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Land with a climate like Nanaimo

🇨🇦Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nanaimo are Courtenay, Canada (99% match), Bellingham and Silverdale. About 350,000 sq mi of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Grand Est, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nanaimo are Courtenay, Canada (99% match), Bellingham and Silverdale. About 905,000 km² of land in 21 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, New Aquitaine, France and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,394 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 9a · 218 frost-free days · 2,394 chill hours · 1,116 mm rain

What grows in Nanaimo →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    33k sq mi86k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poole (92), Wimborne Minster (91)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    26k sq mi67k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bressuire (92), Limoges (88)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hayange (92), Forbach (90)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Autun (88), Belfort (88)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Washington, United States

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bellingham (99), Mill Creek (99)

  6. 6

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Osnabrück (87), Bad Essen (87)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eitorf (89), Bad Lippspringe (88)

  8. 8

    🇺🇸Oregon, United States

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Portland (93), Bethany (92)

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    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Courtenay (99), White Rock (99)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪Hesse, Germany

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Michelstadt (88), Groß-Umstadt (87)

  11. 11

    🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arlon (92), Frameries (89)

  12. 12

    🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sint-Genesius-Rode (88), Ronse (88)

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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    🇨🇦CourtenayBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,564 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,564 chill hours · 1,364 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸BellinghamWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,278 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,278 chill hours · 1,033 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸SilverdaleWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,080 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,080 chill hours · 1,139 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸EverettWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 239 frost-free days · 2,044 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9a · 239 frost-free days · 2,044 chill hours · 940 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸SeattleWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,935 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,935 chill hours · 974 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇦SurreyBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 227 frost-free days · 2,366 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 8b · 227 frost-free days · 2,366 chill hours · 1,473 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, sunflower

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇦Campbell RiverBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,429 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,429 chill hours · 1,536 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸TacomaWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 1,986 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 1,986 chill hours · 1,000 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, fig

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸OlympiaWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 210 frost-free days · 2,146 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 210 frost-free days · 2,146 chill hours · 1,256 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 14 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇦VictoriaBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,167 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,167 chill hours · 714 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸LongviewWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 1,914 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 1,914 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, walnut, hemp

    95%match
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    🇫🇷FlersNormandy, France

    Zone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 1,890 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 248 frost-free days · 1,890 chill hours · 828 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸PortlandOregon, United States

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 1,957 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 1,957 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, fig

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇦ChilliwackBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,286 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,286 chill hours · 1,637 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, sunflower

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇷AlençonNormandy, France

    Zone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, saffron

    92%match
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    🇺🇸Oak HarborWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,140 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 2,140 chill hours · 546 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 14 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇩🇪MerzigSaarland, Germany

    Zone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,750 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,750 chill hours · 887 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, sunflower, hemp

    91%match
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    🇩🇪SaarbrückenSaarland, Germany

    Zone 8b · 214 frost-free days · 2,679 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 214 frost-free days · 2,679 chill hours · 853 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, sunflower

    91%match
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    🇫🇷FougèresBrittany, France

    Zone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 783 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, kiwifruit

    91%match
  20. 20

    🇬🇧GosportEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,714 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,714 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, sunflower

    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.