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Land with a climate like Salem, Virginia

🇺🇸Salem, Virginia, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Salem, Virginia are Culpeper, United States (99% match), Johnson City and Lynchburg. About 531,000 sq mi of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Tennessee, United States and Virginia, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Salem, Virginia are Culpeper, United States (99% match), Johnson City and Lynchburg. About 1.4 million km² of land in 17 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Tennessee, United States and Virginia, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 213 frost-free days · 2,151 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 213 frost-free days · 2,151 chill hours · 1,014 mm rain

What grows in Salem, Virginia →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    60k sq mi154k km² matching 80% or better

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

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Tennessee, United States

    46k sq mi119k km² matching 80% or better

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

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    40k sq mi103k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Waynesboro (99), Culpeper (99)

  4. 4

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apsheronsk (87), Khadyzhensk (86)

  5. 5

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    3,600 sq mi9,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Loznica (85), Lazarevac (84)

  6. 6

    🇮🇹Lombardy, Italy

    2,900 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gallarate (88), Cassano Magnago (88)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    2,700 sq mi7,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jangseong (83), Damyang (83)

  8. 8

    🇧🇦Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    2,500 sq mi6,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Prijedor (88), Banja Luka (87)

  9. 9

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    2,100 sq mi5,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ilidža (86), Bihać (86)

  10. 10

    🇮🇹Piedmont, Italy

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Verbania (90), Pallanza-Intra-Suna (90)

  11. 11

    🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

    1,700 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pulwama (86), Shopian (86)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jeongeup (82), Koch'ang (82)

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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    🇺🇸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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸LynchburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,964 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,964 chill hours · 1,051 mm rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸Linton HallVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,213 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,213 chill hours · 1,020 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸AshevilleNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 217 frost-free days · 1,969 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 217 frost-free days · 1,969 chill hours · 1,187 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸FredericksburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,032 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,032 chill hours · 1,086 mm rain

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

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸HarrisonburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸OlneyMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,380 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,380 chill hours · 1,148 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸CharlestonWest Virginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,295 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,295 chill hours · 1,139 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸LenoirNorth Carolina, United States

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 1,846 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 1,846 chill hours · 1,221 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, kiwifruit

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸WinchesterVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,504 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,504 chill hours · 972 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸ColumbiaMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 1,187 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    98%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸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 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    98%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, cotton, rice

    98%match
  19. 19

    🇺🇸PortsmouthOhio, United States

    Zone 7b · 202 frost-free days · 2,476 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 202 frost-free days · 2,476 chill hours · 1,104 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, kiwifruit, 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.