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Land with a climate like Istanbul

🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey

The towns with the closest growing climate to Istanbul are İzmit, Turkey (99% match), Keşan and Biga. About 672,000 km² (259,000 sq mi) of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sardinia, Italy, Apulia, Italy and Occitanie, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 276 frost-free days · 1,492 chill hours · 27 in (676 mm) rain

What grows in Istanbul →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%IstanbulClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇹Sardinia, Italy

    29k km² (11k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Nuoro (94), Sassari (92)

  2. 2

    🇮🇹Apulia, Italy

    27k km² (10k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ceglie Messapica (99), Martina Franca (99)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    27k km² (10k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Béziers (95), Lattes (94)

  4. 4

    🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

    23k km² (9,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mataró (93), Pineda de Mar (93)

  5. 5

    🇮🇹Tuscany, Italy

    23k km² (8,900 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Follonica (96), Siena (96)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    22k km² (8,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Les Pennes-Mirabeau (95), Martigues (95)

  7. 7

    🇬🇷West Greece, Greece

    18k km² (7,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Aígio (94), Agrínio (90)

  8. 8

    🇬🇷East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

    18k km² (7,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Alexandroupoli (98), Kavála (95)

  9. 9

    🇬🇷Peloponnese, Greece

    17k km² (6,400 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Sparta (90), Kalamata (84)

  10. 10

    🇹🇷Canakkale, Turkey

    16k km² (6,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Biga (99), Gelibolu (98)

  11. 11

    🇫🇷Corsica, France

    13k km² (5,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ajaccio (94), Bastia (91)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Balıkesir, Turkey

    12k km² (4,800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Bandırma (99), Gönen (98)

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

    🇹🇷İzmitKocaeli, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 270 frost-free days · 1,434 chill hours · 29 in (740 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇹🇷KeşanEdirne, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 269 frost-free days · 1,665 chill hours · 26 in (657 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇷BigaCanakkale, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 28 in (701 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇷BandırmaBalıkesir, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 262 frost-free days · 1,695 chill hours · 27 in (680 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇷UzunköprüEdirne, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,790 chill hours · 26 in (662 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇷İznikBursa Province, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 262 frost-free days · 1,584 chill hours · 22 in (568 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇮🇹Martina FrancaApulia, Italy

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,475 chill hours · 24 in (614 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇷TekirdağTurkey

    Zone 8b · 257 frost-free days · 1,861 chill hours · 24 in (616 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇬🇷AlexandroupoliEast Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,754 chill hours · 22 in (568 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇷AkyazıSakarya, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 269 frost-free days · 1,485 chill hours · 28 in (722 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇷ÇorluTekirdağ, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,934 chill hours · 23 in (596 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 33 great-fit crops

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇮🇹CastrovillariCalabria, Italy

    Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 1,190 chill hours · 36 in (919 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇹🇷BafraSamsun, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 274 frost-free days · 1,523 chill hours · 27 in (697 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇹AltamuraApulia, Italy

    Zone 9a · 273 frost-free days · 1,461 chill hours · 24 in (607 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇹RomeLazio, Italy

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 1,019 chill hours · 28 in (702 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇷SinopTurkey

    Zone 9a · 295 frost-free days · 1,366 chill hours · 24 in (617 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    96%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇹SienaTuscany, Italy

    Zone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 30 in (755 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 33 great-fit crops

    96%match
  18. 18

    🇮🇹BelpassoSicily, Italy

    Zone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 1,107 chill hours · 24 in (615 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    96%match
  19. 19

    🇹🇷ÇanakkaleCanakkale, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,473 chill hours · 24 in (611 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops

    96%match
  20. 20

    🇭🇷ŠibenikŠibenik-Knin, Croatia

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 1,194 chill hours · 27 in (692 mm) rain

    Shares 33 of your 33 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    96%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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