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Land with a climate like Dorchester, United Kingdom

🇬🇧Dorchester, England, United Kingdom

The towns with the closest growing climate to Dorchester, United Kingdom are Exeter, United Kingdom (99% match), Bristol and Brighton. About 488,000 sq mi of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Grand Est, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Dorchester, United Kingdom are Exeter, United Kingdom (99% match), Bristol and Brighton. About 1.3 million km² of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,752 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,752 chill hours · 853 mm rain

What grows in Dorchester, United Kingdom →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    61k sq mi158k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Newport (99), Emsworth (99)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bressuire (90), Limoges (86)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Charleville-Mézières (94), Sedan (94)

  4. 4

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wilhelmshaven (95), Nordhorn (95)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    16k sq mi41k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Autun (87), Sens (86)

  6. 6

    🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

    16k sq mi41k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ayr (96), Dumfries (95)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Emmerich (96), Kleve (96)

  8. 8

    🇮🇪Munster, Ireland

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Waterford (99), Ballincollig (98)

  9. 9

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Carlow (99), Kilkenny (99)

  10. 10

    🇬🇧Wales, United Kingdom

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Newport (99), Cwmbran (99)

  11. 11

    🇩🇪Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heide (92), Rendsburg (92)

  12. 12

    🇩🇰South Denmark, Denmark

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Esbjerg (92), Tønder (92)

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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    🇬🇧ExeterEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 273 frost-free days · 1,621 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9b · 273 frost-free days · 1,621 chill hours · 900 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇧BristolEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 262 frost-free days · 1,816 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 262 frost-free days · 1,816 chill hours · 893 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇧BrightonEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,046 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,046 chill hours · 834 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇧SouthamptonEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 270 frost-free days · 1,595 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 270 frost-free days · 1,595 chill hours · 802 mm rain

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

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇧CrawleyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,064 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,064 chill hours · 813 mm rain

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

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇧CardiffWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,758 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,758 chill hours · 1,102 mm rain

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

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇮🇪CarlowLeinster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,823 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,823 chill hours · 921 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 13 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇷Saint-LôNormandy, France

    Zone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,507 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,507 chill hours · 806 mm rain

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

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇬🇧BarnstapleEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 280 frost-free days · 1,637 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 9b · 280 frost-free days · 1,637 chill hours · 1,063 mm rain

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

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇧Colwyn BayWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,883 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,883 chill hours · 906 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇫🇷LisieuxNormandy, France

    Zone 9b · 273 frost-free days · 1,603 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 273 frost-free days · 1,603 chill hours · 731 mm rain

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

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇫🇷Mont-Saint-AignanNormandy, France

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,932 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,932 chill hours · 776 mm rain

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

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇧EastbourneEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 280 frost-free days · 1,656 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9b · 280 frost-free days · 1,656 chill hours · 848 mm rain

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

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇷AbbevilleHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,919 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,919 chill hours · 751 mm rain

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

    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 13 of your 13 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇫🇷DieppeNormandy, France

    Zone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,587 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,587 chill hours · 739 mm rain

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

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇫🇷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, peach, tomato

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇧🇪BruggeFlanders, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 2,040 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 2,040 chill hours · 828 mm rain

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

    99%match
  19. 19

    🇬🇧GloucesterEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 1,925 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 1,925 chill hours · 763 mm rain

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

    99%match
  20. 20

    🇬🇧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 13 of your 13 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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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.