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Land with a climate like Nelson, New Zealand

🇳🇿Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Nelson, New Zealand are Masterton, New Zealand (99% match), Whanganui and Wellington. About 318,000 sq mi of land in 15 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Nelson, New Zealand are Masterton, New Zealand (99% match), Whanganui and Wellington. About 823,000 km² of land in 15 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 1,113 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 1,113 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

What grows in Nelson, New Zealand →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    35k sq mi90k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (92), La Teste-de-Buch (92)

  2. 2

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    22k sq mi58k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mar del Plata (90), Santa Clara del Mar (89)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warragul (88), Warrnambool (87)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Brittany, France

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lanester (89), Ploemeur (89)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orvault (89), Vertou (88)

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    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Burnie (95), Devonport (93)

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    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santiago de Compostela (92), Lugo (91)

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    🇳🇿Waikato Region, New Zealand

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Taupo (98), Cambridge (98)

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    🇳🇿Canterbury, New Zealand

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Christchurch (92), Rangiora (90)

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    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Levin (99), Whanganui (98)

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    🇨🇱Araucania, Chile

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Teodoro Schmidt (91), Carahue (87)

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    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orange (67), Batemans Bay (61)

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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    🇳🇿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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    98%match
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    🇳🇿WellingtonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 1,333 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇳🇿TaupoWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 274 frost-free days · 1,316 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 9b · 274 frost-free days · 1,316 chill hours · 1,355 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇳🇿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 19 great-fit crops

    98%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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea

    98%match
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    🇳🇿CambridgeWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 9b · 323 frost-free days · 806 chill hours · 1,212 mm rain

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

    98%match
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    🇳🇿Lower HuttWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 342 frost-free days · 821 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 9b · 342 frost-free days · 821 chill hours · 1,588 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops

    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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea, avocado

    95%match
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    🇳🇿HastingsHawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 917 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, almond, fig

    93%match
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    🇳🇿New PlymouthTaranaki Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 1,698 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, soybean, avocado

    93%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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    93%match
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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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, soybean

    93%match
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    🇫🇷Tarbes↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,364 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,364 chill hours · 1,177 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, soybean

    92%match
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    🇪🇸Oviedo↻Seasons flipped. Asturias, Spain

    Zone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 858 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 858 chill hours · 982 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, fig, almond

    92%match
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    🇫🇷La Teste-de-Buch↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,191 chill hours · 927 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, fig, almond

    92%match
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    🇦🇺HobartTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%match
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    🇳🇿ChristchurchCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, avocado, tea

    92%match
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    🇪🇸Santiago de Compostela↻Seasons flipped. Galicia, Spain

    Zone 10a · 346 frost-free days · 695 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 10a · 346 frost-free days · 695 chill hours · 1,678 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    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.