Climatch

Land with a climate like Courtenay

🇨🇦Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada

The towns with the closest growing climate to Courtenay are Nanaimo, Canada (99% match), Surrey and North Cowichan. About 301,000 sq mi of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Grand Est, France and Washington, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Courtenay are Nanaimo, Canada (99% match), Surrey and North Cowichan. About 779,000 km² of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Grand Est, France and Washington, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,564 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,564 chill hours · 1,364 mm rain

What grows in Courtenay →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bournemouth (90), Alton (90)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hayange (90), Saint-Avold (90)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Washington, United States

    18k sq mi48k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cottage Lake (99), Silver Firs (99)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Belfort (87), Montbéliard (87)

  5. 5

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example White Rock (99), Nanaimo (99)

  6. 6

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Much (90), Wiehl (90)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Georgsmarienhütte (86), Wallenhorst (86)

  8. 8

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bressuire (87), Limoges (84)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸Oregon, United States

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Portland (89), Forest Grove (88)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    8,100 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eberbach (92), Mosbach (89)

  11. 11

    🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arlon (93), Eupen (89)

  12. 12

    🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zottegem (86), Sint-Genesius-Rode (86)

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

    🇨🇦NanaimoBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,394 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,394 chill hours · 1,116 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇦SurreyBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 227 frost-free days · 2,366 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 8b · 227 frost-free days · 2,366 chill hours · 1,473 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇦North CowichanBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 210 frost-free days · 2,522 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 210 frost-free days · 2,522 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 13 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸BellinghamWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,278 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,278 chill hours · 1,033 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸BremertonWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 1,997 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 1,997 chill hours · 1,127 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸LakewoodWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,133 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,133 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸CentraliaWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 206 frost-free days · 2,162 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 206 frost-free days · 2,162 chill hours · 1,245 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸EverettWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 239 frost-free days · 2,044 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9a · 239 frost-free days · 2,044 chill hours · 940 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, kiwifruit

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇦LangfordBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,515 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,515 chill hours · 946 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸SeattleWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,935 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,935 chill hours · 974 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, kiwifruit

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸LongviewWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 1,914 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 1,914 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, walnut, tomato

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇨🇦ChilliwackBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,286 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,286 chill hours · 1,637 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, kiwifruit

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸AberdeenWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 241 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 9a · 241 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 2,209 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 13 great-fit crops

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇷FlersNormandy, France

    Zone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 1,890 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 1,890 chill hours · 828 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, tomato

    91%match
  15. 15

    🇩🇪MerzigSaarland, Germany

    Zone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,750 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,750 chill hours · 887 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, tomato

    91%match
  16. 16

    🇩🇪SaarbrückenSaarland, Germany

    Zone 8b · 214 frost-free days · 2,679 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 214 frost-free days · 2,679 chill hours · 853 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, tomato

    90%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇦SquamishBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 213 frost-free days · 2,920 chill hours · 99 in rainZone 8b · 213 frost-free days · 2,920 chill hours · 2,524 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, tomato

    89%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸PortlandOregon, United States

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 1,957 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 1,957 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, wine grapes

    89%match
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    🇩🇪SiegenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,977 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,977 chill hours · 977 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sunflower, tomato

    89%match
  20. 20

    🇫🇷Charleville-MézièresGrand Est, France

    Zone 8b · 216 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 216 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, sunflower

    88%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.