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Land with a climate like Calgary

🇨🇦Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The towns with the closest growing climate to Calgary are Lethbridge, Canada (96% match), Medicine Hat and Red Deer. About 400,000 km² (155,000 sq mi) of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Alberta, Canada, North Dakota, United States and Saskatchewan, Canada.

Your growing climate

Zone 5b · 117 frost-free days · 3,956 chill hours · 17 in (421 mm) rain

What grows in Calgary →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%CalgaryClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇦Alberta, Canada

    93k km² (36k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lethbridge (96), Medicine Hat (92)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸North Dakota, United States

    44k km² (17k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Dickinson (86), Williston (82)

  3. 3

    🇨🇦Saskatchewan, Canada

    13k km² (5,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Swift Current (82), Moose Jaw (67)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Montana, United States

    9,000 km² (3,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Butte (84), Helena (78)

  5. 5

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    2,700 km² (1,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Fort St. John (71), Cranbrook (67)

  6. 6

    🇰🇬Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan

    2,300 km² (900 sq mi) matching 80% or better

  7. 7

    🇰🇬Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

    1,100 km² (400 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Kyzyl-Suu (61), Karakol (53)

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

  1. 1

    🇨🇦LethbridgeAlberta, Canada

    Zone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,819 chill hours · 15 in (382 mm) rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cherry, sunflower

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇦Medicine HatAlberta, Canada

    Zone 5b · 131 frost-free days · 3,890 chill hours · 13 in (337 mm) rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, sunflower, cherry

    92%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇦Red DeerAlberta, Canada

    Zone 5a · 115 frost-free days · 4,032 chill hours · 18 in (450 mm) rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸DickinsonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 3,810 chill hours · 17 in (425 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, apple, cherry

    86%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸ButteMontana, United States

    Zone 5b · 106 frost-free days · 3,875 chill hours · 12 in (308 mm) rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops

    84%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸WillistonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,815 chill hours · 15 in (373 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, apple, cherry

    82%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇦Swift CurrentSaskatchewan, Canada

    Zone 5a · 128 frost-free days · 3,986 chill hours · 16 in (411 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, sunflower

    82%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇦EdmontonAlberta, Canada

    Zone 5a · 125 frost-free days · 4,051 chill hours · 18 in (456 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    81%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸HelenaMontana, United States

    Zone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,670 chill hours · 11 in (271 mm) rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, apple, cherry

    78%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇦CamroseAlberta, Canada

    Zone 5a · 120 frost-free days · 4,083 chill hours · 18 in (453 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    75%match
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    🇺🇸BismarckNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,785 chill hours · 18 in (467 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, sunflower, cherry

    75%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸LaramieWyoming, United States

    Zone 6a · 112 frost-free days · 3,781 chill hours · 11 in (275 mm) rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops

    75%match
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    🇨🇦Fort St. JohnBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 5a · 120 frost-free days · 4,140 chill hours · 19 in (471 mm) rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops

    71%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸MinotNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,883 chill hours · 19 in (476 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, apple, maize (corn)

    71%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸JamestownNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,852 chill hours · 20 in (515 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, apple, maize (corn)

    71%match
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    🇷🇺MagnitogorskChelyabinsk, Russia

    Zone 4b · 137 frost-free days · 4,051 chill hours · 14 in (350 mm) rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, apple

    70%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇦Grande PrairieAlberta, Canada

    Zone 4b · 117 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 18 in (459 mm) rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops

    68%match
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    🇹🇷KarsKars Province, Turkey

    Zone 5b · 125 frost-free days · 3,669 chill hours · 18 in (447 mm) rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, sunflower, cherry

    67%match
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    🇷🇺ChelyabinskRussia

    Zone 5a · 145 frost-free days · 4,049 chill hours · 16 in (417 mm) rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, apple, maize (corn)

    67%match
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    🇨🇦CranbrookBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 6b · 121 frost-free days · 3,863 chill hours · 18 in (465 mm) rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    67%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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