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Land with a climate like Rapid City

🇺🇸Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rapid City are Gillette, United States (97% match), Billings and North Platte. About 232,000 sq mi of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Wyoming, United States, Montana, United States and Nebraska, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rapid City are Gillette, United States (97% match), Billings and North Platte. About 601,000 km² of land in 3 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Wyoming, United States, Montana, United States and Nebraska, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 441 mm rain

What grows in Rapid City →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Wyoming, United States

    20k sq mi52k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gillette (97), Cheyenne (94)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Montana, United States

    16k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Billings (94), Great Falls (92)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Nebraska, United States

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example North Platte (94), Kearney (80)

  4. 4

    🇰🇿Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

    900 sq mi2,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Esik (79), Shelek (68)

  5. 5

    🇰🇬Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

    400 sq mi1,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyzyl-Suu (84), Karakol (78)

  6. 6

    🇰🇬Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan

    400 sq mi1,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kara-Balta (53), Tokmok (53)

  7. 7

    🇰🇿Zhetysu Region, Kazakhstan

    400 sq mi1,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Taldykorgan (62), Zharkent (61)

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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    🇺🇸GilletteWyoming, United States

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,390 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,390 chill hours · 387 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸BillingsMontana, United States

    Zone 6b · 148 frost-free days · 3,248 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 6b · 148 frost-free days · 3,248 chill hours · 326 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸North PlatteNebraska, United States

    Zone 6a · 157 frost-free days · 3,059 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 157 frost-free days · 3,059 chill hours · 499 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, walnut

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸CheyenneWyoming, United States

    Zone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,310 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,310 chill hours · 342 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸Great FallsMontana, United States

    Zone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 352 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸Fort CollinsColorado, United States

    Zone 6b · 154 frost-free days · 2,944 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 6b · 154 frost-free days · 2,944 chill hours · 345 mm rain

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

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸SheridanWyoming, United States

    Zone 6a · 130 frost-free days · 3,388 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 6a · 130 frost-free days · 3,388 chill hours · 357 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 18 great-fit crops

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸CasperWyoming, United States

    Zone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,338 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,338 chill hours · 274 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    87%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸BozemanMontana, United States

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,493 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,493 chill hours · 433 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops

    86%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇬Kyzyl-SuuIssyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

    Zone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 382 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇺🇸LongmontColorado, United States

    Zone 6b · 153 frost-free days · 2,823 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6b · 153 frost-free days · 2,823 chill hours · 375 mm rain

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

    84%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸Colorado SpringsColorado, United States

    Zone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 2,859 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 2,859 chill hours · 358 mm rain

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

    83%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸EvansColorado, United States

    Zone 6b · 157 frost-free days · 2,818 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 6b · 157 frost-free days · 2,818 chill hours · 319 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, walnut, sorghum

    83%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸HelenaMontana, United States

    Zone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,526 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,526 chill hours · 271 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops

    82%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸GoldenColorado, United States

    Zone 6b · 148 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 6b · 148 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 422 mm rain

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

    82%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸KearneyNebraska, United States

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,023 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,023 chill hours · 620 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, walnut

    80%match
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    🇰🇿EsikAlmaty Region, Kazakhstan

    Zone 6a · 166 frost-free days · 3,481 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 166 frost-free days · 3,481 chill hours · 504 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    79%match
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    🇹🇷OltuErzurum, Turkey

    Zone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,135 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,135 chill hours · 416 mm rain

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

    77%match
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    🇦🇲AbovyanKotayk, Armenia

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,112 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,112 chill hours · 374 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, wine grapes, sorghum

    77%match
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    🇺🇸Grand IslandNebraska, United States

    Zone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,033 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,033 chill hours · 632 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, walnut

    75%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.