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Land with a climate like Chicago

🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chicago are Ottawa, United States (99% match), Findlay and Sterling Heights. About 1.7 million km² (671,000 sq mi) of land in 25 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Illinois, United States, Ohio, United States and Iowa, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,200 chill hours · 39 in (991 mm) rain

What grows in Chicago →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%ChicagoClosest

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

    🇺🇸Illinois, United States

    133k km² (51k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ottawa (99), Galesburg (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    111k km² (43k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Findlay (99), Norwalk (99)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Iowa, United States

    108k km² (42k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Bettendorf (98), Burlington (98)

  4. 4

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    55k km² (21k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Windsor (99), Tecumseh (99)

  5. 5

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    46k km² (18k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (92), Novi Pazar (86)

  6. 6

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    39k km² (15k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mostovskoy (92), Labinsk (91)

  7. 7

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    14k km² (5,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Goražde (86), Tuzla (84)

  8. 8

    🇧🇦Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    12k km² (4,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Bijeljina (84), Doboj (83)

  9. 9

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    11k km² (4,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Svobody (84), Yessentukskaya (84)

  10. 10

    🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

    9,300 km² (3,600 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Vršac (81), Bačka Palanka (80)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Nagano, Japan

    8,700 km² (3,400 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ōmachi (91), Chino (85)

  12. 12

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    7,000 km² (2,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Nanaku (86), Hakurōmachi (85)

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

    🇺🇸OttawaIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 3,189 chill hours · 36 in (927 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸FindlayOhio, United States

    Zone 6b · 187 frost-free days · 3,182 chill hours · 36 in (916 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Sterling HeightsMichigan, United States

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,231 chill hours · 32 in (821 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸South BendIndiana, United States

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,162 chill hours · 39 in (1000 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸GalesburgIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 3,177 chill hours · 38 in (964 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸Ann ArborMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 3,332 chill hours · 34 in (862 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸MarionIndiana, United States

    Zone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,137 chill hours · 39 in (992 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸LimaOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 191 frost-free days · 3,105 chill hours · 36 in (912 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸SanduskyOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 3,156 chill hours · 35 in (888 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸TiffinOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,190 chill hours · 36 in (923 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸KalamazooMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 183 frost-free days · 3,306 chill hours · 38 in (959 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸WoosterOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,165 chill hours · 38 in (967 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸AdrianMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,322 chill hours · 35 in (878 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸AkronOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 3,110 chill hours · 38 in (969 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸MansfieldOhio, United States

    Zone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 3,205 chill hours · 39 in (994 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸Grand RapidsMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,369 chill hours · 37 in (944 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸PerrysburgOhio, United States

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 3,187 chill hours · 33 in (849 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸EuclidOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 3,096 chill hours · 37 in (945 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸DetroitMichigan, United States

    Zone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 3,221 chill hours · 34 in (865 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸Fort WayneIndiana, United States

    Zone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 3,205 chill hours · 36 in (909 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%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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