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Land with a climate like Ottumwa

🇺🇸Ottumwa, Iowa, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ottumwa are Burlington, United States (99% match), Macomb and Galesburg. About 511,000 sq mi of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Illinois, United States, Iowa, United States and Missouri, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ottumwa are Burlington, United States (99% match), Macomb and Galesburg. About 1.3 million km² of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Illinois, United States, Iowa, United States and Missouri, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,948 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,948 chill hours · 900 mm rain

What grows in Ottumwa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Illinois, United States

    50k sq mi129k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Macomb (99), Galesburg (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Iowa, United States

    48k sq mi124k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Burlington (99), Iowa City (99)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    47k sq mi121k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kirksville (99), Hannibal (97)

  4. 4

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Otradnaya (88), Labinsk (87)

  5. 5

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kochubeyevskoye (84), Svobody (84)

  6. 6

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (82), Valjevo (80)

  7. 7

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Windsor (93), Tecumseh (92)

  8. 8

    🇷🇴Dolj, Romania

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

    For example Filiaşi (84), Craiova (83)

  9. 9

    🇷🇺Kabardino-Balkariya Republic, Russia

    2,000 sq mi5,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chegem (86), Baksan (86)

  10. 10

    🇷🇴Vâlcea County, Romania

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Râmnicu Vâlcea (86), Drăgăşani (84)

  11. 11

    🇷🇴Satu Mare County, Romania

    1,800 sq mi4,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Satu Mare (81), Carei (80)

  12. 12

    🇧🇬Targovishte, Bulgaria

    1,300 sq mi3,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Popovo (80), Targovishte (79)

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

    🇺🇸BurlingtonIowa, United States

    Zone 6b · 193 frost-free days · 2,880 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6b · 193 frost-free days · 2,880 chill hours · 904 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸MacombIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,906 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,906 chill hours · 942 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸GalesburgIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,992 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,992 chill hours · 964 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸OttawaIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 2,996 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 2,996 chill hours · 927 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸KirksvilleMissouri, United States

    Zone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,853 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,853 chill hours · 1,005 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸Des MoinesIowa, United States

    Zone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 3,046 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 3,046 chill hours · 876 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸Rock IslandIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,974 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,974 chill hours · 919 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸DavenportIowa, United States

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,974 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,974 chill hours · 919 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸PeoriaIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,870 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,870 chill hours · 942 mm rain

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

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸AuroraIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 183 frost-free days · 3,073 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 6b · 183 frost-free days · 3,073 chill hours · 1,005 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸BloomingtonIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 190 frost-free days · 2,921 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 6b · 190 frost-free days · 2,921 chill hours · 973 mm rain

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

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸Cedar RapidsIowa, United States

    Zone 6a · 179 frost-free days · 3,143 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6a · 179 frost-free days · 3,143 chill hours · 929 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸ClintonIowa, United States

    Zone 6a · 181 frost-free days · 3,131 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6a · 181 frost-free days · 3,131 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸Oak LawnIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 2,978 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 2,978 chill hours · 1,000 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸KankakeeIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 3,002 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 6b · 184 frost-free days · 3,002 chill hours · 995 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸JacksonvilleIllinois, United States

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,734 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,734 chill hours · 979 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, wine grapes, pecan

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸ChicagoIllinois, United States

    Zone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,006 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 6b · 188 frost-free days · 3,006 chill hours · 991 mm rain

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

    97%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸OmahaNebraska, United States

    Zone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,965 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,965 chill hours · 770 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  19. 19

    🇺🇸QuincyIllinois, United States

    Zone 7a · 198 frost-free days · 2,724 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7a · 198 frost-free days · 2,724 chill hours · 994 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pecan

    97%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸NewtonIowa, United States

    Zone 6a · 178 frost-free days · 3,154 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 6a · 178 frost-free days · 3,154 chill hours · 879 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    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.