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Land with a climate like Fort William

🇬🇧Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom

The towns with the closest growing climate to Fort William are Greenock, United Kingdom (99% match), East Kilbride and Bergen. About 249,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Scotland, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom and Munster, Ireland.The towns with the closest growing climate to Fort William are Greenock, United Kingdom (99% match), East Kilbride and Bergen. About 645,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Scotland, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom and Munster, Ireland.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,604 chill hours · 88 in rainZone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,604 chill hours · 2,245 mm rain

What grows in Fort William →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Greenock (99), East Kilbride (99)

  2. 2

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Darwen (96), Kendal (95)

  3. 3

    🇮🇪Munster, Ireland

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tralee (92), Cluain Meala (92)

  4. 4

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dundalk (87), Tullamore (87)

  5. 5

    🇬🇧Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Omagh (97), Derry (96)

  6. 6

    🇮🇪Connacht, Ireland

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sligo (94), Galway (86)

  7. 7

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Squamish (78), Burnaby (76)

  8. 8

    🇳🇴Møre og Romsdal, Norway

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ålesund (92), Molde (88)

  9. 9

    🇨🇱Los Lagos Region, Chile

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Quellón (84), Puerto Montt (79)

  10. 10

    🇳🇴Rogaland, Norway

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Haugesund (95), Stavanger (91)

  11. 11

    🇳🇴Vestland, Norway

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bergen (97), Åsane (97)

  12. 12

    🇨🇱Aysén, Chile

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Puerto Aysén (92), Coyhaique (68)

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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    🇬🇧GreenockScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,472 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,472 chill hours · 1,618 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇧East KilbrideScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 216 frost-free days · 2,784 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9a · 216 frost-free days · 2,784 chill hours · 1,491 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇴BergenVestland, Norway

    Zone 9a · 212 frost-free days · 3,043 chill hours · 93 in rainZone 9a · 212 frost-free days · 3,043 chill hours · 2,354 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 6 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇧OmaghNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 259 frost-free days · 2,242 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 9b · 259 frost-free days · 2,242 chill hours · 1,606 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇧DerryNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 269 frost-free days · 2,083 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 9b · 269 frost-free days · 2,083 chill hours · 1,539 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    96%match
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    🇳🇴HaugesundRogaland, Norway

    Zone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 1,867 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇴TórshavnStreymoy, Faroe Islands

    Zone 9b · 271 frost-free days · 2,786 chill hours · 104 in rainZone 9b · 271 frost-free days · 2,786 chill hours · 2,632 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 6 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇮🇪SligoConnacht, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 265 frost-free days · 2,032 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 265 frost-free days · 2,032 chill hours · 1,374 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, garlic, cherry

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇬🇧Isle of LewisScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 251 frost-free days · 2,441 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 9b · 251 frost-free days · 2,441 chill hours · 1,329 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇧RhonddaWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,448 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,448 chill hours · 1,442 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, garlic, cherry

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇪TraleeMunster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 298 frost-free days · 1,469 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 9b · 298 frost-free days · 1,469 chill hours · 1,788 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, apple

    92%match
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    🇬🇧NewryNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,368 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,368 chill hours · 1,346 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hemp, cherry

    92%match
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    🇬🇧BurnleyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,551 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,551 chill hours · 1,241 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, cherry, hemp

    92%match
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    🇨🇱Puerto Aysén↻Seasons flipped. Aysén, Chile

    Zone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 2,236 chill hours · 93 in rainZone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 2,236 chill hours · 2,350 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    92%match
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    🇮🇪Cluain MealaMunster, Ireland

    Zone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,220 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,220 chill hours · 1,347 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, garlic, cherry

    92%match
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    🇳🇴ÅlesundMøre og Romsdal, Norway

    Zone 9a · 214 frost-free days · 3,048 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 9a · 214 frost-free days · 3,048 chill hours · 1,538 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇳🇴StavangerRogaland, Norway

    Zone 8b · 205 frost-free days · 3,004 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8b · 205 frost-free days · 3,004 chill hours · 1,370 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hemp, cherry

    91%match
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    🇬🇧LivingstonScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 1,118 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, cherry

    91%match
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    🇬🇧High PeakEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 206 frost-free days · 3,024 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 9a · 206 frost-free days · 3,024 chill hours · 1,317 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    91%match
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    🇬🇧MorecambeEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 245 frost-free days · 2,291 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 9a · 245 frost-free days · 2,291 chill hours · 1,328 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 6 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, cherry, garlic

    91%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.