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Land with a climate like Molde

🇳🇴Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

The towns with the closest growing climate to Molde are Bergen, Norway (97% match), Haugesund and Kristiansand. About 155,000 sq mi of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Scotland, United Kingdom, British Columbia, Canada and Møre og Romsdal, Norway.The towns with the closest growing climate to Molde are Bergen, Norway (97% match), Haugesund and Kristiansand. About 402,000 km² of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Scotland, United Kingdom, British Columbia, Canada and Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Molde →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example High Blantyre (89), Meikle Earnock (88)

  2. 2

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    8,100 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Squamish (78), Terrace (77)

  3. 3

    🇳🇴Møre og Romsdal, Norway

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

  4. 4

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nelson (87), Darwen (86)

  5. 5

    🇳🇴Agder, Norway

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kristiansand (95), Grimstad (84)

  6. 6

    🇳🇴Trøndelag, Norway

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Levanger (92), Trondheim (85)

  7. 7

    🇨🇱Aysén, Chile

    3,400 sq mi8,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Puerto Aysén (73), Coyhaique (70)

  8. 8

    🇺🇸Alaska, United States

    2,800 sq mi7,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Juneau (84)

  9. 9

    🇬🇧Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

    2,100 sq mi5,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Omagh (80), Derry (77)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brilon (85), Halver (84)

  11. 11

    🇸🇪Västra Götaland, Sweden

    600 sq mi1,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kinna (80), Borås (80)

  12. 12

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    600 sq mi1,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Freudenstadt (84), Baiersbronn (83)

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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    🇳🇴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 7 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇴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 7 great-fit crops

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇴KristiansandAgder, Norway

    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

    Shares 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cherry

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇴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 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, cherry, hops

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇴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 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops

    92%match
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    🇬🇧Fort WilliamScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,604 chill hours · 88 in rainZone 9a · 225 frost-free days · 2,604 chill hours · 2,245 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops

    88%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇴LarvikVestfold, Norway

    Zone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 3,382 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 3,382 chill hours · 1,117 mm rain

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

    87%match
  8. 8

    🇬🇧GreenockScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,472 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,472 chill hours · 1,618 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇳🇴TrondheimTrøndelag, Norway

    Zone 8a · 164 frost-free days · 3,719 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 164 frost-free days · 3,719 chill hours · 962 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, lavender

    85%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇪BrilonNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8a · 191 frost-free days · 3,222 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 191 frost-free days · 3,222 chill hours · 1,125 mm rain

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

    85%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇴BodøNordland, Norway

    Zone 8a · 177 frost-free days · 3,741 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 177 frost-free days · 3,741 chill hours · 1,068 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    85%match
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    🇩🇪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 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, cherry, garlic

    84%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇧BurnleyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,551 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,551 chill hours · 1,241 mm rain

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

    84%match
  14. 14

    🇬🇧Ebbw ValeWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 219 frost-free days · 2,693 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 9a · 219 frost-free days · 2,693 chill hours · 1,465 mm rain

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

    84%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 7 of your 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, cherry

    84%match
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    🇺🇸JuneauAlaska, United States

    Zone 8a · 160 frost-free days · 3,902 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8a · 160 frost-free days · 3,902 chill hours · 1,938 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 7 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇬🇧GlasgowScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,430 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,430 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

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

    83%match
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    🇳🇴ArendalAgder, Norway

    Zone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,450 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,450 chill hours · 1,158 mm rain

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

    80%match
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    🇬🇧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 7 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic

    80%match
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    🇮🇸ReykjavíkCapital Region, Iceland

    Zone 8b · 167 frost-free days · 3,793 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8b · 167 frost-free days · 3,793 chill hours · 963 mm rain

    Shares 4 of your 7 great-fit crops

    80%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.