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Land with a climate like Pontarlier

🇫🇷Pontarlier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

The towns with the closest growing climate to Pontarlier are Einsiedeln, Switzerland (99% match), Freudenstadt and Kempten (Allgäu). About 479,000 sq mi of land in 41 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bavaria, Germany, New York, United States and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Pontarlier are Einsiedeln, Switzerland (99% match), Freudenstadt and Kempten (Allgäu). About 1.2 million km² of land in 41 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bavaria, Germany, New York, United States and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 183 frost-free days · 3,248 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 183 frost-free days · 3,248 chill hours · 1,297 mm rain

What grows in Pontarlier →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Marktoberdorf (99), Kempten (Allgäu) (98)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Grand Island (84), Jamestown (84)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    16k sq mi41k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sallanches (93), Oyonnax (93)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (93), Épinal (90)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Erie (83), Johnstown (79)

  6. 6

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baiersbronn (99), Freudenstadt (99)

  7. 7

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fort Erie (85), Port Colborne (83)

  8. 8

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Travnik (91), Goražde (83)

  9. 9

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goslar (94), Clausthal-Zellerfeld (91)

  10. 10

    🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Terrace (82), White Rock (81)

  11. 11

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (88), Gornji Milanovac (78)

  12. 12

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Belfort (91), Montbéliard (90)

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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    🇨🇭EinsiedelnSchwyz, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 1,466 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇩🇪FreudenstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,283 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,283 chill hours · 1,545 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇩🇪Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria, Germany

    Zone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,155 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,155 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇩🇪Garmisch-PartenkirchenBavaria, Germany

    Zone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,235 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,235 chill hours · 1,332 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇹BludenzVorarlberg, Austria

    Zone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,877 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,877 chill hours · 1,233 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, maize (corn)

    96%match
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    🇩🇪TraunreutBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,070 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,070 chill hours · 1,163 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, maize (corn)

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇩🇪SchopfheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 197 frost-free days · 2,916 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 197 frost-free days · 2,916 chill hours · 1,161 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, maize (corn)

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇩🇪Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 7b · 158 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 7b · 158 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 898 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇦RakhivZakarpattia, Ukraine

    Zone 7a · 163 frost-free days · 3,457 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 7a · 163 frost-free days · 3,457 chill hours · 1,017 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇪AlbstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 7b · 165 frost-free days · 3,490 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 165 frost-free days · 3,490 chill hours · 980 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    95%match
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    🇨🇭BernSwitzerland

    Zone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, wine grapes

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇨🇭Sankt GallenSaint Gallen, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,971 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,971 chill hours · 1,188 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, tomato

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇪GoslarLower Saxony, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,302 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,302 chill hours · 994 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇹Saalfelden am Steinernen MeerSalzburg, Austria

    Zone 7a · 173 frost-free days · 3,234 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7a · 173 frost-free days · 3,234 chill hours · 1,260 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    94%match
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    🇲🇪PljevljaMontenegro

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,987 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,987 chill hours · 1,113 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, peach

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇨🇭SierreValais, Switzerland

    Zone 7b · 187 frost-free days · 3,072 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 7b · 187 frost-free days · 3,072 chill hours · 915 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, pear, sunflower

    93%match
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    🇫🇷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 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower, tomato

    93%match
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    🇩🇪DeggendorfBavaria, Germany

    Zone 7b · 178 frost-free days · 3,280 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7b · 178 frost-free days · 3,280 chill hours · 976 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, lavender, sunflower

    93%match
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    🇩🇪Neumarkt in der OberpfalzBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 178 frost-free days · 3,214 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 178 frost-free days · 3,214 chill hours · 874 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, pear, wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇩🇪SundernNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Zone 8b · 192 frost-free days · 3,033 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8b · 192 frost-free days · 3,033 chill hours · 1,108 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 11 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, lavender, sunflower

    93%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.