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Land with a climate like Ashburton

🇳🇿Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ashburton are Rangiora, New Zealand (99% match), Dunedin and Hobart. About 341,000 sq mi of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Victoria, Australia and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ashburton are Rangiora, New Zealand (99% match), Dunedin and Hobart. About 883,000 km² of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Victoria, Australia and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,657 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,657 chill hours · 689 mm rain

What grows in Ashburton →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    30k sq mi79k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tulle (92), Guéret (92)

  2. 2

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ballarat (88), Wallan (86)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chamalières (93), Aurillac (93)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rodez (93), Pamiers (91)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Benito Juárez (84), Balcarce (84)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobart (97), Launceston (91)

  7. 7

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    9,900 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goulburn (79), Orange (77)

  8. 8

    🇳🇿Canterbury, New Zealand

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rangiora (99), Christchurch (98)

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    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vranje (80), Aranđelovac (80)

  10. 10

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miranda de Ebro (89), Burgos (78)

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    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Levin (82), Whanganui (82)

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    🇳🇿Southland, New Zealand

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Invercargill (92)

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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    🇳🇿RangioraCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 261 frost-free days · 1,481 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 261 frost-free days · 1,481 chill hours · 700 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tomato

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿DunedinOtago, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 842 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇦🇺HobartTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇿BlenheimMarlborough, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, tomato, kiwifruit

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇫🇷Rodez↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 8b · 219 frost-free days · 2,141 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8b · 219 frost-free days · 2,141 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, walnut, saffron

    93%match
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    🇳🇿MastertonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 986 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, potato, tomato

    93%match
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    🇫🇷Aurillac↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, potato, tomato

    93%match
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    🇪🇸Gasteiz / Vitoria↻Seasons flipped. Basque Country, Spain

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,639 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,639 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, saffron, fig

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Tulle↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,765 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,765 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, tomato, sunflower

    92%match
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    🇳🇿InvercargillSouthland, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 1,035 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Guéret↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 827 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, walnut

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Le Puy-en-Velay↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 653 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, saffron

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Pamiers↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 767 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, tomato, fig

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Vichy↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,088 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,088 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, walnut

    91%match
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    🇦🇺LauncestonTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, tomato, kiwifruit

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Moulins↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,078 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,078 chill hours · 711 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, walnut, sunflower

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Poitiers↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 682 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, saffron, fig

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Laval↻Seasons flipped. Pays de la Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,547 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,547 chill hours · 766 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, tomato, kiwifruit

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Montluçon↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 228 frost-free days · 1,929 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 228 frost-free days · 1,929 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, walnut, fig

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Clermont-Ferrand↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 221 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 221 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 580 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, walnut

    90%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.