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Land with a climate like Markham

🇨🇦Markham, Ontario, Canada

The towns with the closest growing climate to Markham are London, Canada (99% match), St. Thomas and Guelph. About 1.8 million km² (693,000 sq mi) of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ontario, Canada, New York, United States and Michigan, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,515 chill hours · 34 in (866 mm) rain

What grows in Markham →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%MarkhamClosest

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

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    129k km² (50k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Brantford (99), Tillsonburg (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    100k km² (39k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lockport (99), East Amherst (97)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Michigan, United States

    91k km² (35k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Saginaw Township North (96), Bay City (96)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Wisconsin, United States

    79k km² (30k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mount Pleasant (97), Pleasant Prairie (96)

  5. 5

    🇧🇾Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

    37k km² (14k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Zhlobin (86), Rechytsa (86)

  6. 6

    🇺🇦Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

    36k km² (14k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Skvyra (87), Fastiv (87)

  7. 7

    🇺🇦Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

    31k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Malyn (86), Zvyahel (86)

  8. 8

    🇧🇾Brest, Belarus

    31k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Baranovichi (82), Kobryn (82)

  9. 9

    🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

    31k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Barysaw (84), Horad Zhodzina (84)

  10. 10

    🇨🇦New Brunswick, Canada

    30k km² (11k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Moncton (88), Saint John (87)

  11. 11

    🇺🇦Sumy, Ukraine

    29k km² (11k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Shostka (86), Krolevets (86)

  12. 12

    🇨🇦Quebec, Canada

    23k km² (8,800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ville-Marie (96), Candiac (96)

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

    🇨🇦LondonOntario, Canada

    Zone 6b · 180 frost-free days · 3,438 chill hours · 39 in (998 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇦St. ThomasOntario, Canada

    Zone 6b · 179 frost-free days · 3,439 chill hours · 39 in (982 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇦GuelphOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 166 frost-free days · 3,635 chill hours · 36 in (921 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇨🇦WellandOntario, Canada

    Zone 7a · 183 frost-free days · 3,367 chill hours · 37 in (931 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇦KitchenerOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,596 chill hours · 38 in (956 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇦ChathamOntario, Canada

    Zone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 3,301 chill hours · 35 in (879 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇦BrockvilleOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,607 chill hours · 37 in (943 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇦HamiltonOntario, Canada

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 3,320 chill hours · 34 in (870 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇦BellevilleOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,572 chill hours · 36 in (918 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇦PeterboroughOntario, Canada

    Zone 5b · 160 frost-free days · 3,657 chill hours · 36 in (919 mm) rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇦CornwallOntario, Canada

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 40 in (1015 mm) rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸Mount PleasantMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 162 frost-free days · 3,525 chill hours · 32 in (812 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸BataviaNew York, United States

    Zone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,467 chill hours · 35 in (890 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇦Owen SoundOntario, Canada

    Zone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,623 chill hours · 41 in (1033 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇨🇦KingstonOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 176 frost-free days · 3,533 chill hours · 39 in (982 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸KenoshaWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6b · 181 frost-free days · 3,394 chill hours · 36 in (915 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇦MontréalQuebec, Canada

    Zone 5b · 166 frost-free days · 3,655 chill hours · 42 in (1068 mm) rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸WaterfordMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 179 frost-free days · 3,385 chill hours · 31 in (778 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    94%match
  19. 19

    🇺🇸WatertownNew York, United States

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,574 chill hours · 43 in (1085 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸SaginawMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,427 chill hours · 31 in (786 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    94%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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