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Land with a climate like Preston

🇬🇧Preston, England, United Kingdom

The towns with the closest growing climate to Preston are Dumfries, United Kingdom (99% match), Birmingham and Ballymena. About 436,000 sq mi of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Scotland, United Kingdom and Lower Saxony, Germany.The towns with the closest growing climate to Preston are Dumfries, United Kingdom (99% match), Birmingham and Ballymena. About 1.1 million km² of land in 19 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Scotland, United Kingdom and Lower Saxony, Germany.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,229 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 2,229 chill hours · 1,165 mm rain

What grows in Preston →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    63k sq mi162k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brierley Hill (99), Dudley (99)

  2. 2

    🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

    27k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kilwinning (99), Dumfries (99)

  3. 3

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Georgsmarienhütte (97), Wilhelmshaven (97)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Charleville-Mézières (91), Sedan (90)

  5. 5

    🇩🇪North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sprockhövel (98), Remscheid (98)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Hauts-de-France, France

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hazebrouck (94), Halluin (94)

  7. 7

    🇫🇷Normandy, France

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mont-Saint-Aignan (94), Flers (92)

  8. 8

    🇮🇪Munster, Ireland

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ennis (99), Limerick (99)

  9. 9

    🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Athlone (99), Dundalk (99)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eberbach (90), Oberkirch (88)

  11. 11

    🇬🇧Wales, United Kingdom

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gelligaer (99), Pontypridd (99)

  12. 12

    🇩🇰South Denmark, Denmark

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tønder (95), Aabenraa (94)

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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    🇬🇧DumfriesScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,345 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,345 chill hours · 1,085 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇧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: lavender, sunflower

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇧BallymenaNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 241 frost-free days · 2,266 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9a · 241 frost-free days · 2,266 chill hours · 1,084 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇧LivingstonScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 9a · 222 frost-free days · 2,605 chill hours · 1,118 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇧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 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇧SwanseaWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,635 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 9b · 277 frost-free days · 1,635 chill hours · 1,147 mm rain

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

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇮🇪AthloneLeinster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 255 frost-free days · 2,053 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 255 frost-free days · 2,053 chill hours · 999 mm rain

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

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇬🇧CardiffWales, United Kingdom

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,758 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,758 chill hours · 1,102 mm rain

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

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇮🇪GalwayConnacht, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,729 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,729 chill hours · 1,168 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇮🇪LimerickMunster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 271 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 9b · 271 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 1,116 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇬🇧GlasgowScotland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,430 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9a · 228 frost-free days · 2,430 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 12 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇬🇧SheffieldEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,344 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,344 chill hours · 875 mm rain

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

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇮🇪CarlowLeinster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,823 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,823 chill hours · 921 mm rain

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

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇪WaterfordMunster, Ireland

    Zone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,858 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 268 frost-free days · 1,858 chill hours · 986 mm rain

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

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇮🇪DroghedaLeinster, Ireland

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,155 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 2,155 chill hours · 967 mm rain

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

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇬🇧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 11 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇬🇧WhitehavenEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,495 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,495 chill hours · 1,040 mm rain

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

    99%match
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    🇳🇱RotterdamSouth Holland, The Netherlands

    Zone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,237 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 2,237 chill hours · 916 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 12 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, sunflower

    99%match
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    🇬🇧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: lavender

    98%match
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    🇬🇧Great MalvernEngland, United Kingdom

    Zone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,212 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 9a · 226 frost-free days · 2,212 chill hours · 863 mm rain

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

    98%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.