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Land with a climate like Detroit

🇺🇸Detroit, Michigan, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Detroit are Toledo, United States (99% match), Sandusky and Tiffin. About 2.4 million km² (919,000 sq mi) of land in 30 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Illinois, United States, Ohio, United States and New York, United States.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Detroit →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%DetroitClosest

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

    130k km² (50k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Brookfield (99), La Grange (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

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

    For example Oregon (99), Fremont (99)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    96k km² (37k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Rochester (99), Brighton (99)

  4. 4

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    71k km² (27k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mostovskoy (94), Labinsk (93)

  5. 5

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    59k km² (23k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example St. Catharines (99), Stoney Creek (99)

  6. 6

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    51k km² (20k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (93), Gornji Milanovac (90)

  7. 7

    🇷🇺Rostov, Russia

    33k km² (13k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Yegorlykskaya (88), Aksay (87)

  8. 8

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    25k km² (9,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Suvorovskaya (87), Stavropol (87)

  9. 9

    🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

    24k km² (9,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Apatin (87), Vršac (87)

  10. 10

    🇺🇦Donetsk, Ukraine

    24k km² (9,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Dokuchayevsk (84), Donetsk (83)

  11. 11

    🇺🇦Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    23k km² (8,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Samar (84), Pidhorodnye (84)

  12. 12

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    22k km² (8,600 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Tuzla (89), Goražde (89)

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

    🇺🇸ToledoOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 189 frost-free days · 3,157 chill hours · 34 in (853 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸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
  3. 3

    🇺🇸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
  4. 4

    🇺🇸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
  5. 5

    🇺🇸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
  6. 6

    🇺🇸North RidgevilleOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 3,134 chill hours · 36 in (920 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸MentorOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 3,160 chill hours · 39 in (985 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸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
  9. 9

    🇺🇸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
  10. 10

    🇺🇸ClevelandOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 3,035 chill hours · 37 in (943 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸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
  12. 12

    🇺🇸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
  13. 13

    🇺🇸RochesterNew York, United States

    Zone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 3,290 chill hours · 34 in (864 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸AmherstNew York, United States

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,314 chill hours · 38 in (964 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸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
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    🇺🇸State CollegePennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 184 frost-free days · 3,192 chill hours · 39 in (992 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸WilliamsportPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 184 frost-free days · 3,172 chill hours · 40 in (1021 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸GaryIndiana, United States

    Zone 6b · 187 frost-free days · 3,161 chill hours · 39 in (997 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸Wilkes-BarrePennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 183 frost-free days · 3,134 chill hours · 39 in (979 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸MarysvilleOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,099 chill hours · 37 in (935 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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