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Land with a climate like Kristiansand

🇳🇴Kristiansand, Agder, Norway

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kristiansand are Stavanger, Norway (99% match), Molde and Haugesund. About 364,000 sq mi of land in 29 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Scotland, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom and Bavaria, Germany.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kristiansand are Stavanger, Norway (99% match), Molde and Haugesund. About 944,000 km² of land in 29 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Scotland, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom and Bavaria, Germany.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 3,297 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 3,297 chill hours · 1,576 mm rain

What grows in Kristiansand →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example High Blantyre (93), East Kilbride (93)

  2. 2

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Darwen (95), Rossendale (94)

  3. 3

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kaufbeuren (86), Deggendorf (85)

  4. 4

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Terrace (92), Squamish (83)

  5. 5

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Clausthal-Zellerfeld (96), Goslar (94)

  6. 6

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dundalk (85), Portlaoise (84)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Freudenstadt (94), Baiersbronn (93)

  8. 8

    🇬🇧Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Banbridge (89), Omagh (88)

  9. 9

    🇸🇪Västra Götaland, Sweden

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kinna (94), Borås (94)

  10. 10

    🇳🇴Møre og Romsdal, Norway

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Molde (95), Ålesund (91)

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    🇩🇰Central Jutland, Denmark

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Herning (92), Holstebro (91)

  12. 12

    🇮🇪Connacht, Ireland

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sligo (84), Galway (79)

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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    🇳🇴StavangerRogaland, Norway

    Zone 8b · 205 frost-free days · 3,004 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8b · 205 frost-free days · 3,004 chill hours · 1,370 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇴MoldeMøre og Romsdal, Norway

    Zone 8b · 198 frost-free days · 3,427 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 8b · 198 frost-free days · 3,427 chill hours · 1,905 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇴HaugesundRogaland, Norway

    Zone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 1,867 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇪BoråsVästra Götaland, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,503 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,503 chill hours · 1,064 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, lavender

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇩🇪FreudenstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,283 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,283 chill hours · 1,545 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇩🇪GoslarLower Saxony, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,302 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,302 chill hours · 994 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, lavender

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇬🇧High PeakEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 206 frost-free days · 3,024 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 9a · 206 frost-free days · 3,024 chill hours · 1,317 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    93%match
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    🇳🇴LevangerTrøndelag, Norway

    Zone 8a · 169 frost-free days · 3,752 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 169 frost-free days · 3,752 chill hours · 1,180 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops

    93%match
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    🇳🇴BergenVestland, Norway

    Zone 9a · 212 frost-free days · 3,043 chill hours · 93 in rainZone 9a · 212 frost-free days · 3,043 chill hours · 2,354 mm rain

    Shares 5 of your 9 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇪WaldbrölNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 203 frost-free days · 2,904 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8b · 203 frost-free days · 2,904 chill hours · 1,145 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, pear

    92%match
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    🇸🇪GothenburgVästra Götaland, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,304 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,304 chill hours · 882 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, garlic, lavender

    92%match
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    🇩🇪FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany

    Zone 8b · 206 frost-free days · 3,004 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8b · 206 frost-free days · 3,004 chill hours · 909 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, lavender

    92%match
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    🇨🇦TerraceBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,377 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,377 chill hours · 1,362 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, pear, hops

    92%match
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    🇬🇧LivingstonScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 1,118 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops

    92%match
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    🇩🇰HerningCentral Jutland, Denmark

    Zone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 3,079 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 3,079 chill hours · 860 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, lavender

    92%match
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    🇳🇴ÅlesundMøre og Romsdal, Norway

    Zone 9a · 214 frost-free days · 3,048 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 9a · 214 frost-free days · 3,048 chill hours · 1,538 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 9 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇬🇧RhonddaWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,448 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,448 chill hours · 1,442 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    91%match
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    🇩🇪WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,657 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,657 chill hours · 1,153 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, garlic, hops

    90%match
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    🇳🇴SandefjordVestfold, Norway

    Zone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,400 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,400 chill hours · 998 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, garlic, lavender

    90%match
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    🇬🇧PenrithEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,690 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,690 chill hours · 1,034 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops

    90%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.