k km² (11k sq mi)

    For example Mengzi (100), Wenshan City (100)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Guangdong, China

    Great fit on 208k km² (80k sq mi) · worth a try on 7,700 km² (3,000 sq mi)

    For example Shenzhen (100), Bao'an (100)

  7. 7

    🇨🇳Guangxi, China

    Great fit on 177k km² (68k sq mi) · worth a try on 4,900 km² (1,900 sq mi)

    For example Qinzhou (100), Beihai (100)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Great fit on 177k km² (68k sq mi) · worth a try on 94k km² (36k sq mi)

    For example Avellaneda (100), Merlo (100)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸Florida, United States

    Great fit on 172k km² (66k sq mi) · worth a try on 1,300 km² (500 sq mi)

    For example Hialeah (100), Palm Bay (100)

  10. 10

    🇦🇺Queensland, Australia

    Great fit on 151k km² (58k sq mi) · worth a try on 2,800 km² (1,100 sq mi)

    For example Brisbane (100), Gold Coast (100)

  11. 11

    🇦🇷Cordoba, Argentina

    Great fit on 120k km² (46k sq mi) · worth a try on 15k km² (5,800 sq mi)

    For example Marcos Juárez (100), Morteros (100)

  12. 12

    🇲🇲Shan State, Myanmar

    Great fit on 119k km² (46k sq mi)

    For example Yawnghwe (100), Kēng Tung (100)

  13. 13

    🇪🇹Amhara, Ethiopia

    Great fit on 119k km² (46k sq mi) · worth a try on 5,300 km² (2,000 sq mi)

    For example Gonder (100), Bahir Dar (100)

  14. 14

    🇿🇦Limpopo, South Africa

    Great fit on 118k km² (45k sq mi) · worth a try on 1,400 km² (500 sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Duiwelskloof (100), Tshitereke (100)

  15. 15

    🇿🇲North-Western, Zambia

    Great fit on 117k km² (45k sq mi)

    For example Solwezi (100), Kansanshi (100)

Regions are states and provinces, counting land within 75 km of a town. At most three per country, so the list covers the world.

By country

  • 🇧🇷Brazil5.3M km² (2.0M sq mi) · 88% of its land
  • 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo1.1M km² (435k sq mi) · 100% of its land
  • 🇨🇳China935k km² (361k sq mi) · 17% of its land
  • 🇹🇿Tanzania851k km² (329k sq mi) · 100% of its land
  • 🇦🇷Argentina849k km² (328k sq mi) · 54% of its land
  • 🇮🇩Indonesia824k km² (318k sq mi) · 53% of its land
  • 🇲🇽Mexico778k km² (300k sq mi) · 48% of its land
  • 🇦🇴Angola725k km² (280k sq mi) · 98% of its land
  • 🇪🇹Ethiopia622k km² (240k sq mi) · 74% of its land
  • 🇿🇲Zambia604k km² (233k sq mi) · 95% of its land

Best-suited towns

  1. 100%fit

    Jaboatão dos Guararapes

    🇧🇷 Pernambuco, Brazil

  2. 100%fit

    Guayaquil

    🇪🇨 Guayas, Ecuador

  3. 100%fit

    Eloy Alfaro

    🇪🇨 Guayas, Ecuador

  4. 100%fit

    Matadi

    🇨🇩 Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  5. 100%fit

    Kikwit

    🇨🇩 Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  6. 100%fit

    Kananga

    🇨🇩 Kasai-Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  7. 100%fit

    Caucaia

    🇧🇷 Ceará, Brazil

  8. 100%fit

    Cabinda

    🇦🇴 Angola

  9. 100%fit

    Situbondo

    🇮🇩 East Java, Indonesia

  10. 100%fit

    Acapulco de Juárez

    🇲🇽 Guerrero, Mexico

  11. 100%fit

    Ikare

    🇳🇬 Ondo State, Nigeria

  12. 100%fit

    Takoradi

    🇬🇭 Western, Ghana

The most comfortable fits among the 2,000 biggest towns, two per region.

What avocado needs

Coldest night of the year (average)
Ideal at least 32°F (0°C)Won't grow below 27°F (-3°C)
Average temperature
Ideal 61–75°F (16–24°C)Won't grow below 55°F (13°C) or above 82°F (28°C)
Days above 95°F (35°C)
Ideal at most 10 daysWon't grow above 50 days
Yearly rain
Ideal 39–71 in (1,000–1,800 mm)Won't grow below 16 in (400 mm) or above 118 in (3,000 mm)

Most commercial orchards are irrigated. Needs free-draining soil; root rot in waterlogged ground. Hot dry winds at flowering cut fruit set.

Sources: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources: avocado production guidance; FAO ECOCROP: Persea americana. Ranges not yet reviewed by an agronomist.

What stops it elsewhere

  • Winters get too cold72%
  • Too many heat-stress days17%
  • Too hot overall8%
  • Too wet3%

Share of the land scoring under 50, by what holds it back most.

How this map works

Every 28 km square of land is scored 0–100 against the requirements above, using 1991–2020 monthly climate averages with frost, chill and heat estimated by simulating daily weather. Each square is scored with whichever variety fits it best. “With irrigation” ignores rain shortfalls; “Rain-fed only” counts them.

Climate is only part of it: soil, slope, water and markets decide where a crop is actually farmed. Use this to shortlist places, then check them locally.

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