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Land with a climate like Alta

🇳🇴Alta, Finnmark, Norway

The towns with the closest growing climate to Alta are Raahe, Finland (91% match), Piteå and Östersund. About 382,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Karelia, Russia, Arkhangelskaya, Russia and Murmansk, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Alta are Raahe, Finland (91% match), Piteå and Östersund. About 989,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Karelia, Russia, Arkhangelskaya, Russia and Murmansk, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 131 frost-free days · 4,151 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 6b · 131 frost-free days · 4,151 chill hours · 444 mm rain

What grows in Alta →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Karelia, Russia

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Petrozavodsk (86), Kostomuksha (86)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Arkhangelskaya, Russia

    24k sq mi61k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yagry (84), Severodvinsk (84)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Murmansk, Russia

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Severomorsk (90), Polyarnyy (90)

  4. 4

    🇫🇮North Ostrobothnia, Finland

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Raahe (91), Ylivieska (89)

  5. 5

    🇫🇮North Savo, Finland

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kuopio (86), Iisalmi (86)

  6. 6

    🇸🇪Västernorrland, Sweden

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Örnsköldsvik (85), Sundsvall (79)

  7. 7

    🇫🇮Central Finland, Finland

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Äänekoski (88), Laukaa (88)

  8. 8

    🇳🇴Innlandet, Norway

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lillehammer (80), Hamar (79)

  9. 9

    🇸🇪Västerbotten, Sweden

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skellefteå (87), Umeå (84)

  10. 10

    🇸🇪Jämtland, Sweden

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Östersund (90)

  11. 11

    🇳🇴Troms, Norway

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tromsdalen (65), Tromsø (54)

  12. 12

    🇳🇴Finnmark, Norway

    3,900 sq mi10,000 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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    🇫🇮RaaheNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 519 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    91%match
  2. 2

    🇸🇪PiteåNorrbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 573 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    90%match
  3. 3

    🇸🇪ÖstersundJämtland, Sweden

    Zone 6b · 132 frost-free days · 4,107 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6b · 132 frost-free days · 4,107 chill hours · 556 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    90%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇺MurmanskRussia

    Zone 6a · 111 frost-free days · 4,211 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 111 frost-free days · 4,211 chill hours · 506 mm rain

    Shares 3 of your 7 great-fit crops

    90%match
  5. 5

    🇫🇮YlivieskaNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 555 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, hops

    89%match
  6. 6

    🇫🇮OuluNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    88%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇮RovaniemiLapland, Finland

    Zone 5b · 117 frost-free days · 4,178 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 117 frost-free days · 4,178 chill hours · 629 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, hops

    88%match
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    🇸🇪SkellefteåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, hops

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇫🇮JyväskyläCentral Finland, Finland

    Zone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 612 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender, cherry

    87%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇺MonchegorskMurmansk, Russia

    Zone 5a · 109 frost-free days · 4,211 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 5a · 109 frost-free days · 4,211 chill hours · 500 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops

    87%match
  11. 11

    🇸🇪LuleåNorrbotten, Sweden

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 537 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    86%match
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    🇫🇮KuopioNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 4,013 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 4,013 chill hours · 629 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender, cherry

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸Eagle RiverAlaska, United States

    Zone 6a · 130 frost-free days · 4,135 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 6a · 130 frost-free days · 4,135 chill hours · 688 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    86%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇮PieksämäkiSouth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,023 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,023 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    86%match
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    🇫🇮IisalmiNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    86%match
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    🇷🇺PetrozavodskKarelia, Russia

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,040 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,040 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    86%match
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    🇷🇺KostomukshaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 5b · 112 frost-free days · 4,167 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5b · 112 frost-free days · 4,167 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    86%match
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    🇷🇺KondopogaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 617 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, lavender

    86%match
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    🇫🇮KurikkaSouth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6b · 128 frost-free days · 3,972 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6b · 128 frost-free days · 3,972 chill hours · 568 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, hops

    86%match
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    🇷🇺SegezhaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,091 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,091 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, hops

    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.