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Land with a climate like North Cowichan

🇨🇦North Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada

The towns with the closest growing climate to North Cowichan are Courtenay, Canada (99% match), Olympia and Port Angeles. About 186,000 sq mi of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Washington, United States and Grand Est, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to North Cowichan are Courtenay, Canada (99% match), Olympia and Port Angeles. About 481,000 km² of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Washington, United States and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 210 frost-free days · 2,522 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 210 frost-free days · 2,522 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

What grows in North Cowichan →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bournemouth (88), Wimborne Minster (88)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Washington, United States

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Silverdale (99), Bremerton (99)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hayange (85), Saint-Avold (84)

  4. 4

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Courtenay (99), Campbell River (96)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Oregon, United States

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Forest Grove (90), Hillsboro (88)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Normandy, France

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Flers (89), Argentan (86)

  7. 7

    🇫🇷Hauts-de-France, France

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maubeuge (85), Hautmont (85)

  8. 8

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Freudenberg (84), Wilnsdorf (84)

  9. 9

    🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arlon (89), Walcourt (84)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pirmasens (84), Zweibrücken (84)

  11. 11

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    3,100 sq mi8,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eberbach (86), Künzelsau (84)

  12. 12

    🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

    2,300 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tervuren (82), Sint-Genesius-Rode (82)

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

    🇨🇦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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, peach

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, wine grapes

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Port AngelesWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 213 frost-free days · 2,552 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9a · 213 frost-free days · 2,552 chill hours · 875 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸ArlingtonWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,170 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,170 chill hours · 1,086 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, peach

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇦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 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇦Port AlberniBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 2,671 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 2,671 chill hours · 2,022 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 11 great-fit crops

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, peach

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, peach

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, wine grapes, lavender

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, kiwifruit, walnut

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸AnacortesWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 2,138 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 2,138 chill hours · 702 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    92%match
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    🇺🇸Forest GroveOregon, United States

    Zone 9a · 204 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 9a · 204 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 1,144 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut, wine grapes

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸AberdeenWashington, United States

    Zone 9a · 241 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 9a · 241 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 2,209 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇦AbbotsfordBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,312 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8b · 226 frost-free days · 2,312 chill hours · 1,518 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, sunflower

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇷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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, hemp

    89%match
  16. 16

    🇬🇧BournemouthEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,887 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,887 chill hours · 881 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, hemp, wine grapes

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut, kiwifruit

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇨🇱Osorno↻Seasons flipped. Los Lagos Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 285 frost-free days · 1,432 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 9b · 285 frost-free days · 1,432 chill hours · 1,334 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇨🇦CoquitlamBritish Columbia, Canada

    Zone 8b · 228 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 8b · 228 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 2,095 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, sunflower, tomato

    87%match
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    🇫🇷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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, peach

    85%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.