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Land with a climate like Hercules

🇺🇸Hercules, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Hercules are Gilroy, United States (96% match), San Vicente de Tagua Tagua and Ukiah. About 30,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, O'Higgins Region, Chile and Santiago Metropolitan, Chile.The towns with the closest growing climate to Hercules are Gilroy, United States (96% match), San Vicente de Tagua Tagua and Ukiah. About 79,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, O'Higgins Region, Chile and Santiago Metropolitan, Chile.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 667 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 667 chill hours · 672 mm rain

What grows in Hercules →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Los Gatos (98), Saratoga (98)

  2. 2

    🇨🇱O'Higgins Region, Chile

    3,500 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Vicente de Tagua Tagua (94), Rengo (94)

  3. 3

    🇨🇱Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

    2,700 sq mi7,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Padre Hurtado (90), Peñaflor (89)

  4. 4

    🇨🇱Valparaiso, Chile

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Casablanca (81), Villa Alemana (79)

  5. 5

    🇲🇦Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chefchaouen (80), Ksar El Kebir (65)

  6. 6

    🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

    500 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ronda (78), Mijas (78)

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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    🇺🇸GilroyCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 701 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 701 chill hours · 473 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tea

    96%match
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    🇨🇱San Vicente de Tagua Tagua↻Seasons flipped. O'Higgins Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 553 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇺🇸UkiahCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,132 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,132 chill hours · 938 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇺🇸San JoseCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · 349 frost-free days · 431 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · 349 frost-free days · 431 chill hours · 386 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, maize (corn), tea

    92%match
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    🇺🇸Santa CruzCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · 347 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · 347 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 24 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇺🇸ClearlakeCalifornia, United States

    Zone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 1,477 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 1,477 chill hours · 711 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇨🇱Santiago↻Seasons flipped. Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

    Zone 9b · 302 frost-free days · 856 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 9b · 302 frost-free days · 856 chill hours · 372 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tomato

    88%match
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    🇺🇸Granite BayCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 602 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    87%match
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    🇺🇸San Luis ObispoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 518 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 518 chill hours · 559 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 24 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇺🇸SacramentoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 682 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 682 chill hours · 454 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, maize (corn)

    86%match
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    🇺🇸SoledadCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 792 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 792 chill hours · 304 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, maize (corn)

    83%match
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    🇺🇸StocktonCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 774 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 774 chill hours · 359 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, hemp, tomato

    83%match
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    🇨🇱Melipilla↻Seasons flipped. Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 324 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 324 chill hours · 425 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tea

    82%match
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    🇺🇸OakdaleCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 924 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 924 chill hours · 366 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tomato

    80%match
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    🇲🇦ChefchaouenTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 812 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 812 chill hours · 868 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, sunflower

    80%match
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    🇨🇱Curicó↻Seasons flipped. Maule Region, Chile

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,150 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,150 chill hours · 705 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇺🇸ChicoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,013 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,013 chill hours · 610 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    79%match
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    🇺🇸Santa BarbaraCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 321 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 321 chill hours · 434 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tomato

    79%match
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    🇨🇱Talca↻Seasons flipped. Maule Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 290 frost-free days · 984 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 290 frost-free days · 984 chill hours · 807 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇪🇸RondaAndalusia, Spain

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 887 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 887 chill hours · 707 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tomato

    78%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.