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Land with a climate like San Jose, California

🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to San Jose, California are Pittsburg, United States (97% match), Soledad and San Luis Obispo. About 95,000 km² (37,000 sq mi) of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in California, United States, Valparaiso, Chile and Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · 349 frost-free days · 564 chill hours · 15 in (386 mm) rain

What grows in San Jose, California →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%San Jose, CaliforniaClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸California, United States

    55k km² (21k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Pittsburg (97), Bay Point (96)

  2. 2

    🇨🇱Valparaiso, Chile

    8,400 km² (3,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Cabildo (89), San Felipe (86)

  3. 3

    🇲🇦Casablanca-Settat, Morocco

    7,800 km² (3,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example El Gara (87), Benslimane (86)

  4. 4

    🇨🇱Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

    7,700 km² (3,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example El Monte (95), Peñaflor (94)

  5. 5

    🇲🇦Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco

    5,800 km² (2,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Tiflet (83), Ain El Aouda (83)

  6. 6

    🇨🇱O'Higgins Region, Chile

    3,800 km² (1,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Rengo (87), San Vicente de Tagua Tagua (86)

  7. 7

    🇲🇽Baja California, Mexico

    2,000 km² (800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Pórticos de San Antonio (83), La Joya (83)

  8. 8

    🇱🇾Al Marj, Libya

    1,300 km² (500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Marj (80), Al Abyār (61)

  9. 9

    🇱🇾Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya

    1,300 km² (500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Bayḑā’ (83), Shahhat (82)

  10. 10

    🇱🇾Darnah, Libya

    700 km² (300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Al Qubbah (81)

  11. 11

    🇩🇿Aïn Témouchent, Algeria

    600 km² (200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Hammam Bou Hadjar (77), Aïn Temouchent (76)

  12. 12

    🇩🇿Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria

    600 km² (200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example ’Aïn el Berd (77), Sidi Bel Abbes (76)

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

  1. 1

    🇺🇸PittsburgCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 320 frost-free days · 877 chill hours · 15 in (390 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸SoledadCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 315 frost-free days · 906 chill hours · 12 in (304 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 32 great-fit crops

    95%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸San Luis ObispoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 645 chill hours · 22 in (559 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 32 great-fit crops

    92%match
  4. 4

    🇨🇱Santiago↻Seasons flipped. Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

    Zone 9b · 302 frost-free days · 1,006 chill hours · 15 in (372 mm) rain

    Shares 29 of your 32 great-fit crops

    92%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸Santa BarbaraCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 437 chill hours · 17 in (434 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 32 great-fit crops

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇱Melipilla↻Seasons flipped. Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 421 chill hours · 17 in (425 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸RichmondCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 552 chill hours · 30 in (757 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 32 great-fit crops

    90%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸NapaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 293 frost-free days · 1,036 chill hours · 26 in (669 mm) rain

    Shares 29 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    88%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸StocktonCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 983 chill hours · 14 in (359 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, peanut, hops

    88%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸SalinasCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 647 chill hours · 16 in (407 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 32 great-fit crops

    88%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸Thousand OaksCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 476 chill hours · 14 in (362 mm) rain

    Shares 29 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    87%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸SacramentoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9b · 301 frost-free days · 890 chill hours · 18 in (454 mm) rain

    Shares 31 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, peanut, hops

    86%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸Santa MariaCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 630 chill hours · 17 in (429 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 32 great-fit crops

    86%match
  14. 14

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

    Zone 9b · 326 frost-free days · 780 chill hours · 22 in (553 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    86%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇦BenslimaneCasablanca-Settat, Morocco

    Zone 10a · 352 frost-free days · 463 chill hours · 16 in (406 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    86%match
  16. 16

    🇲🇦SettatCasablanca-Settat, Morocco

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 567 chill hours · 12 in (314 mm) rain

    Shares 28 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    85%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇱La Ligua↻Seasons flipped. Valparaiso, Chile

    Zone 10a · Frost 2 years in 10 · 410 chill hours · 11 in (274 mm) rain

    Shares 29 of your 32 great-fit crops

    84%match
  18. 18

    🇱🇾Al Bayḑā’Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya

    Zone 9b · 334 frost-free days · 634 chill hours · 18 in (467 mm) rain

    Shares 32 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pistachio

    83%match
  19. 19

    🇺🇸Los BanosCalifornia, United States

    Zone 9a · 294 frost-free days · 1,024 chill hours · 8.9 in (225 mm) rain

    Shares 30 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, peanut, hops

    83%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸EscondidoCalifornia, United States

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 13 in (328 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 32 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    82%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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