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Land with a climate like Iisalmi

🇫🇮Iisalmi, North Savo, Finland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Iisalmi are Joensuu, Finland (99% match), Kuopio and Oulu. About 898,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Tver Oblast, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Iisalmi are Joensuu, Finland (99% match), Kuopio and Oulu. About 2.3 million km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Tver Oblast, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 618 mm rain

What grows in Iisalmi →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Arkhangelskaya, Russia

    40k sq mi105k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Onega (95), Severodvinsk (93)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    39k sq mi102k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Volkhov (98), Svetogorsk (97)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Tver Oblast, Russia

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bezhetsk (97), Bologoye (96)

  4. 4

    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orsha (86), Hlybokaye (85)

  5. 5

    🇫🇮North Ostrobothnia, Finland

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oulu (99), Ylivieska (99)

  6. 6

    🇳🇴Innlandet, Norway

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hamar (94), Lillehammer (92)

  7. 7

    🇫🇮Lapland, Finland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tornio (94), Kemi (93)

  8. 8

    🇫🇮North Savo, Finland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kuopio (99), Varkaus (99)

  9. 9

    🇸🇪Västernorrland, Sweden

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Örnsköldsvik (96), Sundsvall (94)

  10. 10

    🇧🇾Mogilev, Belarus

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Horki (84), Bykhov (79)

  11. 11

    🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

    7,900 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zaslawye (86), Vileyka (85)

  12. 12

    🇸🇪Norrbotten, Sweden

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piteå (99), Luleå (94)

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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    🇫🇮JoensuuNorth Karelia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,027 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,027 chill hours · 619 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇮KuopioNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 4,013 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 4,013 chill hours · 629 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇮OuluNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇪PiteåNorrbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 573 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇺SortavalaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,939 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,939 chill hours · 640 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇫🇮YlivieskaNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 555 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇮VarkausNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 627 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇮RaaheNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 519 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇫🇮JyväskyläCentral Finland, Finland

    Zone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 612 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇪SkellefteåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇫🇮MikkeliSouth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,982 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,982 chill hours · 608 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    98%match
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    🇫🇮JämsäCentral Finland, Finland

    Zone 6b · 138 frost-free days · 3,959 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 138 frost-free days · 3,959 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇷🇺VolkhovLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6a · 141 frost-free days · 3,955 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 141 frost-free days · 3,955 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, apple

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇷🇺BezhetskTver Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 3,947 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 3,947 chill hours · 559 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, apple

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇮KokkolaCentral Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,908 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,908 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇷🇺PestovoNovgorod Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 3,943 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 3,943 chill hours · 648 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇷🇺ValdayNovgorod Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 150 frost-free days · 3,875 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 6a · 150 frost-free days · 3,875 chill hours · 698 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, hemp, apple

    97%match
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    🇷🇺GryazovetsVologda Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,047 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,047 chill hours · 584 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  19. 19

    🇸🇪UmeåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇷🇺Lodeynoye PoleLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,993 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,993 chill hours · 691 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 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.