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Land with a climate like Bilbao

🇪🇸Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

The towns with the closest growing climate to Bilbao are Dax, France (99% match), Torrelavega and Donostia / San Sebastián. About 194,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Galicia, Spain and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Bilbao are Dax, France (99% match), Torrelavega and Donostia / San Sebastián. About 502,000 km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Galicia, Spain and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 335 frost-free days · 611 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 9b · 335 frost-free days · 611 chill hours · 1,145 mm rain

What grows in Bilbao →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bayonne (99), Anglet (99)

  2. 2

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Carballo (97), Oleiros (96)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Frankston East (86), Warragul (85)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarbes (94), Lourdes (93)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Nazaire (87), La Baule-Escoublac (87)

  6. 6

    🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Papatoetoe (90), Papakura (90)

  7. 7

    🇳🇿Wellington Region, New Zealand

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wellington (88), Masterton (87)

  8. 8

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Necochea (85), Mar del Plata (84)

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    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tauranga (91), Whakatane (90)

  10. 10

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Burnie (87), Devonport (86)

  11. 11

    🇧🇷Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vacaria (84), Estrela (82)

  12. 12

    🇧🇷Santa Catarina, Brazil

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lages (82), Correia Pinto (81)

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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    🇫🇷DaxNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇸TorrelavegaCantabria, Spain

    Zone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 339 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 1,002 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇪🇸Donostia / San SebastiánBasque Country, Spain

    Zone 10a · 342 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · 342 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 1,243 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, pecan, citrus

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇫🇷PauNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 1,366 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, citrus, tea

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇸GijónAsturias, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 527 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 527 chill hours · 972 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇪🇸A CoruñaGalicia, Spain

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 224 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 224 chill hours · 1,020 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇪🇸ViveiroGalicia, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 359 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 359 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇳🇿Gisborne↻Seasons flipped. New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 544 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 544 chill hours · 1,232 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇫🇷BordeauxNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,233 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,233 chill hours · 903 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇵🇹BragaPortugal

    Zone 10a · 343 frost-free days · 555 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 10a · 343 frost-free days · 555 chill hours · 1,463 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, pecan

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇪🇸LugoGalicia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 1,489 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
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    🇫🇷BergeracNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,278 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,278 chill hours · 900 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇳🇿Palmerston North↻Seasons flipped. Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 1,219 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇪🇸Santiago de CompostelaGalicia, Spain

    Zone 10a · 346 frost-free days · 695 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 10a · 346 frost-free days · 695 chill hours · 1,678 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    92%match
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    🇫🇷PérigueuxNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,381 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,381 chill hours · 895 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇳🇿Tauranga↻Seasons flipped. Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 418 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 418 chill hours · 1,426 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea

    91%match
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    🇫🇷MarmandeNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 1,380 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 1,380 chill hours · 905 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇫🇷SaintesNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 269 frost-free days · 1,326 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 269 frost-free days · 1,326 chill hours · 839 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    91%match
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    🇪🇸VigoGalicia, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 387 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 387 chill hours · 1,596 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, soybean

    90%match
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    🇳🇿Hamilton↻Seasons flipped. Waikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    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.