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Land with a climate like Richmond, New Zealand

🇳🇿Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Richmond, New Zealand are Whanganui, New Zealand (99% match), Masterton and Levin. About 390,000 sq mi of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Richmond, New Zealand are Whanganui, New Zealand (99% match), Masterton and Levin. About 1.0 million km² of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Aquitaine, France and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 983 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 311 frost-free days · 983 chill hours · 989 mm rain

What grows in Richmond, New Zealand →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    40k sq mi104k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mar del Plata (95), Miramar (94)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    35k sq mi90k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (94), Eysines (94)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warrnambool (94), Warragul (94)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    17k sq mi45k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lourdes (96), Tarbes (95)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (92), Challans (92)

  6. 6

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oleiros (92), Carballo (91)

  7. 7

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Devonport (98), Burnie (98)

  8. 8

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orange (75), Batemans Bay (73)

  9. 9

    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rotorua (96), Whakatane (96)

  10. 10

    🇳🇿Canterbury, New Zealand

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Christchurch (94), Rangiora (93)

  11. 11

    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whanganui (99), Levin (99)

  12. 12

    🇨🇱Araucania, Chile

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Carahue (88), Teodoro Schmidt (88)

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

  1. 1

    🇳🇿WhanganuiManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 978 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿MastertonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 986 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇿LevinManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇿Palmerston NorthManawatu-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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇦🇺DevonportTasmania, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 665 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 665 chill hours · 864 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇳🇿HastingsHawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 9b · 307 frost-free days · 912 chill hours · 917 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, fig, avocado

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇿WellingtonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 1,333 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇳🇿GisborneNew 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 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, soybean

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇳🇿RotoruaBay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 1,061 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 300 frost-free days · 1,061 chill hours · 1,507 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇳🇿TaupoWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 274 frost-free days · 1,316 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 9b · 274 frost-free days · 1,316 chill hours · 1,355 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇿HamiltonWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, soybean, sorghum

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇳🇿WhakataneBay 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 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, tea, avocado

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇦🇺HobartTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇪🇸Oviedo↻Seasons flipped. Asturias, Spain

    Zone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 858 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 858 chill hours · 982 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, almond

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇷Tarbes↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,364 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,364 chill hours · 1,177 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, sorghum, soybean

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇦🇷Mar del PlataBuenos Aires, Argentina

    Zone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9b · 288 frost-free days · 985 chill hours · 891 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, fig, olive

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇦🇺LauncestonTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇳🇿ChristchurchCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 282 frost-free days · 1,289 chill hours · 808 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    94%match
  19. 19

    🇦🇺WarrnamboolVictoria, Australia

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 722 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, saffron

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇦🇺WarragulVictoria, Australia

    Zone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 9b · 329 frost-free days · 739 chill hours · 939 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, fig, avocado

    94%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.