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Land with a climate like Palmerston North

🇳🇿Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Palmerston North are Hamilton, New Zealand (99% match), Rotorua and Gisborne. About 311,000 sq mi of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Palmerston North are Hamilton, New Zealand (99% match), Rotorua and Gisborne. About 805,000 km² of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 1,219 mm rain

What grows in Palmerston North →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    40k sq mi103k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mar del Plata (93), Necochea (92)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    32k sq mi82k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dax (93), Pau (93)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    27k sq mi69k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warragul (96), Frankston East (92)

  4. 4

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ribeira (92), Teo (92)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lourdes (94), Tarbes (94)

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    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Burnie (97), Devonport (96)

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    🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (86), Vertou (85)

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    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rotorua (99), Whakatane (98)

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    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇳🇿Waikato Region, New Zealand

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cambridge (99), Hamilton (99)

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    🇧🇷Santa Catarina, Brazil

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example São Joaquim (87), Fraiburgo (80)

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    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Batemans Bay (73), Orange (73)

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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    🇳🇿HamiltonWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿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

    99%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

    99%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

    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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    🇳🇿NelsonNelson Region, New Zealand

    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

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%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

    96%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

    96%match
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    🇦🇺WarragulVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 939 mm rain

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

    96%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

    96%match
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    🇳🇿ParaparaumuWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 327 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 1,486 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 19 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇳🇿BlenheimMarlborough, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 754 mm rain

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

    95%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

    94%match
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    🇫🇷Dax↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇦🇷Mar del PlataBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 891 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇫🇷Pau↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 1,366 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, soybean, avocado

    93%match
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    🇳🇿AucklandNew Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 1,355 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇦🇺Frankston EastVictoria, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 422 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 422 chill hours · 736 mm rain

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

    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

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.