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Land with a climate like Des Moines, Washington

🇺🇸Des Moines, Washington, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Des Moines, Washington are Bellingham, United States (99% match), Nanaimo and Centralia. About 317,000 sq mi of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, England, United Kingdom and Grand Est, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Des Moines, Washington are Bellingham, United States (99% match), Nanaimo and Centralia. About 821,000 km² of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, England, United Kingdom and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,099 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,099 chill hours · 943 mm rain

What grows in Des Moines, Washington →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    30k sq mi77k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bressuire (92), Poitiers (89)

  2. 2

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    23k sq mi61k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aldershot (90), Basingstoke (89)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Thionville (88), Yutz (88)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    16k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Autun (85), Le Creusot (84)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Washington, United States

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arlington (99), Mount Vernon (99)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸Oregon, United States

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Portland (97), Bethany (97)

  7. 7

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nanaimo (99), Harewood (99)

  8. 8

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Herzogenrath (84), Stolberg (84)

  9. 9

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miranda de Ebro (84), Ponferrada (74)

  10. 10

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobart (81), Burnie (72)

  11. 11

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lugo (85), Lalín (82)

  12. 12

    🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kortrijk (86), Halle (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

    🇺🇸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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇦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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸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 13 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, fig

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇦ColwoodBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 870 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇦CourtenayBritish Columbia, Canada

    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

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

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸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 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, walnut, hemp

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇦VictoriaBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,167 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,167 chill hours · 714 mm rain

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

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇦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 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, sunflower

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸Oak HarborWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,140 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,140 chill hours · 546 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇦Campbell RiverBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,429 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,429 chill hours · 1,536 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇫🇷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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇸Gasteiz / VitoriaBasque 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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, saffron, hemp

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇷CholetPays de la Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,684 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,684 chill hours · 796 mm rain

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

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇷AlençonNormandy, France

    Zone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 721 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇺🇸CorvallisOregon, United States

    Zone 9a · 219 frost-free days · 1,912 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9a · 219 frost-free days · 1,912 chill hours · 1,161 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, fig

    91%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸SalemOregon, United States

    Zone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 1,928 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 1,928 chill hours · 985 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, fig, kiwifruit

    91%match
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    🇫🇷LavalPays 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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, hemp, tomato

    91%match
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    🇫🇷FougèresBrittany, France

    Zone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 783 mm rain

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

    91%match
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    🇫🇷RennesBrittany, France

    Zone 9a · 267 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 267 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 759 mm rain

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

    90%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.