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Land with a climate like Oltu

🇹🇷Oltu, Erzurum, Turkey

The towns with the closest growing climate to Oltu are Abovyan, Armenia (97% match), Seyah Cheshmeh and Doğubayazıt. About 129,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sivas, Turkey, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan and Ankara, Turkey.The towns with the closest growing climate to Oltu are Abovyan, Armenia (97% match), Seyah Cheshmeh and Doğubayazıt. About 335,000 km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Sivas, Turkey, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan and Ankara, Turkey.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,135 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,135 chill hours · 416 mm rain

What grows in Oltu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇹🇷Sivas, Turkey

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sivas (89), Şarkışla (86)

  2. 2

    🇰🇿Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Esik (92), Talghar (88)

  3. 3

    🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akyurt (85), Kızılcahamam (83)

  4. 4

    🇹🇷Yozgat, Turkey

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akdağmadeni (86), Yozgat (83)

  5. 5

    🇮🇷East Azerbaijan, Iran

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sarāb (84), Ahar (75)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸Montana, United States

    3,300 sq mi8,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Billings (81), Great Falls (80)

  7. 7

    🇰🇬Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kara-Balta (86), Belovodskoye (86)

  8. 8

    🇰🇿Zhambyl, Kazakhstan

    3,300 sq mi8,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Merke (82), Shu (67)

  9. 9

    🇮🇷West Azerbaijan, Iran

    3,000 sq mi7,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seyah Cheshmeh (97), Maku (88)

  10. 10

    🇰🇬Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan

    2,500 sq mi6,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ala-Buka (89), Toktogul (87)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Utah, United States

    2,500 sq mi6,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example North Ogden (83), Brigham City (82)

  12. 12

    🇺🇸South Dakota, United States

    2,100 sq mi5,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rapid City (77), Mitchell (65)

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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    🇦🇲AbovyanKotayk, Armenia

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,112 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,112 chill hours · 374 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇷Seyah CheshmehWest Azerbaijan, Iran

    Zone 6b · 165 frost-free days · 3,192 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 6b · 165 frost-free days · 3,192 chill hours · 396 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇹🇷DoğubayazıtAğrı, Turkey

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,979 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,979 chill hours · 316 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice, saffron

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇷KağızmanKars Province, Turkey

    Zone 6a · 168 frost-free days · 3,185 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6a · 168 frost-free days · 3,185 chill hours · 377 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇹🇷BayburtBayburt Province, Turkey

    Zone 6a · 154 frost-free days · 3,319 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 6a · 154 frost-free days · 3,319 chill hours · 457 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇷GümüşhaneGümüşhane Province, Turkey

    Zone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 2,968 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 7a · 186 frost-free days · 2,968 chill hours · 502 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇰🇬NookatOsh Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 2,989 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 2,989 chill hours · 392 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇰🇬Kara-KuljaOsh Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,278 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,278 chill hours · 536 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇬🇪AkhaltsikheSamtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

    Zone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 576 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇬Ala-BukaJalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 6b · 181 frost-free days · 2,984 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 6b · 181 frost-free days · 2,984 chill hours · 426 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, sorghum

    89%match
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    🇹🇷SivasTurkey

    Zone 7b · 176 frost-free days · 3,001 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 7b · 176 frost-free days · 3,001 chill hours · 401 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    89%match
  12. 12

    🇦🇲GorisSyunik, Armenia

    Zone 7a · 182 frost-free days · 3,110 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7a · 182 frost-free days · 3,110 chill hours · 622 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    88%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇬Kara-Kul’Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,311 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,311 chill hours · 540 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 20 great-fit crops

    87%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇲GyumriShirak, Armenia

    Zone 6a · 153 frost-free days · 3,404 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 6a · 153 frost-free days · 3,404 chill hours · 468 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    87%match
  15. 15

    🇹🇷ŞarkışlaSivas, Turkey

    Zone 7a · 160 frost-free days · 2,984 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 7a · 160 frost-free days · 2,984 chill hours · 379 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    86%match
  16. 16

    🇹🇷TosyaKastamonu, Turkey

    Zone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,838 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,838 chill hours · 484 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    86%match
  17. 17

    🇰🇬Kara-BaltaChuy Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 6a · 180 frost-free days · 3,032 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 6a · 180 frost-free days · 3,032 chill hours · 402 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    86%match
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    🇹🇷AşkaleErzurum, Turkey

    Zone 5b · 145 frost-free days · 3,416 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 5b · 145 frost-free days · 3,416 chill hours · 496 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇹🇷ErcişVan, Turkey

    Zone 6a · 160 frost-free days · 3,218 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 6a · 160 frost-free days · 3,218 chill hours · 469 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇰🇬TalasTalas Region, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 6a · 158 frost-free days · 3,335 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 6a · 158 frost-free days · 3,335 chill hours · 345 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    86%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.