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Land with a climate like Invercargill

🇳🇿Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Invercargill are Dunedin, New Zealand (99% match), Flers and Ashburton. About 431,000 sq mi of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Grand Est, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Invercargill are Dunedin, New Zealand (99% match), Flers and Ashburton. About 1.1 million km² of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 1,035 mm rain

What grows in Invercargill →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    51k sq mi132k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yeovil (92), Keynsham (92)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Limoges (87), Bressuire (86)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Charleville-Mézières (87), Sedan (87)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Autun (85), Audincourt (84)

  5. 5

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobart (92), Burnie (78)

  6. 6

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Stolberg (87), Würselen (87)

  7. 7

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    9,800 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Carlow (89), Kilkenny (87)

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    🇳🇿Canterbury, New Zealand

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rangiora (94), Ashburton (92)

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    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wallenhorst (84), Melle (84)

  10. 10

    🇬🇧Wales, United Kingdom

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Barry (90), Cardiff (90)

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    🇮🇪Munster, Ireland

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ennis (86), Limerick (85)

  12. 12

    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Levin (87), Palmerston North (82)

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

  1. 1

    🇳🇿DunedinOtago, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 842 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇷Flers↻Seasons flipped. Normandy, France

    Zone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 1,890 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 1,890 chill hours · 828 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, wine grapes, lavender

    93%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇿AshburtonCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,657 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,657 chill hours · 689 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, lavender, wine grapes

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇦🇺HobartTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, lavender, wine grapes

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇫🇷Fougères↻Seasons flipped. Brittany, France

    Zone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 783 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, wine grapes, lavender

    91%match
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    🇬🇧Bristol↻Seasons flipped. England, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 262 frost-free days · 1,816 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 262 frost-free days · 1,816 chill hours · 893 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, pear, sunflower

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇬🇧Exeter↻Seasons flipped. England, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 273 frost-free days · 1,621 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9b · 273 frost-free days · 1,621 chill hours · 900 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, pear, tomato

    91%match
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    🇳🇿ChristchurchCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, wine grapes, lavender

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Saint-Lô↻Seasons flipped. Normandy, France

    Zone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,507 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,507 chill hours · 806 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, wine grapes, lavender

    90%match
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    🇬🇧Cardiff↻Seasons flipped. Wales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,758 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,758 chill hours · 1,102 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, tomato

    90%match
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    🇨🇱Río BuenoLos Ríos Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 269 frost-free days · 1,459 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 9b · 269 frost-free days · 1,459 chill hours · 1,278 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    90%match
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    🇬🇧Poole↻Seasons flipped. England, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,777 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,777 chill hours · 844 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, pear, wine grapes

    90%match
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    🇨🇱OsornoLos Lagos Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 285 frost-free days · 1,432 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 9b · 285 frost-free days · 1,432 chill hours · 1,334 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Alençon↻Seasons flipped. Normandy, France

    Zone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, wine grapes, lavender

    90%match
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    🇬🇧Gloucester↻Seasons flipped. England, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 1,925 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 250 frost-free days · 1,925 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, pear, wine grapes

    90%match
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    🇬🇧Barnstaple↻Seasons flipped. England, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 280 frost-free days · 1,637 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 9b · 280 frost-free days · 1,637 chill hours · 1,063 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, lavender, sunflower

    90%match
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    🇳🇿MastertonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 986 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, peach, kiwifruit

    89%match
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    🇮🇪Carlow↻Seasons flipped. Leinster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,823 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,823 chill hours · 921 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    89%match
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    🇬🇧Birmingham↻Seasons flipped. England, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,250 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,250 chill hours · 868 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, pear, sunflower

    89%match
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    🇨🇱CoyhaiqueAysén, Chile

    Zone 8b · 206 frost-free days · 2,756 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 8b · 206 frost-free days · 2,756 chill hours · 1,261 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 11 great-fit crops

    88%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.