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Land with a climate like San Francisco

🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to San Francisco are Santa Cruz, United States (96% match), Watsonville and Arroyo Grande. About 14,000 sq mi of land in 2 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Valparaiso, Chile and Maule Region, Chile.The towns with the closest growing climate to San Francisco are Santa Cruz, United States (96% match), Watsonville and Arroyo Grande. About 36,000 km² of land in 2 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Valparaiso, Chile and Maule Region, Chile.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 274 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 274 chill hours · 815 mm rain

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Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seaside (98), Live Oak (97)

  2. 2

    🇨🇱Valparaiso, Chile

    1,000 sq mi2,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example El Quisco (79), Cartagena (78)

  3. 3

    🇨🇱Maule Region, Chile

    700 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Constitución (81), Cauquenes (76)

  4. 4

    🇨🇱O'Higgins Region, Chile

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example San Vicente de Tagua Tagua (66), Chimbarongo (65)

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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    🇺🇸Santa CruzCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · 347 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · 347 frost-free days · 666 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸WatsonvilleCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · 351 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 10a · 351 frost-free days · 603 chill hours · 560 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Arroyo GrandeCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 457 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 457 chill hours · 510 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 18 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇨🇱Constitución↻Seasons flipped. Maule Region, Chile

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 651 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 651 chill hours · 810 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops

    81%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸Santa RosaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 298 frost-free days · 832 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 298 frost-free days · 832 chill hours · 822 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, saffron, pecan

    79%match
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    🇺🇸EurekaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 821 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 821 chill hours · 986 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    78%match
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    🇨🇱Cauquenes↻Seasons flipped. Maule Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 772 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 331 frost-free days · 772 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, fig, olive

    76%match
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    🇺🇸LompocCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 447 chill hours · 385 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: maize (corn), sunflower, tomato

    75%match
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    🇺🇸Santa BarbaraCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 321 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 321 chill hours · 434 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, tomato, maize (corn)

    72%match
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    🇨🇱San Antonio↻Seasons flipped. Valparaiso, Chile

    Zone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 183 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 10b · Frost 1 years in 10 · 183 chill hours · 398 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, maize (corn), sunflower

    72%match
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    🇨🇱Viña del Mar↻Seasons flipped. Valparaiso, Chile

    Zone 10b · No frost · 224 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 224 chill hours · 364 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, maize (corn), sunflower

    71%match
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    🇨🇱Talca↻Seasons flipped. Maule Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 290 frost-free days · 984 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9b · 290 frost-free days · 984 chill hours · 807 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, saffron, olive

    67%match
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    🇵🇹LeiriaPortugal

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 332 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 332 chill hours · 732 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, tomato, pecan

    66%match
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    🇨🇱San Vicente de Tagua Tagua↻Seasons flipped. O'Higgins Region, Chile

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 632 chill hours · 553 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, saffron, table and raisin grapes

    66%match
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    🇵🇹MonsantoSantarém, Portugal

    Zone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 396 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 10a · Frost 7 years in 10 · 396 chill hours · 764 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, tomato

    65%match
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    🇺🇸VenturaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 231 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 231 chill hours · 361 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, maize (corn), sunflower

    64%match
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    🇵🇹AzambujaLisbon, Portugal

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 195 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 195 chill hours · 648 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, table and raisin grapes, tomato

    62%match
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    🇿🇦Cape Town↻Seasons flipped. Western Cape, South Africa

    Zone 10b · No frost · 70 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 70 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, table and raisin grapes, saffron

    60%match
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    🇨🇱Curicó↻Seasons flipped. Maule Region, Chile

    Zone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,150 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 265 frost-free days · 1,150 chill hours · 705 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, fig, olive

    60%match
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    🇪🇸TacoronteCanary Islands, Spain

    Zone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 11a · No frost · 9 chill hours · 353 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, tomato, maize (corn)

    60%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.