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Land with a climate like Napier

🇳🇿Napier, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Napier are Gisborne, New Zealand (99% match), Palmerston North and Richmond. About 354,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Napier are Gisborne, New Zealand (99% match), Palmerston North and Richmond. About 916,000 km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 668 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 668 chill hours · 989 mm rain

What grows in Napier →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    64k sq mi166k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Necochea (97), Mar del Plata (94)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    29k sq mi75k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dax (94), Pau (93)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    28k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warragul (97), Frankston East (97)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Batemans Bay (84), Hornsby (81)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lourdes (94), Tarbes (93)

  6. 6

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oleiros (88), Carballo (88)

  7. 7

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Devonport (97), Burnie (96)

  8. 8

    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whakatane (97), Tauranga (97)

  9. 9

    🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Papatoetoe (94), Manurewa (94)

  10. 10

    🇳🇿Wellington Region, New Zealand

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Masterton (97), Wellington (91)

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    🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (84), Challans (84)

  12. 12

    🇺🇾Treinta y Tres Department, Uruguay

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Treinta y Tres (80)

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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    🇳🇿GisborneNew Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 544 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 544 chill hours · 1,232 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿Palmerston NorthManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 1,219 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇿RichmondTasman District, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 983 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 983 chill hours · 989 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇿WhanganuiManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 978 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇿HamiltonWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    97%match
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    🇳🇿WhakataneBay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 715 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 715 chill hours · 1,474 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea

    97%match
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    🇦🇺WarragulVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 939 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇦🇺Frankston EastVictoria, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 422 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 422 chill hours · 736 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    97%match
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    🇳🇿TaurangaBay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 418 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 418 chill hours · 1,426 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea, sorghum

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇦🇷NecocheaBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 884 chill hours · 862 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, sorghum

    97%match
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    🇦🇺DevonportTasmania, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 665 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 665 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇳🇿MastertonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 986 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇳🇿BlenheimMarlborough, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇦🇺LauncestonTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇦🇺TraralgonVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 753 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 753 chill hours · 713 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, olive

    95%match
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    🇦🇷Mar del PlataBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 891 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, sorghum, soybean

    94%match
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    🇳🇿RotoruaBay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 1,061 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 1,061 chill hours · 1,507 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea

    94%match
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    🇫🇷Dax↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, soybean, olive

    94%match
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    🇳🇿LevinManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇦🇺WarrnamboolVictoria, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 722 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    93%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.