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Land with a climate like Elista

🇷🇺Elista, Kalmykiya Republic, Russia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Elista are Kotel’nikovo, Russia (99% match), Volgodonsk and Divnoye. About 332,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, Rostov, Russia and Stavropol Kray, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Elista are Kotel’nikovo, Russia (99% match), Volgodonsk and Divnoye. About 861,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, Rostov, Russia and Stavropol Kray, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 7a · 184 frost-free days · 3,209 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 7a · 184 frost-free days · 3,209 chill hours · 337 mm rain

What grows in Elista →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Volgograd Oblast, Russia

    34k sq mi87k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kotel’nikovo (99), Surovikino (95)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Rostov, Russia

    32k sq mi82k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Volgodonsk (99), Tsimlyansk (99)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Divnoye (99), Arzgir (99)

  4. 4

    🇺🇦Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kryvyy Rih (94), Pokrov (94)

  5. 5

    🇺🇦Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Enerhodar (93), Zaporizhzhya (93)

  6. 6

    🇺🇦Donetsk, Ukraine

    11k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zuhres (93), Ilovays’k (93)

  7. 7

    🇰🇿Atyrau Oblisi, Kazakhstan

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shalkar (86), Atyrau (77)

  8. 8

    🇷🇴Vaslui County, Romania

    2,700 sq mi6,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vaslui (84), Huşi (83)

  9. 9

    🇲🇩Transnistria, Moldova

    2,400 sq mi6,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tiraspol (87), Dubăsari (85)

  10. 10

    🇲🇩Gagauzia, Moldova

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Comrat (86), Ceadîr-Lunga (84)

  11. 11

    🇷🇴Ialomița County, Romania

    1,900 sq mi5,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Feteşti (82), Slobozia (80)

  12. 12

    🇷🇴Brăila County, Romania

    1,500 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brăila (82)

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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    🇷🇺Kotel’nikovoVolgograd Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 173 frost-free days · 3,348 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 6b · 173 frost-free days · 3,348 chill hours · 367 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇷🇺VolgodonskRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,240 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,240 chill hours · 417 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇷🇺DivnoyeStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 3,102 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 3,102 chill hours · 380 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇺ArzgirStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 3,093 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 3,093 chill hours · 343 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇺ZimovnikiRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 178 frost-free days · 3,316 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 7a · 178 frost-free days · 3,316 chill hours · 395 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇷🇺NeftekumskStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7a · 185 frost-free days · 2,993 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 7a · 185 frost-free days · 2,993 chill hours · 313 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇷🇺BudyonnovskStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,973 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,973 chill hours · 386 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇷🇺IpatovoStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,076 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,076 chill hours · 407 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇷🇺SemikarakorskRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,245 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,245 chill hours · 467 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇺ZelenokumskStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,009 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,009 chill hours · 417 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇷🇺SurovikinoVolgograd Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,438 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,438 chill hours · 379 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇷🇺Sal’skRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,099 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 7a · 188 frost-free days · 3,099 chill hours · 466 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇷🇺SvetlogradStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 3,031 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 3,031 chill hours · 423 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇷🇺AkhtubinskAstrakhan Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,415 chill hours · 10 in rainZone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,415 chill hours · 265 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇷🇺Belaya KalitvaRostov, Russia

    Zone 7a · 180 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 7a · 180 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 443 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇷🇺BlagodarnyyStavropol Kray, Russia

    Zone 7a · 185 frost-free days · 3,141 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 7a · 185 frost-free days · 3,141 chill hours · 408 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺ZnamenskAstrakhan Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 169 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 6a · 169 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 291 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺AstrakhanAstrakhan Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,171 chill hours · 7.8 in rainZone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,171 chill hours · 197 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    94%match
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    🇷🇺KharabaliAstrakhan Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 180 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 8.6 in rainZone 6b · 180 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 218 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺MorozovskRostov, Russia

    Zone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,414 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,414 chill hours · 414 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%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.