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Land with a climate like Sandanski

🇧🇬Sandanski, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sandanski are Nova Zagora, Bulgaria (99% match), Haskovo and Plovdiv. About 284,000 sq mi of land in 24 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Castille and León, Spain, Aragon, Spain and Krasnodar Krai, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sandanski are Nova Zagora, Bulgaria (99% match), Haskovo and Plovdiv. About 736,000 km² of land in 24 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Castille and León, Spain, Aragon, Spain and Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 466 mm rain

What grows in Sandanski →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example León (90), San Andrés del Rabanedo (90)

  2. 2

    🇪🇸Aragon, Spain

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ejea de los Caballeros (92), Calatayud (91)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Krasnodar (90), Yelizavetinskaya (87)

  4. 4

    🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zrenjanin (91), Nova Pazova (90)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Albi (92), Bagnols-sur-Cèze (88)

  6. 6

    🇪🇸Castille-La Mancha, Spain

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cuenca (83), Almansa (83)

  7. 7

    🇺🇦Crimea, Ukraine

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Simferopol (93), Bakhchysaray (92)

  8. 8

    🇬🇷East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dráma (96), Orestiáda (95)

  9. 9

    🇬🇷Central Macedonia, Greece

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Édessa (99), Náousa (99)

  10. 10

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    6,000 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Carmen de Patagones (82), Bahía Blanca (80)

  11. 11

    🇬🇷Thessaly, Greece

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lárisa (93), Kardítsa (85)

  12. 12

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Novi Beograd (93), Zemun (92)

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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    🇧🇬Nova ZagoraSliven, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 216 frost-free days · 2,094 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7b · 216 frost-free days · 2,094 chill hours · 566 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 31 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇬HaskovoBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,198 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,198 chill hours · 575 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 31 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇧🇬PlovdivBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 216 frost-free days · 2,243 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 7b · 216 frost-free days · 2,243 chill hours · 520 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 31 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇲🇰KochaniNorth Macedonia

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,235 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,235 chill hours · 470 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 31 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇬🇷OraiókastroCentral Macedonia, Greece

    Zone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,747 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 1,747 chill hours · 467 mm rain

    Shares 31 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇬🇷VéroiaCentral Macedonia, Greece

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,742 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,742 chill hours · 463 mm rain

    Shares 31 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇲🇰SkopjeGrad Skopje, North Macedonia

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,339 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,339 chill hours · 504 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 31 great-fit crops

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇲🇰Kisela VodaGrad Skopje, North Macedonia

    Zone 7b · 207 frost-free days · 2,343 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 7b · 207 frost-free days · 2,343 chill hours · 477 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 31 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇲🇰GevgelijaNorth Macedonia

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,639 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,639 chill hours · 432 mm rain

    Shares 30 of your 31 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇬🇪TbilisiGeorgia

    Zone 8a · 225 frost-free days · 1,979 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8a · 225 frost-free days · 1,979 chill hours · 485 mm rain

    Shares 30 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇹🇷EdirneTurkey

    Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,884 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,884 chill hours · 586 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 31 great-fit crops

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇬🇷DrámaEast Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,557 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,557 chill hours · 526 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇬🇷KozániWest Macedonia, Greece

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,230 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,230 chill hours · 550 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 31 great-fit crops

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇹🇷KarabükKarabük Province, Turkey

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 1,743 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 1,743 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇹🇷KırklareliTurkey

    Zone 8b · 234 frost-free days · 1,781 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 234 frost-free days · 1,781 chill hours · 588 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇧🇬Veliko TŭrnovoVeliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,313 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,313 chill hours · 579 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 31 great-fit crops

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇬🇷KomotiníEast Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,572 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,572 chill hours · 567 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    94%match
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    🇪🇸TàrregaCatalonia, Spain

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,403 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,403 chill hours · 494 mm rain

    Shares 30 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, citrus

    94%match
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    🇬🇷XánthiEast Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

    Zone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 574 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    94%match
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    🇮🇹TerniUmbria, Italy

    Zone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,239 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 266 frost-free days · 1,239 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 31 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive, citrus

    94%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.