Climatch

Land with a climate like Pau

🇫🇷Pau, New Aquitaine, France

The towns with the closest growing climate to Pau are Bilbao, Spain (98% match), Errenteria and Donostia / San Sebastián. About 221,000 sq mi of land in 20 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Occitanie, France and Galicia, Spain.The towns with the closest growing climate to Pau are Bilbao, Spain (98% match), Errenteria and Donostia / San Sebastián. About 572,000 km² of land in 20 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Occitanie, France and Galicia, Spain.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Pau →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    29k sq mi76k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bayonne (98), Anglet (97)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Auch (93), Pamiers (87)

  3. 3

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ribeira (93), Lugo (93)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warragul (86), Burwood (83)

  5. 5

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Necochea (86), Mar del Plata (84)

  6. 6

    🇳🇿Wellington Region, New Zealand

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wellington (87), Masterton (86)

  7. 7

    🇮🇹Tuscany, Italy

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Montecatini-Terme (91), Montemurlo (90)

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    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whakatane (92), Tauranga (92)

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    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Palmerston North (93), Whanganui (87)

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    🇮🇹The Marches, Italy

    3,500 sq mi9,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fabriano (89), Tolentino (85)

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    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dagomys (95), Tuapse (94)

  12. 12

    🇪🇸Asturias, Spain

    3,000 sq mi7,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oviedo (92), Mieres (92)

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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    🇪🇸BilbaoBasque Country, Spain

    Zone 9b · 335 frost-free days · 611 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 9b · 335 frost-free days · 611 chill hours · 1,145 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, olive

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇪🇸ErrenteriaBasque Country, Spain

    Zone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 609 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 9b · 341 frost-free days · 609 chill hours · 1,258 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇪🇸Donostia / San SebastiánBasque Country, Spain

    Zone 10a · 342 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · 342 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 1,243 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, wine grapes

    97%match
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    🇪🇸Arrasate / MondragónBasque Country, Spain

    Zone 9b · 294 frost-free days · 1,063 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 9b · 294 frost-free days · 1,063 chill hours · 1,013 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender

    95%match
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    🇳🇿Gisborne↻Seasons flipped. New 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 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    94%match
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    🇪🇸SantanderCantabria, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 1,188 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, pecan

    94%match
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    🇭🇷RijekaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia

    Zone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 1,165 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 9a · 278 frost-free days · 1,165 chill hours · 1,330 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pecan, cotton

    94%match
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    🇫🇷BergeracNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,278 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,278 chill hours · 900 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, lavender

    94%match
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    🇷🇺TuapseKrasnodar Krai, Russia

    Zone 9a · 251 frost-free days · 1,572 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9a · 251 frost-free days · 1,572 chill hours · 1,307 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇫🇷PérigueuxNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,381 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,381 chill hours · 895 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, almond

    94%match
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    🇷🇺SochiKrasnodar Krai, Russia

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,210 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,210 chill hours · 1,543 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    94%match
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    🇳🇿Palmerston North↻Seasons flipped. Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

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

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇪🇸LugoGalicia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 1,489 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇵🇹BragaPortugal

    Zone 10a · 343 frost-free days · 555 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 10a · 343 frost-free days · 555 chill hours · 1,463 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    93%match
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    🇬🇪KutaisiImereti, Georgia

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,363 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,363 chill hours · 1,493 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    93%match
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    🇫🇷BordeauxNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,233 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,233 chill hours · 903 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, lavender

    93%match
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    🇫🇷AuchOccitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,434 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,434 chill hours · 966 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, lavender

    93%match
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    🇳🇿Whakatane↻Seasons flipped. Bay 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 20 of your 24 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇫🇷MarmandeNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 1,380 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 1,380 chill hours · 905 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, lavender

    92%match
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    🇳🇿Tauranga↻Seasons flipped. Bay 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 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    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.