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Land with a climate like Olten

🇨🇭Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Olten are Belfort, France (99% match), Waldkirch and Pforzheim. About 634,000 sq mi of land in 36 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Bavaria, Germany and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Olten are Belfort, France (99% match), Waldkirch and Pforzheim. About 1.6 million km² of land in 36 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Bavaria, Germany and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,803 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,803 chill hours · 1,202 mm rain

What grows in Olten →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    31k sq mi81k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Farnham (88), Alton (88)

  2. 2

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    28k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bruckmühl (99), Lindau (99)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oyonnax (99), Annemasse (98)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Épinal (99), Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (99)

  5. 5

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Holzminden (96), Bad Pyrmont (95)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Belfort (99), Montbéliard (99)

  7. 7

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (92), Gornji Milanovac (89)

  8. 8

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baden-Baden (99), Oberkirch (99)

  9. 9

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tuzla (92), Cazin (91)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mentor (84), Painesville (83)

  11. 11

    🇵🇱West Pomerania, Poland

    8,300 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Świdwin (88), Białogard (88)

  12. 12

    🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arlon (97), Verviers (97)

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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    🇫🇷BelfortBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,708 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,708 chill hours · 982 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, walnut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇩🇪WaldkirchBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,696 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,696 chill hours · 984 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, walnut

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇩🇪PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 906 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇫🇷ÉpinalGrand Est, France

    Zone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,721 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,721 chill hours · 895 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇩🇪RavensburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,898 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,898 chill hours · 994 mm rain

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

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇦🇹DornbirnVorarlberg, Austria

    Zone 8a · 213 frost-free days · 2,796 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8a · 213 frost-free days · 2,796 chill hours · 1,393 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇷OyonnaxAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,688 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,688 chill hours · 1,116 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, walnut

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇩🇪Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,007 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,007 chill hours · 956 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇩🇪KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 216 frost-free days · 2,765 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 216 frost-free days · 2,765 chill hours · 874 mm rain

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

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇭FribourgSwitzerland

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,953 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,953 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    98%match
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    🇩🇪RosenheimBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,905 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,905 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

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

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇩🇪WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,662 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,662 chill hours · 841 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, walnut, fig

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇪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 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇷VesoulBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8b · 211 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8b · 211 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 972 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, lavender, kiwifruit

    98%match
  15. 15

    🇩🇪PirmasensRheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,964 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,964 chill hours · 865 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    97%match
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    🇩🇪Bad TölzBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,013 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,013 chill hours · 1,223 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇩🇪SiegenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,977 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 2,977 chill hours · 977 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    97%match
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    🇫🇷BesançonBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8b · 222 frost-free days · 2,395 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 8b · 222 frost-free days · 2,395 chill hours · 1,094 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, fig

    97%match
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    🇧🇪Marche-en-FamenneWallonia, Belgium

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,645 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,645 chill hours · 881 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    97%match
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    🇩🇪AschaffenburgBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8b · 205 frost-free days · 2,737 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8b · 205 frost-free days · 2,737 chill hours · 788 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, walnut, saffron

    97%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.