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Land with a climate like Istres

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

The towns with the closest growing climate to Istres are Montpellier, France (99% match), Béziers and Perpignan. About 274,000 sq mi of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Occitanie, France and Catalonia, Spain.The towns with the closest growing climate to Istres are Montpellier, France (99% match), Béziers and Perpignan. About 710,000 km² of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Occitanie, France and Catalonia, Spain.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,001 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,001 chill hours · 606 mm rain

What grows in Istres →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Punta Alta (88), Bahía Blanca (84)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Montpellier (99), Mauguio (99)

  3. 3

    🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

    11k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sant Quirze del Vallès (99), Sabadell (99)

  4. 4

    🇮🇹Apulia, Italy

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Acquaviva delle Fonti (98), Palo del Colle (98)

  5. 5

    🇮🇹Sardinia, Italy

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nuoro (92), Sassari (89)

  6. 6

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

    8,700 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Draguignan (97), Brignoles (97)

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    🇮🇹Tuscany, Italy

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poggibonsi (98), Colle di Val d'Elsa (98)

  8. 8

    🇪🇸Aragon, Spain

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ejea de los Caballeros (93), Barbastro (90)

  9. 9

    🇬🇷East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Komotiní (93), Alexandroupoli (93)

  10. 10

    🇬🇷Central Macedonia, Greece

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalamariá (94), Pylaía (94)

  11. 11

    🇪🇸Valencia, Spain

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Onda (92), Benicàssim (91)

  12. 12

    🇬🇷Thessaly, Greece

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Volos (94), Néa Ionía (93)

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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    🇫🇷MontpellierOccitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 961 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 283 frost-free days · 961 chill hours · 603 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇷BéziersOccitanie, France

    Zone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 881 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 881 chill hours · 559 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇷PerpignanOccitanie, France

    Zone 9b · 309 frost-free days · 742 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9b · 309 frost-free days · 742 chill hours · 517 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇹TerniUmbria, Italy

    Zone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,239 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,239 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇪🇸GironaCatalonia, Spain

    Zone 9a · 270 frost-free days · 1,047 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 270 frost-free days · 1,047 chill hours · 647 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇮🇹RomeLazio, Italy

    Zone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 816 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 292 frost-free days · 816 chill hours · 702 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, maize (corn), avocado

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇮🇹FlorenceTuscany, Italy

    Zone 9a · 268 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 268 frost-free days · 1,122 chill hours · 797 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton, maize (corn)

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇸IgualadaCatalonia, Spain

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,210 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,210 chill hours · 562 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇹SienaTuscany, Italy

    Zone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,247 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,247 chill hours · 755 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, maize (corn)

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇹MateraBasilicate, Italy

    Zone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,050 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 280 frost-free days · 1,050 chill hours · 666 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇮🇹BeneventoCampania, Italy

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 971 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 971 chill hours · 831 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, maize (corn)

    97%match
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    🇫🇷Bagnols-sur-CèzeOccitanie, France

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,352 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,352 chill hours · 774 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, maize (corn), cotton

    97%match
  13. 13

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

    Zone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 959 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 284 frost-free days · 959 chill hours · 764 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, maize (corn), avocado

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇭🇷ŠibenikŠibenik-Knin, Croatia

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 961 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 961 chill hours · 692 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, maize (corn)

    97%match
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    🇮🇹GrossetoTuscany, Italy

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 974 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn)

    97%match
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    🇮🇹FoggiaApulia, Italy

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 829 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 829 chill hours · 510 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇪🇸Pineda de MarCatalonia, Spain

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 835 chill hours · 668 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, kiwifruit, maize (corn)

    96%match
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    🇫🇷CarcassonneOccitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 1,174 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 272 frost-free days · 1,174 chill hours · 649 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇪🇸BarcelonaCatalonia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 574 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 574 chill hours · 575 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn)

    96%match
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    🇪🇸RosesCatalonia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 302 frost-free days · 792 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 9b · 302 frost-free days · 792 chill hours · 493 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn), kiwifruit, soybean

    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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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.