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Land with a climate like Aberdeen, South Dakota

🇺🇸Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Aberdeen, South Dakota are Watertown, United States (99% match), Bismarck and Saint Cloud. About 258,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Dakota, United States, Minnesota, United States and South Dakota, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Aberdeen, South Dakota are Watertown, United States (99% match), Bismarck and Saint Cloud. About 667,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Dakota, United States, Minnesota, United States and South Dakota, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 558 mm rain

What grows in Aberdeen, South Dakota →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸North Dakota, United States

    43k sq mi112k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bismarck (99), Mandan (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Minnesota, United States

    36k sq mi94k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint Cloud (97), Sartell (97)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸South Dakota, United States

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Watertown (99), Brookings (97)

  4. 4

    🇨🇦Alberta, Canada

    1,700 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Medicine Hat (84), Lethbridge (77)

  5. 5

    🇨🇦Saskatchewan, Canada

    1,200 sq mi3,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Swift Current (78), Moose Jaw (74)

  6. 6

    🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇺🇸WatertownSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 594 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸BismarckNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 467 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Saint CloudMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 156 frost-free days · 3,567 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 5a · 156 frost-free days · 3,567 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸BrookingsSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,593 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,593 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸FargoNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸JamestownNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 515 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇺🇸WillmarMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 161 frost-free days · 3,563 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5a · 161 frost-free days · 3,563 chill hours · 743 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    93%match
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    🇺🇸Sioux FallsSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,428 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,428 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum, soybean

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸MinotNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 476 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 15 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸WillistonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 373 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    91%match
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    🇺🇸DickinsonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 3,691 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 3,691 chill hours · 425 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender

    91%match
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    🇺🇸MitchellSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,359 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,359 chill hours · 596 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum, soybean

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸Grand ForksNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 535 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    91%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸MankatoMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    88%match
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    🇺🇸Eau ClaireWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5a · 162 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5a · 162 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 795 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    88%match
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    🇺🇸LakevilleMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 163 frost-free days · 3,502 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5a · 163 frost-free days · 3,502 chill hours · 776 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    87%match
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    🇺🇸Red WingMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 775 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, soybean, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇺🇸OwatonnaMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, lavender, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇺🇸Stevens PointWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 797 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, soybean

    85%match
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    🇺🇸WausauWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5a · 155 frost-free days · 3,595 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5a · 155 frost-free days · 3,595 chill hours · 796 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, soybean

    85%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.