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Land with a climate like Pontefract

🇬🇧Pontefract, England, United Kingdom

The towns with the closest growing climate to Pontefract are Banbury, United Kingdom (99% match), Middlesbrough and Scarborough. About 515,000 sq mi of land in 23 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Bavaria, Germany and Grand Est, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Pontefract are Banbury, United Kingdom (99% match), Middlesbrough and Scarborough. About 1.3 million km² of land in 23 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Bavaria, Germany and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 693 mm rain

What grows in Pontefract →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    61k sq mi157k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Swadlincote (99), Heanor (99)

  2. 2

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bad Kissingen (92), Lohr am Main (92)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Charleville-Mézières (94), Sedan (93)

  4. 4

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wardenburg (99), Edewecht (99)

  5. 5

    🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dundee (99), Edinburgh (99)

  6. 6

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lengerich (98), Kleve (98)

  7. 7

    🇫🇷Hauts-de-France, France

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Armentières (97), Hazebrouck (97)

  8. 8

    🇫🇷Normandy, France

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mont-Saint-Aignan (95), Argentan (93)

  9. 9

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rathfarnham (99), Dublin (99)

  10. 10

    🇬🇧Wales, United Kingdom

    9,500 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wrexham (99), Deeside (99)

  11. 11

    🇵🇱West Pomerania, Poland

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Świnoujście (90), Białogard (89)

  12. 12

    🇮🇪Munster, Ireland

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Waterford (96), Limerick (93)

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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    🇬🇧BanburyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,274 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,274 chill hours · 705 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇧MiddlesbroughEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,231 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,231 chill hours · 729 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇧ScarboroughEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,473 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 223 frost-free days · 2,473 chill hours · 669 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇧EveshamEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,191 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,191 chill hours · 677 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇧Stoke-on-TrentEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,403 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,403 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇧GrimsbyEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 2,177 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 2,177 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, tomato, sunflower

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇬🇧SwindonEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,185 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,185 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇬🇧LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 643 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, tomato

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇬🇧BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,250 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,250 chill hours · 868 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇧HerefordEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,202 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,202 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇬🇧GranthamEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,354 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,354 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇬🇧CarlisleEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,325 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,325 chill hours · 848 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇧BrentwoodEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,219 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,219 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, tomato

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇬🇧TelfordEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,439 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 220 frost-free days · 2,439 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇬🇧King's LynnEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,197 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,197 chill hours · 643 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, tomato

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇬🇧NorthamptonEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,173 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 224 frost-free days · 2,173 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, tomato, wine grapes

    99%match
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    🇬🇧Milton KeynesEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,117 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 227 frost-free days · 2,117 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, wine grapes, tomato

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇬🇧NorwichEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 234 frost-free days · 2,043 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 234 frost-free days · 2,043 chill hours · 662 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, tomato, wine grapes

    99%match
  19. 19

    🇬🇧AltrinchamEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,066 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 254 frost-free days · 2,066 chill hours · 832 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: pear, sunflower

    99%match
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    🇬🇧DundeeScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 214 frost-free days · 2,691 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 214 frost-free days · 2,691 chill hours · 756 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%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.