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Land with a climate like Donetsk

🇺🇦Donetsk, Ukraine

The towns with the closest growing climate to Donetsk are Shakhtarske, Ukraine (99% match), Kramatorsk and Siverskodonetsk. About 1.8 million km² (713,000 sq mi) of land in 20 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, Rostov, Russia and Stavropol Kray, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 7a · 185 frost-free days · 3,532 chill hours · 19 in (494 mm) rain

What grows in Donetsk →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%DonetskClosest

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

    🇷🇺Volgograd Oblast, Russia

    93k km² (36k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Kotel’nikovo (97), Mikhaylovka (95)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Rostov, Russia

    82k km² (32k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Donetsk (99), Belaya Kalitva (99)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    72k km² (28k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mikhaylovsk (95), Stavropol (95)

  4. 4

    🇺🇦Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    38k km² (15k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Shakhtarske (99), Synelnykove (99)

  5. 5

    🇺🇦Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

    36k km² (14k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Obukhiv (97), Vyshneve (97)

  6. 6

    🇧🇾Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

    32k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Homyel' (92), Kalinkovichi (89)

  7. 7

    🇺🇦Kharkiv, Ukraine

    32k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Izyum (99), Balakliya (99)

  8. 8

    🇵🇱Greater Poland, Poland

    31k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Koło (88), Konin (88)

  9. 9

    🇵🇱Mazovia, Poland

    27k km² (10k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Radom (90), Płock (86)

  10. 10

    🇧🇾Brest, Belarus

    23k km² (8,800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Brest (88), Pinsk (88)

  11. 11

    🇵🇱Lublin, Poland

    22k km² (8,400 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lublin (86), Lubartów (85)

  12. 12

    🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

    17k km² (6,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Subotica (86), Bačka Topola (85)

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

    🇺🇦ShakhtarskeDnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 176 frost-free days · 3,544 chill hours · 19 in (476 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇦KramatorskDonetsk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 176 frost-free days · 3,548 chill hours · 19 in (476 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇦SiverskodonetskLuhansk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 178 frost-free days · 3,582 chill hours · 20 in (504 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇦PavlohradDnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 180 frost-free days · 3,527 chill hours · 18 in (458 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇦OleksandriyaKirovohrad, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 179 frost-free days · 3,499 chill hours · 19 in (480 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇦PoltavaUkraine

    Zone 7a · 179 frost-free days · 3,643 chill hours · 19 in (488 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇦VilnohirskDnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 173 frost-free days · 3,596 chill hours · 19 in (485 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇷🇺Belaya KalitvaRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 180 frost-free days · 3,543 chill hours · 17 in (443 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇦DolynskaKirovohrad, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 173 frost-free days · 3,555 chill hours · 19 in (471 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇦ZaporizhzhyaZaporizhzhia, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,427 chill hours · 18 in (454 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇷🇺Kamensk-ShakhtinskyRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 179 frost-free days · 3,546 chill hours · 17 in (435 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇦LuhanskUkraine

    Zone 7a · 177 frost-free days · 3,544 chill hours · 19 in (479 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇦DniproDnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 3,463 chill hours · 19 in (480 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇦Zhovti VodyDnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 174 frost-free days · 3,548 chill hours · 18 in (463 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇦Kryvyy RihDnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,434 chill hours · 17 in (439 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇦KadiyivkaLuhansk, Ukraine

    Zone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,608 chill hours · 20 in (520 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇷🇺ShakhtyRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 183 frost-free days · 3,478 chill hours · 19 in (491 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇷🇺SemikarakorskRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,438 chill hours · 18 in (467 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    99%match
  19. 19

    🇺🇦IzyumKharkiv, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 169 frost-free days · 3,621 chill hours · 20 in (501 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇦KropyvnytskyiKirovohrad, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 175 frost-free days · 3,555 chill hours · 19 in (471 mm) rain

    Shares 21 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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