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Land with a climate like Kontiolahti

🇫🇮Kontiolahti, North Karelia, Finland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kontiolahti are Kajaani, Finland (99% match), Oulu and Iisalmi. About 816,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Karelia, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kontiolahti are Kajaani, Finland (99% match), Oulu and Iisalmi. About 2.1 million km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Karelia, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 6a · 128 frost-free days · 4,058 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 128 frost-free days · 4,058 chill hours · 648 mm rain

What grows in Kontiolahti →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Arkhangelskaya, Russia

    40k sq mi105k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Onega (97), Yagry (96)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    33k sq mi86k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lodeynoye Pole (96), Pikalëvo (93)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Karelia, Russia

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sortavala (98), Medvezh’yegorsk (95)

  4. 4

    🇫🇮Lapland, Finland

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tornio (98), Kemi (97)

  5. 5

    🇳🇴Innlandet, Norway

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hamar (89), Lillehammer (84)

  6. 6

    🇫🇮North Ostrobothnia, Finland

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oulu (99), Haukipudas (99)

  7. 7

    🇫🇮North Savo, Finland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iisalmi (99), Siilinjärvi (99)

  8. 8

    🇸🇪Västernorrland, Sweden

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sundsvall (93), Örnsköldsvik (92)

  9. 9

    🇸🇪Norrbotten, Sweden

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piteå (99), Luleå (97)

  10. 10

    🇸🇪Västerbotten, Sweden

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skellefteå (99), Umeå (97)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Alaska, United States

    3,700 sq mi9,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eagle River (84), Anchorage (83)

  12. 12

    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orsha (79), Hlybokaye (77)

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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    🇫🇮KajaaniKainuu, Finland

    Zone 5b · 118 frost-free days · 4,111 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 118 frost-free days · 4,111 chill hours · 623 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇮OuluNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇮IisalmiNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇫🇮SiilinjärviNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 4,028 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 4,028 chill hours · 640 mm rain

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

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇪SkellefteåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇫🇮YlivieskaNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 555 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇸🇪PiteåNorrbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 573 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇮VarkausNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 627 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇫🇮TornioLapland, Finland

    Zone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,109 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,109 chill hours · 613 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇺GryazovetsVologda Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,047 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,047 chill hours · 584 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇷🇺SortavalaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,939 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,939 chill hours · 640 mm rain

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

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇸🇪LuleåNorrbotten, Sweden

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 537 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇸🇪UmeåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇮RaaheNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 519 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇷🇺OnegaArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5b · 128 frost-free days · 4,053 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5b · 128 frost-free days · 4,053 chill hours · 614 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇷🇺PestovoNovgorod Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 3,943 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 3,943 chill hours · 648 mm rain

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

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇷🇺VologdaVologda Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,029 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,029 chill hours · 559 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇷🇺Lodeynoye PoleLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,993 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,993 chill hours · 691 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇷🇺BuyKostroma Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 132 frost-free days · 3,991 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 132 frost-free days · 3,991 chill hours · 593 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    96%match
  20. 20

    🇷🇺BezhetskTver Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 3,947 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 3,947 chill hours · 559 mm rain

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

    95%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.