Where can I grow citrus?
Citrus spp. · Fruit · Perennial
Citrus is a great fit (80+) on 25.0 million sq mi of land in 182 countries, 39% of it only with irrigation. The most well-suited land is in Pará, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Bahia, Brazil. Where it can't grow, it's usually winters get too cold (88%) and too wet (5%).Citrus is a great fit (80+) on 64.8 million km² of land in 182 countries, 39% of it only with irrigation. The most well-suited land is in Pará, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Bahia, Brazil. Where it can't grow, it's usually winters get too cold (88%) and too wet (5%).
- Great fit (80+)
- 25.0M sq mi64.8M km²
- 45% of land
- Worth a try (50–79)
- 2.7M sq mi6.9M km²
- 5% of land
- Great fit without irrigation
- 16.8M sq mi43.6M km²
- Rain alone is enough
- Countries
- 182
- With great-fit land
Regions with the most suitable land
- 1
🇧🇷Pará, Brazil
Great fit on 238k sq mi618k km² · worth a try on 4,200 sq mi11k km²
For example Parauapebas (100), Marabá (100)
- 2
🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil
Great fit on 216k sq mi559k km² · worth a try on 1,900 sq mi5,000 km²
For example Belo Horizonte (100), Uberlândia (100)
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
🇮🇳Maharashtra, India
Great fit on 95k sq mi245k km² · worth a try on 14k sq mi37k km²
For example Pune (100), Pimpri-Chinchwad (100)
- 7
🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina
Great fit on 93k sq mi240k km² · worth a try on 25k sq mi65k km²
For example Avellaneda (100), Merlo (100)
- 8
- 9
- 10
🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia
Great fit on 78k sq mi202k km² · worth a try on 5,900 sq mi15k km²
For example Gimbi (100), Dembī Dolo (100)
- 11
🇨🇳Yunnan, China
Great fit on 74k sq mi193k km² · worth a try on 11k sq mi28k km²
For example Mengzi (100), Wenshan City (100)
- 12
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🇦🇺Queensland, Australia
Great fit on 65k sq mi170k km² · worth a try on 800 sq mi2,200 km²
For example Brisbane (100), Gold Coast (100)
- 15
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
- 🇧🇷Brazil2.2M sq mi5.8M km² · 96% of its land
- 🇮🇳India1.0M sq mi2.7M km² · 84% of its land
- 🇨🇳China564k sq mi1.5M km² · 26% of its land
- 🇲🇽Mexico517k sq mi1.3M km² · 83% of its land
- 🇺🇸United States470k sq mi1.2M km² · 22% of its land
- 🇦🇷Argentina428k sq mi1.1M km² · 71% of its land
- 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo423k sq mi1.1M km² · 97% of its land
- 🇮🇩Indonesia364k sq mi943k km² · 60% of its land
- 🇳🇬Nigeria333k sq mi861k km² · 96% of its land
- 🇹🇿Tanzania317k sq mi821k km² · 96% of its land
Best-suited towns
- 100%Ideal
🇳🇬 Ondo State, Nigeria
- 100%Ideal
🇨🇩 Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 100%Ideal
🇺🇸 Florida, United States
- 100%Ideal
🇺🇸 Florida, United States
- 100%Ideal
🇧🇴 Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
- 100%Ideal
🇲🇿 Sofala, Mozambique
- 100%Ideal
🇦🇷 Argentina
- 100%Ideal
🇧🇷 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 100%Ideal
🇵🇾 Asuncion, Paraguay
- 100%Ideal
🇪🇨 Guayas, Ecuador
- 100%Ideal
🇨🇳 Sichuan, China
- 100%Ideal
🇲🇿 Zambezia Province, Mozambique
The most comfortable fits among the 2,000 biggest towns, two per region. Scores assume irrigation where rain falls short; Needs irrigation marks towns that need it.
What citrus needs
- Coldest night of the year (average)
- Ideal at least 28°FIdeal at least -2°CWon't grow below 23°FWon't grow below -5°C
- Average temperature
- Ideal 64–82°FIdeal 18–28°CWon't grow below 59°F or above 90°FWon't grow below 15°C or above 32°C
- Warmest-month average
- Ideal 75–90°FIdeal 24–32°CWon't grow below 68°F or above 99°FWon't grow below 20°C or above 37°C
- Yearly rain
- Ideal 35–79 inIdeal 900–2,000 mmWon't grow below 12 in or above 118 inWon't grow below 300 mm or above 3,000 mm
Freezes are the deciding risk: a few hours below 27 °F damage fruit and young trees. Our cold-snap estimate is weakest in subtropical climates.Freezes are the deciding risk: a few hours below −3 °C damage fruit and young trees. Our cold-snap estimate is weakest in subtropical climates.
Sources: UF/IFAS Extension: citrus cold hardiness; FAO ECOCROP: Citrus sinensis.
What stops it elsewhere
- Winters get too cold88%
- Too wet5%
- Summers too hot3%
- Too cool overall3%
- Summers too cool1%
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. “Irrigated” ignores rain shortfalls; “Rainfed” counts them. Tap any square to see everything that grows there.
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.