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Land with a climate like Roanoke

🇺🇸Roanoke, Virginia, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Roanoke are Charlottesville, United States (99% match), Danville and Culpeper. About 502,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Tennessee, United States and North Carolina, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Roanoke are Charlottesville, United States (99% match), Danville and Culpeper. About 1.3 million km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Tennessee, United States and North Carolina, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 217 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 217 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 1,030 mm rain

What grows in Roanoke →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    55k sq mi143k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fort Leonard Wood (98), Springfield (97)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Tennessee, United States

    47k sq mi120k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Johnson City (99), Greeneville (99)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    43k sq mi111k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eden (99), Kernersville (99)

  4. 4

    🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

    2,000 sq mi5,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pulwama (88), Trāl (88)

  5. 5

    🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

    1,500 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kutaisi (84), Zestaponi (84)

  6. 6

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    1,200 sq mi3,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Naju (84), Damyang (84)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    1,200 sq mi3,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jeongeup (82), Wanju (82)

  8. 8

    🇮🇹Lombardy, Italy

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gallarate (84), Cassano Magnago (83)

  9. 9

    🇮🇹Veneto, Italy

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Thiene (84), Montebelluna (84)

  10. 10

    🇮🇹Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

    1,000 sq mi2,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sacile (84), Cordenons (83)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Gunma, Japan

    700 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Annaka (87), Tomioka (87)

  12. 12

    🇯🇵Tochigi, Japan

    700 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōtawara (81), Mibu (81)

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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    🇺🇸CharlottesvilleVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 2,019 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 2,019 chill hours · 1,120 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸DanvilleVirginia, United States

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,791 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,791 chill hours · 1,113 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸CulpeperVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,223 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,223 chill hours · 1,092 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸WashingtonDistrict of Columbia, United States

    Zone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,016 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,016 chill hours · 1,092 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸Winston-SalemNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 228 frost-free days · 1,683 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 228 frost-free days · 1,683 chill hours · 1,078 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton

    99%match
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    🇺🇸RichmondVirginia, United States

    Zone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,735 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,735 chill hours · 1,139 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, kiwifruit, rice

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸HendersonNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,735 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,735 chill hours · 1,141 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton, rice

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸HickoryNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 228 frost-free days · 1,668 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 228 frost-free days · 1,668 chill hours · 1,193 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸Johnson CityTennessee, United States

    Zone 7b · 216 frost-free days · 2,065 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 216 frost-free days · 2,065 chill hours · 1,105 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸GreenevilleTennessee, United States

    Zone 8a · 214 frost-free days · 1,996 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 8a · 214 frost-free days · 1,996 chill hours · 1,085 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸MorristownTennessee, United States

    Zone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 1,976 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 1,976 chill hours · 1,202 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸GreensboroNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 236 frost-free days · 1,598 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 8a · 236 frost-free days · 1,598 chill hours · 1,092 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸FrederickMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,402 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,402 chill hours · 969 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸AsheboroNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,555 chill hours · 1,137 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton

    98%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸AnnapolisMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,161 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,161 chill hours · 1,160 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, rice

    98%match
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    🇺🇸EastonMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,131 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,131 chill hours · 1,179 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, rice

    98%match
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    🇺🇸KnoxvilleTennessee, United States

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 1,745 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 1,745 chill hours · 1,236 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, kiwifruit

    98%match
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    🇺🇸Fort Leonard WoodMissouri, United States

    Zone 7a · 217 frost-free days · 2,241 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7a · 217 frost-free days · 2,241 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇺🇸Chapel HillNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,578 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,578 chill hours · 1,160 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton

    97%match
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    🇺🇸SpringfieldMissouri, United States

    Zone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 1,130 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    97%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.