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Land with a climate like Essen

🇩🇪Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The towns with the closest growing climate to Essen are Aachen, Germany (99% match), Bielefeld and Osnabrück. About 1.4 million km² (549,000 sq mi) of land in 31 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Bavaria, Germany.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 232 frost-free days · 2,628 chill hours · 37 in (949 mm) rain

What grows in Essen →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%EssenClosest

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

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    143k km² (55k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Cheltenham (98), Aldershot (98)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    61k km² (23k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Guéret (92), Limoges (92)

  3. 3

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    60k km² (23k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Alzenau in Unterfranken (98), Großostheim (98)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    55k km² (21k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Sedan (98), Thionville (98)

  5. 5

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    52k km² (20k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Osnabrück (99), Lingen (99)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    47k km² (18k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Montbéliard (94), Belfort (94)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    37k km² (14k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Aachen (99), Würselen (99)

  8. 8

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    26k km² (10k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Carlow (91), Athlone (89)

  9. 9

    🇵🇱West Pomerania, Poland

    22k km² (8,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Świdwin (89), Białogard (88)

  10. 10

    🇩🇰South Denmark, Denmark

    20k km² (7,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Odense (94), Tønder (90)

  11. 11

    🇬🇧Wales, United Kingdom

    19k km² (7,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Cardiff (95), Newport (95)

  12. 12

    🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

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

    For example Verviers (99), Fléron (99)

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

    🇩🇪AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 230 frost-free days · 2,672 chill hours · 34 in (876 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇩🇪BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 219 frost-free days · 2,882 chill hours · 33 in (850 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇩🇪OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany

    Zone 8b · 223 frost-free days · 2,874 chill hours · 33 in (844 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇧🇪GentFlanders, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,343 chill hours · 32 in (822 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇧🇪AntwerpFlanders, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 245 frost-free days · 2,376 chill hours · 32 in (811 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇧🇪BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,348 chill hours · 32 in (811 mm) rain

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

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇩🇪LingenLower Saxony, Germany

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,841 chill hours · 31 in (787 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇧🇪SeraingWallonia, Belgium

    Zone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 2,583 chill hours · 34 in (857 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇧🇪CharleroiWallonia, Belgium

    Zone 8b · 232 frost-free days · 2,546 chill hours · 32 in (806 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇧🇪HasseltFlanders, Belgium

    Zone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 2,536 chill hours · 32 in (801 mm) rain

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

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇩🇪HamburgGermany

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,938 chill hours · 31 in (776 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇪Marche-en-FamenneWallonia, Belgium

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,858 chill hours · 35 in (881 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇪LippstadtNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 213 frost-free days · 2,830 chill hours · 31 in (797 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇩🇪BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,553 chill hours · 28 in (722 mm) rain

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

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇷LilleHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 245 frost-free days · 2,352 chill hours · 29 in (740 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇳🇱EindhovenNorth Brabant, The Netherlands

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 32 in (801 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇩🇪TrierRheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Zone 8b · 222 frost-free days · 2,773 chill hours · 30 in (764 mm) rain

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

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇫🇷ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,441 chill hours · 29 in (741 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  19. 19

    🇳🇱TilburgNorth Brabant, The Netherlands

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 32 in (820 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  20. 20

    🇳🇱HelmondNorth Brabant, The Netherlands

    Zone 8b · 218 frost-free days · 2,648 chill hours · 31 in (783 mm) rain

    Shares 18 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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