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Land with a climate like Saint Petersburg

🇷🇺Saint Petersburg, St.-Petersburg, Russia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Saint Petersburg are Staraya Russa, Russia (99% match), Moscow and Narva. About 707,000 sq mi of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, Tver Oblast, Russia and Novgorod Oblast, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Saint Petersburg are Staraya Russa, Russia (99% match), Moscow and Narva. About 1.8 million km² of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, Tver Oblast, Russia and Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 7a · 163 frost-free days · 3,753 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 7a · 163 frost-free days · 3,753 chill hours · 680 mm rain

What grows in Saint Petersburg →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    31k sq mi81k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Slantsy (97), Vyborg (97)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Tver Oblast, Russia

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nelidovo (97), Ostashkov (96)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Novgorod Oblast, Russia

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Staraya Russa (99), Velikiy Novgorod (91)

  4. 4

    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lyepyel’ (94), Vitebsk (93)

  5. 5

    🇧🇾Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rahachow (90), Dobrush (89)

  6. 6

    🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dzyarzhynsk (92), Fanipol (92)

  7. 7

    🇺🇦Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zvyahel (84), Korosten (83)

  8. 8

    🇺🇦Sumy, Ukraine

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hlukhiv (88), Shostka (87)

  9. 9

    🇺🇦Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Novhorod-Siverskyi (85), Bakhmach (84)

  10. 10

    🇸🇪Västra Götaland, Sweden

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skövde (88), Lidköping (88)

  11. 11

    🇵🇱Warmia-Masuria, Poland

    7,900 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bartoszyce (84), Ostróda (84)

  12. 12

    🇫🇮South Savo, Finland

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Savonlinna (96), Mikkeli (90)

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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    🇷🇺Staraya RussaNovgorod Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 156 frost-free days · 3,795 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 156 frost-free days · 3,795 chill hours · 608 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇷🇺MoscowRussia

    Zone 6b · 160 frost-free days · 3,800 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 160 frost-free days · 3,800 chill hours · 652 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇪🇪NarvaIda-Virumaa, Estonia

    Zone 7a · 155 frost-free days · 3,756 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 155 frost-free days · 3,756 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇺VyborgLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,836 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,836 chill hours · 667 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇺SmolenskSmolensk Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 159 frost-free days · 3,840 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 6b · 159 frost-free days · 3,840 chill hours · 690 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇷🇺YartsevoSmolensk Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 157 frost-free days · 3,850 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 157 frost-free days · 3,850 chill hours · 653 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇷🇺NelidovoTver Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 3,873 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 155 frost-free days · 3,873 chill hours · 671 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇪🇪TallinnHarjumaa, Estonia

    Zone 7b · 164 frost-free days · 3,646 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7b · 164 frost-free days · 3,646 chill hours · 658 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇫🇮SavonlinnaSouth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,839 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,839 chill hours · 606 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇺PriozërskLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 153 frost-free days · 3,855 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 153 frost-free days · 3,855 chill hours · 619 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇷🇺OstashkovTver Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 154 frost-free days · 3,832 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 154 frost-free days · 3,832 chill hours · 660 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇷🇺ZhukovkaBryansk Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 166 frost-free days · 3,776 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6b · 166 frost-free days · 3,776 chill hours · 580 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇫🇮HelsinkiUusimaa, Finland

    Zone 7a · 161 frost-free days · 3,700 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7a · 161 frost-free days · 3,700 chill hours · 630 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇷🇺BryanskBryansk Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 168 frost-free days · 3,755 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 168 frost-free days · 3,755 chill hours · 603 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇷🇺Roslavl’Smolensk Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 161 frost-free days · 3,807 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6b · 161 frost-free days · 3,807 chill hours · 590 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇸🇪VästeråsVästmanland, Sweden

    Zone 7b · 159 frost-free days · 3,591 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7b · 159 frost-free days · 3,591 chill hours · 547 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  17. 17

    🇫🇮LappeenrantaSouth Karelia, Finland

    Zone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,919 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,919 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    96%match
  18. 18

    🇷🇺KalugaKaluga Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 158 frost-free days · 3,820 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6b · 158 frost-free days · 3,820 chill hours · 586 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    95%match
  19. 19

    🇷🇺ObninskKaluga Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 158 frost-free days · 3,847 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6b · 158 frost-free days · 3,847 chill hours · 586 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇷🇺Velikiye LukiPskov Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,789 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,789 chill hours · 605 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    95%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.