Climatch

Land with a climate like Christchurch

🇳🇿Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Christchurch are Blenheim, New Zealand (99% match), Hobart and Ashburton. About 362,000 sq mi of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Victoria, Australia and Buenos Aires, Argentina.The towns with the closest growing climate to Christchurch are Blenheim, New Zealand (99% match), Hobart and Ashburton. About 938,000 km² of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Victoria, Australia and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 808 mm rain

What grows in Christchurch →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    35k sq mi91k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tulle (94), Angoulême (93)

  2. 2

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    32k sq mi84k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ballarat (90), Warragul (90)

  3. 3

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Necochea (86), Mar del Plata (86)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    18k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lourdes (93), Pamiers (93)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vichy (87), Montluçon (87)

  6. 6

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobart (99), Launceston (97)

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    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    9,900 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goulburn (79), Orange (78)

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    🇳🇿Canterbury, New Zealand

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ashburton (98), Timaru (95)

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    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Palmerston North (91), Whanganui (90)

  10. 10

    🇳🇿Wellington Region, New Zealand

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masterton (98), Wellington (84)

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    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    5,200 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lugo (85), Oleiros (79)

  12. 12

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    3,500 sq mi9,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miranda de Ebro (92), Ponferrada (79)

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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    🇳🇿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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇦🇺HobartTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇳🇿AshburtonCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,657 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,657 chill hours · 689 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇿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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn)

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇺LauncestonTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    97%match
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    🇳🇿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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, maize (corn), fig

    96%match
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    🇳🇿TimaruCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 1,404 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 1,404 chill hours · 556 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 19 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇳🇿DunedinOtago, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 842 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 19 great-fit crops

    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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇫🇷Laval↻Seasons flipped. Pays de la Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,547 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,547 chill hours · 766 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, saffron

    93%match
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    🇪🇸Gasteiz / Vitoria↻Seasons flipped. Basque Country, Spain

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,639 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,639 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, fig

    93%match
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    🇪🇸Mieres↻Seasons flipped. Asturias, Spain

    Zone 9b · 291 frost-free days · 1,118 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9b · 291 frost-free days · 1,118 chill hours · 941 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇫🇷Pamiers↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 767 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇫🇷Angoulême↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,403 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,403 chill hours · 809 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇫🇷Périgueux↻Seasons flipped. New 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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, almond, olive

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Angers↻Seasons flipped. Pays de la Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,496 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,496 chill hours · 734 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Limoges↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 1,795 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 1,795 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, maize (corn)

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Saintes↻Seasons flipped. New 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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, almond, olive

    92%match
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    🇳🇿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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn)

    92%match
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    🇳🇿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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn)

    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.