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Land with a climate like Locarno

🇨🇭Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Locarno are Lausanne, Switzerland (97% match), Chur and Thun. About 347,000 sq mi of land in 31 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, West Virginia, United States and Pennsylvania, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Locarno are Lausanne, Switzerland (97% match), Chur and Thun. About 899,000 km² of land in 31 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, West Virginia, United States and Pennsylvania, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,520 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,520 chill hours · 1,380 mm rain

What grows in Locarno →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Thonon-les-Bains (95), Cluses (94)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸West Virginia, United States

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beckley (87), Weirton (84)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example West Chester (84), Limerick (84)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Steubenville (84), Willoughby (84)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Besançon (92), Lons-le-Saunier (90)

  6. 6

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cazin (95), Goražde (94)

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    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lourdes (83), Rodez (83)

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    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (89), Loznica (87)

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    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Geretsried (93), Bad Tölz (93)

  10. 10

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apsheronsk (87), Khadyzhensk (84)

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    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    6,000 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tettnang (92), Friedrichshafen (91)

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    🇧🇦Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Prijedor (90), Banja Luka (90)

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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    🇨🇭LausanneVaud, Switzerland

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,610 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,610 chill hours · 1,162 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, kiwifruit

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇭ChurGrisons, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,722 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,722 chill hours · 1,006 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    96%match
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    🇨🇭ThunBern, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,779 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,779 chill hours · 1,028 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    96%match
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    🇮🇹SondrioLombardy, Italy

    Zone 8a · 197 frost-free days · 2,712 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8a · 197 frost-free days · 2,712 chill hours · 910 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    95%match
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    🇧🇦GoraždeFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Zone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 1,131 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    94%match
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    🇫🇷MeylanAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,456 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,456 chill hours · 1,028 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, kiwifruit

    94%match
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    🇨🇭RapperswilSaint Gallen, Switzerland

    Zone 8b · 223 frost-free days · 2,649 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8b · 223 frost-free days · 2,649 chill hours · 1,201 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, wine grapes

    94%match
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    🇮🇹LumezzaneLombardy, Italy

    Zone 8a · 213 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 213 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 814 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, saffron

    94%match
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    🇫🇷AlbertvilleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,488 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,488 chill hours · 922 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, kiwifruit

    94%match
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    🇨🇭Sankt GallenSaint Gallen, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,971 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,971 chill hours · 1,188 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇦🇹InnsbruckTyrol, Austria

    Zone 7b · 199 frost-free days · 2,759 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 199 frost-free days · 2,759 chill hours · 1,001 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    93%match
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    🇫🇷AnnecyAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8a · 218 frost-free days · 2,502 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 218 frost-free days · 2,502 chill hours · 955 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, kiwifruit

    93%match
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    🇸🇮CeljeUrban Municipality of Celje, Slovenia

    Zone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,674 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,674 chill hours · 1,162 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇦🇹SalzburgAustria

    Zone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,867 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,867 chill hours · 1,214 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇸🇮Novo MestoUrban Municipality of Novo Mesto, Slovenia

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,576 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,576 chill hours · 1,122 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, sorghum

    93%match
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    🇮🇹BellunoVeneto, Italy

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,360 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,360 chill hours · 1,031 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, sorghum, lavender

    92%match
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    🇨🇭Biel/BienneBern, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,983 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,983 chill hours · 1,061 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, wine grapes

    92%match
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    🇧🇦BihaćFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Zone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 2,172 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 2,172 chill hours · 1,328 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, sorghum

    92%match
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    🇧🇦SarajevoFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,589 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,589 chill hours · 1,091 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, sorghum

    92%match
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    🇸🇮LjubljanaSlovenia

    Zone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,720 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,720 chill hours · 1,404 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%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.