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Land with a climate like Colchester, United Kingdom

🇬🇧Colchester, England, United Kingdom

The towns with the closest growing climate to Colchester, United Kingdom are King's Lynn, United Kingdom (99% match), Milton Keynes and Loughborough. About 484,000 sq mi of land in 23 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Grand Est, France and Lower Saxony, Germany.The towns with the closest growing climate to Colchester, United Kingdom are King's Lynn, United Kingdom (99% match), Milton Keynes and Loughborough. About 1.3 million km² of land in 23 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Grand Est, France and Lower Saxony, Germany.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,153 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,153 chill hours · 587 mm rain

What grows in Colchester, United Kingdom →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    56k sq mi145k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bedford (99), Newport Pagnell (99)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Épernay (96), Reims (96)

  3. 3

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bad Bentheim (98), Nordhorn (98)

  4. 4

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Schweinfurt (92), Kitzingen (92)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sens (93), Auxerre (93)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Centre-Val de Loire, France

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dreux (97), Chartres (95)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rees (99), Goch (99)

  8. 8

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rathfarnham (97), Dublin (97)

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    🇵🇱West Pomerania, Poland

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Świnoujście (93), Police (92)

  10. 10

    🇵🇱Greater Poland, Poland

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nowy Tomyśl (84), Szamotuły (83)

  11. 11

    🇩🇰Central Jutland, Denmark

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skive (92), Herning (92)

  12. 12

    🇵🇱Pomerania, Poland

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ustka (90), Przymorze Wielkie (88)

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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    🇬🇧King's LynnEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,197 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,197 chill hours · 643 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, potato

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇧Milton KeynesEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,117 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,117 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇧LoughboroughEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,261 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,261 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇧LincolnEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,209 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,209 chill hours · 607 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇧LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 643 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇧NorwichEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 234 frost-free days · 2,043 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 234 frost-free days · 2,043 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, potato, sunflower

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇬🇧Kingston upon HullEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,137 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,137 chill hours · 680 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, potato

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇬🇧PeterboroughEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,067 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,067 chill hours · 606 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇬🇧GranthamEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,354 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,354 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, potato

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇧SwindonEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,185 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,185 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, hemp

    99%match
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    🇫🇷ArrasHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,172 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,172 chill hours · 705 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, potato, sunflower

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇬🇧LondonEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,770 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,770 chill hours · 670 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, potato

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇧FolkestoneEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 2,051 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 2,051 chill hours · 681 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, hemp

    99%match
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    🇳🇱NijmegenGelderland, The Netherlands

    Zone 8b · 222 frost-free days · 2,421 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8b · 222 frost-free days · 2,421 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, potato

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇬🇧LiverpoolEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,114 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,114 chill hours · 780 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, hemp

    99%match
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    🇫🇷Saint-QuentinHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,286 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,286 chill hours · 680 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, saffron

    99%match
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    🇬🇧SkegnessEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 2,226 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 2,226 chill hours · 608 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇬🇧BracknellEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,054 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,054 chill hours · 752 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, hemp

    99%match
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    🇳🇱EnschedeOverijssel, The Netherlands

    Zone 8b · 213 frost-free days · 2,629 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8b · 213 frost-free days · 2,629 chill hours · 786 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, potato, sunflower

    98%match
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    🇬🇧WrexhamWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,272 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,272 chill hours · 752 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, hemp

    98%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.