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Land with a climate like Helsinki

🇫🇮Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Helsinki are Kotka, Finland (99% match), Tallinn and Pori. About 789,000 sq mi of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, Tver Oblast, Russia and Novgorod Oblast, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Helsinki are Kotka, Finland (99% match), Tallinn and Pori. About 2.0 million km² of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, Tver Oblast, Russia and Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 7a · 161 frost-free days · 3,700 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 161 frost-free days · 3,700 chill hours · 630 mm rain

What grows in Helsinki →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    33k sq mi86k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sertolovo (97), Sosnovyy Bor (97)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Tver Oblast, Russia

    30k sq mi77k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ostashkov (94), Nelidovo (93)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Novgorod Oblast, Russia

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Staraya Russa (93), Velikiy Novgorod (91)

  4. 4

    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pastavy (95), Novopolotsk (94)

  5. 5

    🇧🇾Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rahachow (91), Zhlobin (89)

  6. 6

    🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fanipol (94), Dzyarzhynsk (94)

  7. 7

    🇺🇦Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zvyahel (86), Ovruch (83)

  8. 8

    🇸🇪Västra Götaland, Sweden

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lidköping (97), Mariestad (96)

  9. 9

    🇵🇱Warmia-Masuria, Poland

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Olecko (90), Lidzbark Warmiński (90)

  10. 10

    🇵🇱Pomerania, Poland

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kartuzy (93), Kościerzyna (91)

  11. 11

    🇵🇱Podlasie, Poland

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sokółka (91), Suwałki (91)

  12. 12

    🇺🇦Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Novhorod-Siverskyi (87), Bakhmach (81)

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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    🇫🇮KotkaKymenlaakso, Finland

    Zone 7a · 159 frost-free days · 3,717 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7a · 159 frost-free days · 3,717 chill hours · 621 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇪TallinnHarjumaa, Estonia

    Zone 7b · 164 frost-free days · 3,646 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7b · 164 frost-free days · 3,646 chill hours · 658 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇮PoriSatakunta, Finland

    Zone 7a · 151 frost-free days · 3,841 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7a · 151 frost-free days · 3,841 chill hours · 555 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇪HudiksvallGävleborg, Sweden

    Zone 7a · 148 frost-free days · 3,803 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 148 frost-free days · 3,803 chill hours · 635 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇫🇮RaseborgUusimaa, Finland

    Zone 7a · 166 frost-free days · 3,653 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7a · 166 frost-free days · 3,653 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇫🇮RaumaSatakunta, Finland

    Zone 7a · 157 frost-free days · 3,782 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7a · 157 frost-free days · 3,782 chill hours · 559 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 12 great-fit crops

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇪🇪ViljandiViljandimaa, Estonia

    Zone 7a · 149 frost-free days · 3,755 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 149 frost-free days · 3,755 chill hours · 629 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇪PärnuPärnumaa, Estonia

    Zone 7a · 165 frost-free days · 3,638 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7a · 165 frost-free days · 3,638 chill hours · 656 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇪🇪TartuEstonia

    Zone 7a · 152 frost-free days · 3,753 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7a · 152 frost-free days · 3,753 chill hours · 608 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇱🇻ValmieraLatvia

    Zone 7a · 162 frost-free days · 3,738 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7a · 162 frost-free days · 3,738 chill hours · 658 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇸🇪StockholmSweden

    Zone 7b · 167 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 167 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 577 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇷🇺Sosnovyy BorLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 3,800 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 3,800 chill hours · 671 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇪🇪NarvaIda-Virumaa, Estonia

    Zone 7a · 155 frost-free days · 3,756 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 155 frost-free days · 3,756 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇪🇪Kohtla-JärveIda-Virumaa, Estonia

    Zone 6b · 150 frost-free days · 3,762 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 150 frost-free days · 3,762 chill hours · 629 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇸🇪NorrtäljeStockholm, Sweden

    Zone 7b · 159 frost-free days · 3,610 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7b · 159 frost-free days · 3,610 chill hours · 597 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇱🇻OgreLatvia

    Zone 7a · 163 frost-free days · 3,672 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 163 frost-free days · 3,672 chill hours · 623 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    97%match
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    🇷🇺VyborgLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,836 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,836 chill hours · 667 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇸🇪NyköpingSödermanland, Sweden

    Zone 7b · 167 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7b · 167 frost-free days · 3,513 chill hours · 557 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇫🇮SaloSouthwest Finland, Finland

    Zone 7a · 149 frost-free days · 3,770 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7a · 149 frost-free days · 3,770 chill hours · 620 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇫🇮TurkuSouthwest Finland, Finland

    Zone 7a · 158 frost-free days · 3,715 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 158 frost-free days · 3,715 chill hours · 644 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    97%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.