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Land with a climate like Bern

🇨🇭Bern, Switzerland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Bern are Germering, Germany (99% match), Rosenheim and Zürich. About 879,000 sq mi of land in 39 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, Bavaria, Germany and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Bern are Germering, Germany (99% match), Rosenheim and Zürich. About 2.3 million km² of land in 39 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, Bavaria, Germany and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

What grows in Bern →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mentor (87), Painesville (87)

  2. 2

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wolfratshausen (99), Weilheim (99)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    25k sq mi65k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oyonnax (98), Sallanches (98)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    22k sq mi58k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Erie (87), Hermitage (84)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Épinal (99), Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (99)

  6. 6

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (97), Gornji Milanovac (94)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Holzminden (94), Bad Pyrmont (93)

  8. 8

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Farnham (84), Cheltenham (84)

  9. 9

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Montbéliard (99), Belfort (99)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Weingarten (99), Tettnang (99)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Indiana, United States

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Michigan City (86), La Porte (84)

  12. 12

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tuzla (93), Travnik (93)

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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    🇩🇪GermeringBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 3,034 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 3,034 chill hours · 956 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇩🇪RosenheimBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,905 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,905 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, walnut

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇭ZürichZurich, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,738 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,738 chill hours · 1,082 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, walnut, kiwifruit

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇨🇭Sankt GallenSaint Gallen, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,971 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,971 chill hours · 1,188 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇩🇪ErdingBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 192 frost-free days · 3,052 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 192 frost-free days · 3,052 chill hours · 862 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇩🇪AugsburgBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,092 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,092 chill hours · 868 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇷ÉpinalGrand Est, France

    Zone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,721 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,721 chill hours · 895 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇷BelfortBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,708 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,708 chill hours · 982 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇩🇪Bad TölzBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,013 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,013 chill hours · 1,223 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇪FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, fig

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇩🇪PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 906 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇩🇪SingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,987 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,987 chill hours · 832 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇪LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,577 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,577 chill hours · 865 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, fig

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇹TelfsTyrol, Austria

    Zone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 3,066 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 3,066 chill hours · 1,146 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  15. 15

    🇦🇹BludenzVorarlberg, Austria

    Zone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,877 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,877 chill hours · 1,233 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇩🇪Horb am NeckarBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 185 frost-free days · 3,112 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 185 frost-free days · 3,112 chill hours · 843 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇩🇪LandshutBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,114 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,114 chill hours · 825 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇸🇮MariborUrban Municipality of Maribor, Slovenia

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,807 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,807 chill hours · 1,084 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, soybean

    97%match
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    🇩🇪KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 216 frost-free days · 2,765 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 216 frost-free days · 2,765 chill hours · 874 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, fig, soybean

    97%match
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    🇩🇪AalenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,137 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,137 chill hours · 813 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%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.