Where can I grow peanut?
Arachis hypogaea · Oilseed · Annual
Peanut is a great fit (80+) on 81.6 million km² (31.5 million sq mi) of land in 200 countries, 39% of it only with irrigation. The most well-suited land is in Pará, Brazil, Amazonas, Brazil and Bahia, Brazil. Where it can't grow, it's usually growing season too cool (86%) and nights too cold in the growing season (13%).
Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.
- Great fit (80+)
- 81.6M km²(31.5M sq mi)
- 56% of land
- Worth a try (50–79)
- 6.9M km²(2.7M sq mi)
- 5% of land
- Great fit without irrigation
- 49.8M km²(19.2M sq mi)
- Rain alone is enough
- Countries
- 200
- With great-fit land
Regions with the most suitable land
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🇺🇸Texas, United States
Great fit on 504k km² (195k sq mi) · worth a try on 16k km² (6,100 sq mi)
For example Houston (100), Corpus Christi (100)
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🇵🇰Punjab, Pakistan
Great fit on 206k km² (79k sq mi) · mostly with irrigation
For example Rawalpindi (100), Sialkot (100)
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🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia
Great fit on 186k km² (72k sq mi) · worth a try on 46k km² (18k sq mi)
For example Dembī Dolo (100), Welench’ītī (100)
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🇺🇸Florida, United States
Great fit on 173k km² (67k sq mi)
For example Jacksonville (100), Miami (100)
- 15
🇦🇺Queensland, Australia
Great fit on 170k km² (66k sq mi) · worth a try on 2,700 km² (1,000 sq mi)
For example Brisbane (100), Gold Coast (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
- 🇧🇷Brazil5.9M km² (2.3M sq mi) · 98% of its land
- 🇮🇳India3.0M km² (1.2M sq mi) · 93% of its land
- 🇨🇳China3.0M km² (1.1M sq mi) · 53% of its land
- 🇺🇸United States2.7M km² (1.0M sq mi) · 49% of its land
- 🇮🇩Indonesia1.4M km² (549k sq mi) · 91% of its land
- 🇲🇽Mexico1.3M km² (497k sq mi) · 80% of its land
- 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo1.1M km² (423k sq mi) · 97% of its land
- 🇮🇷Iran1.1M km² (415k sq mi) · 77% of its land
- 🇦🇷Argentina1.0M km² (390k sq mi) · 64% of its land
- 🇳🇬Nigeria893k km² (345k sq mi) · 100% of its land
Best-suited towns
- 100%fit
🇨🇩 Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 100%fit
🇧🇷 Pernambuco, Brazil
- 100%fit
🇨🇳 Hubei, China
- 100%fit
🇨🇩 East Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 100%fit
🇨🇲 Centre, Cameroon
- 100%fit
🇹🇿 Tanzania
- 100%fit
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
- 100%fit
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
- 100%fit
🇨🇳 Hubei, China
- 100%fit
🇳🇬 Ondo State, Nigeria
- 100%fit
🇨🇳 Jiangsu, China
- 100%fit
🇮🇳 Karnataka, India
The most comfortable fits among the 2,000 biggest towns, two per region.
What peanut needs
- Growing-season average
- Ideal 72–86°F (22–30°C)Won't grow below 63°F (17°C) or above 97°F (36°C)
- Coldest growing-season night (monthly average)
- Ideal at least 57°F (14°C)Won't grow below 46°F (8°C)
- Growing-season rain
- Ideal 18–35 in (450–900 mm)Won't grow below 9.8 in (250 mm) or above 59 in (1,500 mm)
Needs warm, light soil for pods to develop underground.
Sources: FAO ECOCROP: Arachis hypogaea; FAO Crop Water Information: groundnut. Ranges not yet reviewed by an agronomist.
What stops it elsewhere
- Growing season too cool86%
- Nights too cold in the growing season13%
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.