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Land with a climate like Kirkcaldy

🇬🇧Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kirkcaldy are Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (99% match), Elgin and Shrewsbury. About 340,000 sq mi of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Lower Saxony, Germany and Scotland, United Kingdom.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kirkcaldy are Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (99% match), Elgin and Shrewsbury. About 881,000 km² of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Lower Saxony, Germany and Scotland, United Kingdom.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,312 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,312 chill hours · 679 mm rain

What grows in Kirkcaldy →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    61k sq mi158k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Durham (99), Washington (99)

  2. 2

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brake (Unterweser) (94), Wittmund (94)

  3. 3

    🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elgin (99), Ayr (97)

  4. 4

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kleve (90), Emmerich (90)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Hauts-de-France, France

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hazebrouck (92), Saint-Omer (90)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Normandy, France

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mont-Saint-Aignan (88), Dieppe (87)

  7. 7

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Finglas (99), Dublin (99)

  8. 8

    🇬🇧Wales, United Kingdom

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rhyl (98), Prestatyn (98)

  9. 9

    🇮🇪Munster, Ireland

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ballincollig (92), Waterford (92)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Preetz (92), Elmschenhagen (92)

  11. 11

    🇩🇰Central Jutland, Denmark

    8,300 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skive (91), Herning (90)

  12. 12

    🇩🇰South Denmark, Denmark

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Haderslev (92), Aabenraa (92)

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

    🇬🇧Newcastle upon TyneEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,203 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,203 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇧ElginScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,619 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,619 chill hours · 712 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇧ShrewsburyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,252 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,252 chill hours · 691 mm rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇮🇪DublinLeinster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 251 frost-free days · 1,931 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 251 frost-free days · 1,931 chill hours · 761 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp, pear

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇧DerbyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 689 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pear, hemp

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇧MiddlesbroughEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,231 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,231 chill hours · 729 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇬🇧LeedsEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,344 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,344 chill hours · 762 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp, pear

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇬🇧CarlisleEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,325 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,325 chill hours · 848 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, apple

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇲DouglasIsle of Man

    Zone 9b · 271 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9b · 271 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 901 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇧ScarboroughEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,473 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,473 chill hours · 669 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇬🇧Stoke-on-TrentEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,403 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,403 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp, pear

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇬🇧HerefordEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,202 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,202 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pear

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇧SolihullEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 766 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp, pear

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇬🇧GooleEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,330 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,330 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pear

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇪KilkennyLeinster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 228 frost-free days · 2,058 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 228 frost-free days · 2,058 chill hours · 905 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, apple

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇬🇧Colwyn BayWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,883 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,883 chill hours · 906 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp, pear

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇮🇪CarlowLeinster, 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 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp

    97%match
  18. 18

    🇬🇧LiverpoolEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,114 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,114 chill hours · 780 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pear, hemp

    97%match
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    🇬🇧InvernessScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,516 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,516 chill hours · 974 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇬🇧GrimsbyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 2,177 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 2,177 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pear, hemp

    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.