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Land with a climate like Fargo

🇺🇸Fargo, North Dakota, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Fargo are Grand Forks, United States (99% match), Jamestown and Aberdeen. About 248,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Minnesota, United States, North Dakota, United States and Wisconsin, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Fargo are Grand Forks, United States (99% match), Jamestown and Aberdeen. About 642,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Minnesota, United States, North Dakota, United States and Wisconsin, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 591 mm rain

What grows in Fargo →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Minnesota, United States

    42k sq mi108k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sartell (94), Saint Cloud (93)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸North Dakota, United States

    41k sq mi105k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Grand Forks (99), Jamestown (99)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Wisconsin, United States

    26k sq mi68k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wisconsin Rapids (88), River Falls (87)

  4. 4

    🇷🇺Bashkortostan Republic, Russia

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rayevskiy (84), Davlekanovo (83)

  5. 5

    🇷🇺Samara Oblast, Russia

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oktyabr’sk (81), Tolyatti (80)

  6. 6

    🇷🇺Ulyanovsk, Russia

    3,100 sq mi8,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Novoul’yanovsk (82), Ulyanovsk (80)

  7. 7

    🇨🇦Saskatchewan, Canada

    2,100 sq mi5,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moose Jaw (79), Swift Current (77)

  8. 8

    🇨🇦Manitoba, Canada

    200 sq mi500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Winnipeg (75), Steinbach (63)

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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    🇺🇸Grand ForksNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 535 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 16 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸JamestownNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 515 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸AberdeenSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 558 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇺🇸WatertownSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 594 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇺🇸Saint CloudMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 156 frost-free days · 3,567 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 5a · 156 frost-free days · 3,567 chill hours · 709 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇺🇸BismarckNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 467 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇺🇸HibbingMinnesota, United States

    Zone 4b · 132 frost-free days · 3,792 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 4b · 132 frost-free days · 3,792 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 16 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇺🇸WillmarMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 161 frost-free days · 3,563 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5a · 161 frost-free days · 3,563 chill hours · 743 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    92%match
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    🇺🇸BrookingsSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,593 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,593 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇺🇸MinotNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 476 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 16 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇺🇸DuluthMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 153 frost-free days · 3,648 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5a · 153 frost-free days · 3,648 chill hours · 747 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    90%match
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    🇺🇸LakevilleMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 163 frost-free days · 3,502 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5a · 163 frost-free days · 3,502 chill hours · 776 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum

    88%match
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    🇺🇸Sioux FallsSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,428 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,428 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum

    87%match
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    🇺🇸Stevens PointWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 797 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    87%match
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    🇺🇸WillistonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 373 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇺🇸StillwaterMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5a · 164 frost-free days · 3,464 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 5a · 164 frost-free days · 3,464 chill hours · 760 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇺🇸OwatonnaMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇺🇸MankatoMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇺🇸Eau ClaireWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5a · 162 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5a · 162 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 795 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum

    86%match
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    🇺🇸Red WingMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 775 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, sorghum

    85%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.