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Land with a climate like Köln

🇩🇪Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The towns with the closest growing climate to Köln are Anderlecht, Belgium (99% match), Liège and Brussels. About 1.3 million km² (519,000 sq mi) of land in 29 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 2,422 chill hours · 31 in (783 mm) rain

What grows in Köln →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%KölnClosest

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

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    119k km² (46k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Islington (99), Stepney (98)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    75k km² (29k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Guéret (95), Châtellerault (93)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    54k km² (21k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Thionville (98), Yutz (98)

  4. 4

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    52k km² (20k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Alzenau in Unterfranken (98), Großostheim (98)

  5. 5

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    50k km² (19k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Rinteln (99), Hameln (99)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    45k km² (17k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Sens (96), Chalon-sur-Saône (95)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    34k km² (13k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Dorsten (99), Voerde (99)

  8. 8

    🇵🇱West Pomerania, Poland

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

    For example Kołobrzeg (91), Gryfice (89)

  9. 9

    🇵🇱Greater Poland, Poland

    21k km² (8,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Poznań (83), Nowy Tomyśl (83)

  10. 10

    🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

    17k km² (6,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Herstal (99), Seraing (99)

  11. 11

    🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

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

    For example Diest (99), Tessenderlo (99)

  12. 12

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

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

    For example Loznica (83), Aranđelovac (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

    🇧🇪AnderlechtBrussels Capital, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 2,388 chill hours · 32 in (801 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇪LiègeWallonia, Belgium

    Zone 8b · 228 frost-free days · 2,602 chill hours · 34 in (859 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇧🇪BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,348 chill hours · 32 in (811 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇧🇪GentFlanders, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,343 chill hours · 32 in (822 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇧🇪CharleroiWallonia, Belgium

    Zone 8b · 232 frost-free days · 2,546 chill hours · 32 in (806 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇧🇪AntwerpFlanders, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 245 frost-free days · 2,376 chill hours · 32 in (811 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇩🇪KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Zone 8b · 223 frost-free days · 2,699 chill hours · 27 in (693 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇧🇪DeurneFlanders, Belgium

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 32 in (815 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇩🇪RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,688 chill hours · 35 in (894 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇳🇱SittardLimburg, The Netherlands

    Zone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,622 chill hours · 30 in (765 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇫🇷LilleHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 245 frost-free days · 2,352 chill hours · 29 in (740 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇫🇷ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,441 chill hours · 29 in (741 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇪Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany

    Zone 8b · 224 frost-free days · 2,746 chill hours · 26 in (661 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇩🇪TrierRheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Zone 8b · 222 frost-free days · 2,773 chill hours · 30 in (764 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇩🇪GüterslohNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 216 frost-free days · 2,823 chill hours · 31 in (787 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇫🇷AmiensHauts-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,312 chill hours · 27 in (674 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  17. 17

    🇩🇪HannoverLower Saxony, Germany

    Zone 8b · 213 frost-free days · 2,876 chill hours · 26 in (669 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  18. 18

    🇳🇱EindhovenNorth Brabant, The Netherlands

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 32 in (801 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  19. 19

    🇳🇱BredaNorth Brabant, The Netherlands

    Zone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,579 chill hours · 33 in (842 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  20. 20

    🇫🇷RouenNormandy, France

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,986 chill hours · 28 in (719 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%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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