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Land with a climate like Ballarat

🇦🇺Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ballarat are Wallan, Australia (99% match), Launceston and Traralgon. About 293,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Victoria, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina and New Aquitaine, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ballarat are Wallan, Australia (99% match), Launceston and Traralgon. About 758,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Victoria, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina and New Aquitaine, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 1,234 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 1,234 chill hours · 667 mm rain

What grows in Ballarat →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    45k sq mi117k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wallan (99), Traralgon (96)

  2. 2

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    32k sq mi83k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Benito Juárez (90), Balcarce (88)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    25k sq mi64k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tulle (86), Brive-la-Gaillarde (86)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pamiers (89), Tournefeuille (88)

  5. 5

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miranda de Ebro (93), Villaquilambre (89)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orange (92), Goulburn (88)

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    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Launceston (97), Hobart (94)

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    🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Angers (85), Saumur (84)

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    🇳🇿Canterbury, New Zealand

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rolleston (91), Christchurch (90)

  10. 10

    🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manlleu (87), Vic (86)

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    🇨🇱Biobio, Chile

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mulchén (86), Los Ángeles (84)

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    🇳🇿Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hastings (87), Napier (83)

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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    🇦🇺WallanVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 298 frost-free days · 1,070 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 298 frost-free days · 1,070 chill hours · 750 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, kiwifruit, potato

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇦🇺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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, kiwifruit

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇦🇺TraralgonVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 753 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 753 chill hours · 713 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, tomato, fig

    96%match
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    🇦🇺WarragulVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 939 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tomato, kiwifruit

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇺Mount GambierSouth Australia, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 505 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 505 chill hours · 701 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, potato, kiwifruit

    94%match
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    🇦🇺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 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    94%match
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    🇳🇿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 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, kiwifruit, sunflower

    93%match
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    🇦🇺DevonportTasmania, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 665 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 665 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, potato, tomato

    92%match
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    🇦🇺OrangeNew South Wales, Australia

    Zone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 1,638 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 1,638 chill hours · 824 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, fig

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇦🇺CanberraAustralian Capital Territory, Australia

    Zone 8b · 238 frost-free days · 1,472 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 238 frost-free days · 1,472 chill hours · 624 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, tomato, almond

    92%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 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, potato, tomato

    91%match
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    🇦🇺Frankston EastVictoria, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 422 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 422 chill hours · 736 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, tomato, fig

    91%match
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    🇳🇿ChristchurchCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, kiwifruit, potato

    90%match
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    🇦🇷Benito JuárezBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9a · 238 frost-free days · 1,401 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 238 frost-free days · 1,401 chill hours · 769 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, fig

    90%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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, kiwifruit, potato

    90%match
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    🇦🇺WarrnamboolVictoria, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 722 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, potato, kiwifruit

    90%match
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    🇦🇺BendigoVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 287 frost-free days · 998 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9b · 287 frost-free days · 998 chill hours · 542 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, fig, olive

    89%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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, fig, sunflower

    89%match
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    🇦🇺Mount BarkerSouth Australia, Australia

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 693 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 693 chill hours · 708 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, fig, potato

    89%match
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    🇳🇿AshburtonCanterbury, New Zealand

    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

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops

    88%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.