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Where can I grow potato?

Solanum tuberosum · Root crop · Annual

Potato is a great fit (80+) on 86.2 million km² (33.3 million sq mi) of land in 177 countries, 61% of it only with irrigation. The most well-suited land is in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Texas, United States and Xinjiang, China. Where it can't grow, it's usually growing season too hot (57%) and growing season too cool (35%).

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+)
86.2M km²(33.3M sq mi)
60% of land
Worth a try (50–79)
18.5M km²(7.2M sq mi)
13% of land
Great fit without irrigation
32.3M km²(12.5M sq mi)
Rain alone is enough
Countries
177
With great-fit land

Regions with the most suitable land

  1. 1

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Great fit on 541k km² (209k sq mi) · worth a try on 24k km² (9,200 sq mi)

    For example Poços de Caldas (100), Barbacena (100)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Texas, United States

    Great fit on 520k km² (201k sq mi)

    For example Houston (100), Dallas (100)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Xinjiang, China

    Great fit on 495k km² (191k sq mi) · worth a try on 33k km² (13k sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Ürümqi (100), Kashgar (100)

  4. 4

    🇨🇳Heilongjiang, China

    Great fit on 411k km² (159k sq mi) · worth a try on 3,800 km² (1,500 sq mi)

    For example Hegang (100), Mudanjiang (100)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Inner Mongolia, China

    Great fit on 385k km² (148k sq mi) · worth a try on 14k km² (5,300 sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Jiagedaqi (100), Zhalantun (100)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸California, United States

    Great fit on 340k km² (131k sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example San Francisco (100), Santa Rosa (100)

  7. 7

    🇮🇳Rajasthan, India

    Great fit on 311k km² (120k sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Ābu (100), Chhoti Sādri (100)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Great fit on 305k km² (118k sq mi)

    For example Mar del Plata (100), Avellaneda (100)

  9. 9

    🇧🇷Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Great fit on 291k km² (112k sq mi)

    For example Porto Alegre (100), Caxias do Sul (100)

  10. 10

    🇮🇳Madhya Pradesh, India

    Great fit on 291k km² (112k sq mi) · worth a try on 26k km² (10,000 sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Chāndāmeta (100), Parāsia (100)

  11. 11

    🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

    Great fit on 285k km² (110k sq mi) · worth a try on 215k km² (83k sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Piatã (100), Tapiramutá (100)

  12. 12

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    Great fit on 281k km² (108k sq mi)

    For example Ottawa (100), Kitchener (100)

  13. 13

    🇵🇰Balochistan, Pakistan

    Great fit on 260k km² (101k sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Quetta (100), Khuzdar (100)

  14. 14

    🇪🇹Oromiya, Ethiopia

    Great fit on 247k km² (95k sq mi) · worth a try on 36k km² (14k sq mi)

    For example Nazrēt (100), Jimma (100)

  15. 15

    🇮🇳Uttar Pradesh, India

    Great fit on 237k km² (92k sq mi) · mostly with irrigation

    For example Behat (100), Najībābād (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

  • 🇺🇸United States5.5M km² (2.1M sq mi) · 99% of its land
  • 🇨🇳China5.2M km² (2.0M sq mi) · 92% of its land
  • 🇷🇺Russia4.6M km² (1.8M sq mi) · 92% of its land
  • 🇧🇷Brazil2.4M km² (918k sq mi) · 39% of its land
  • 🇮🇳India2.0M km² (760k sq mi) · 61% of its land
  • 🇦🇷Argentina1.5M km² (581k sq mi) · 96% of its land
  • 🇮🇷Iran1.4M km² (536k sq mi) · 99% of its land
  • 🇲🇽Mexico1.2M km² (469k sq mi) · 75% of its land
  • 🇨🇦Canada1.1M km² (440k sq mi) · 96% of its land
  • 🇰🇿Kazakhstan859k km² (332k sq mi) · 97% of its land

Best-suited towns

  1. 100%fit

    Houston

    🇺🇸 Texas, United States

  2. 100%fit

    Milan

    🇮🇹 Lombardy, Italy

  3. 100%fit

    Bijie

    🇨🇳 Guizhou, China

  4. 100%fit

    Ţarţūs

    🇸🇾 Tartus, Syria

  5. 100%fit

    Toluca

    🇲🇽 México, Mexico

  6. 100%fit

    Vladivostok

    🇷🇺 Primorye, Russia

  7. 100%fit

    Shaoguan

    🇨🇳 Guangdong, China

  8. 100%fit

    Wenzhou

    🇨🇳 Zhejiang, China

  9. 100%fit

    Zürich

    🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland

  10. 100%fit

    Halifax

    🇨🇦 Nova Scotia, Canada

  11. 100%fit

    Rui’an

    🇨🇳 Zhejiang, China

  12. 100%fit

    Beirut

    🇱🇧 Lebanon

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

What potato needs

Growing-season average
Ideal 55–68°F (13–20°C)Won't grow below 46°F (8°C) or above 79°F (26°C)
Coldest growing-season night (monthly average)
Ideal at least 37°F (3°C)Won't grow below 28°F (-2°C)
Growing-season rain
Ideal 14–28 in (350–700 mm)Won't grow below 7.9 in (200 mm) or above 47 in (1,200 mm)

Tubers form best with cool nights; above ~25 °C tuber growth stalls. In the tropics it's a highland or cool-season crop.

Sources: FAO ECOCROP: Solanum tuberosum; FAO Crop Water Information: potato. Ranges not yet reviewed by an agronomist.

What stops it elsewhere

  • Growing season too hot57%
  • Growing season too cool35%
  • Nights too cold in the growing season8%

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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