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Land with a climate like Rotorua

🇳🇿Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rotorua are Palmerston North, New Zealand (99% match), Upper Hutt and Nelson. About 252,000 sq mi of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rotorua are Palmerston North, New Zealand (99% match), Upper Hutt and Nelson. About 653,000 km² of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Rotorua →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pau (91), Dax (90)

  2. 2

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mar del Plata (89), Necochea (87)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Warragul (91), Wallan (83)

  4. 4

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Burnie (92), Devonport (90)

  5. 5

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lugo (92), A Estrada (91)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tarbes (93), Lourdes (92)

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    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

  8. 8

    🇳🇿Waikato Region, New Zealand

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cambridge (99), Hamilton (97)

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    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Palmerston North (99), Levin (98)

  10. 10

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orange (75), Batemans Bay (62)

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    🇨🇱Araucania, Chile

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Teodoro Schmidt (87), Pitrufquén (86)

  12. 12

    🇧🇷Santa Catarina, Brazil

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example São Joaquim (86), Fraiburgo (77)

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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    🇳🇿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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿Upper HuttWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 932 chill hours · 1,632 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇳🇿NelsonNelson Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 1,113 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 9b · 304 frost-free days · 1,113 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    98%match
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    🇳🇿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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, sorghum

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇿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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, hops, lavender

    97%match
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    🇳🇿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 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado, wine grapes

    97%match
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    🇳🇿Pukekohe EastAuckland, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 473 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 473 chill hours · 1,389 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    95%match
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    🇳🇿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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    94%match
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    🇳🇿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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, hops

    94%match
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    🇳🇿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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, almond

    94%match
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    🇳🇿New PlymouthTaranaki Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 1,698 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    93%match
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    🇪🇸Lugo↻Seasons flipped. Galicia, Spain

    Zone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 286 frost-free days · 1,105 chill hours · 1,489 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇦🇺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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, almond

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Pau↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 1,366 mm rain

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

    91%match
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    🇪🇸Santiago de Compostela↻Seasons flipped. Galicia, Spain

    Zone 10a · 346 frost-free days · 695 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 10a · 346 frost-free days · 695 chill hours · 1,678 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇳🇿BlenheimMarlborough, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, hops

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Dax↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 897 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, hops, avocado

    90%match
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    🇪🇸Lalín↻Seasons flipped. Galicia, Spain

    Zone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,410 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,410 chill hours · 1,767 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 19 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇦🇺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 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, hops

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Auch↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,434 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,434 chill hours · 966 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, hops, wine grapes

    90%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.