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Land with a climate like Cambridge, New Zealand

🇳🇿Cambridge, Waikato Region, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Cambridge, New Zealand are Whakatane, New Zealand (99% match), Palmerston North and Levin. About 326,000 sq mi of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Cambridge, New Zealand are Whakatane, New Zealand (99% match), Palmerston North and Levin. About 845,000 km² of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 1,212 mm rain

What grows in Cambridge, New Zealand →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    44k sq mi115k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mar del Plata (95), Miramar (94)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    31k sq mi81k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dax (92), La Teste-de-Buch (91)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warragul (95), Frankston East (92)

  4. 4

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example A Estrada (92), Ribeira (92)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Auch (92), Tarbes (92)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Burnie (94), Devonport (94)

  7. 7

    🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Challans (85), Rezé (85)

  8. 8

    🇧🇷Santa Catarina, Brazil

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example São Joaquim (86), Fraiburgo (83)

  9. 9

    🇧🇷Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vacaria (84), Flores da Cunha (82)

  10. 10

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orange (77), Batemans Bay (74)

  11. 11

    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whakatane (99), Rotorua (99)

  12. 12

    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Palmerston North (99), Levin (99)

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

    🇳🇿WhakataneBay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 715 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 715 chill hours · 1,474 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿Palmerston NorthManawatu-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 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇿LevinManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇿WhanganuiManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 978 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇿RotoruaBay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 1,061 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 1,061 chill hours · 1,507 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇳🇿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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇿GisborneNew 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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇳🇿NelsonNelson Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 1,113 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 1,113 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇳🇿HastingsHawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 917 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, almond, fig

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇳🇿TaupoWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 274 frost-free days · 1,316 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 9b · 274 frost-free days · 1,316 chill hours · 1,355 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇿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 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    95%match
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    🇦🇷Mar del PlataBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 891 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender, fig

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇦🇺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 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, almond, fig

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇳🇿AucklandNew Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 1,355 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, pecan, tea

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇳🇿WellingtonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 1,333 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇳🇿New PlymouthTaranaki Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 1,698 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, soybean

    94%match
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    🇦🇷PinamarBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 764 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 764 chill hours · 915 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, fig, lavender

    94%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 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    94%match
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    🇦🇷NecocheaBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 862 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender, fig

    94%match
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    🇦🇷BalcarceBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9a · 268 frost-free days · 1,149 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 268 frost-free days · 1,149 chill hours · 822 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, fig, almond

    92%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.