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Land with a climate like Shimla

🇮🇳Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shimla are Kulu, India (97% match), Uttarkāshi and Pauri. About 14,000 sq mi of land in 2 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Uttarakhand, India, Himachal Pradesh, India and Sudurpashchim Pradesh, Nepal.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shimla are Kulu, India (97% match), Uttarkāshi and Pauri. About 37,000 km² of land in 2 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Uttarakhand, India, Himachal Pradesh, India and Sudurpashchim Pradesh, Nepal.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 311 frost-free days · 803 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 9a · 311 frost-free days · 803 chill hours · 1,427 mm rain

What grows in Shimla →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇮🇳Uttarakhand, India

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Uttarkāshi (96), Pauri (95)

  2. 2

    🇮🇳Himachal Pradesh, India

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kulu (97), Dharamsala (92)

  3. 3

    🇳🇵Sudurpashchim Pradesh, Nepal

    1,800 sq mi4,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dārchulā (84), Amargaḍhi̇̄ (81)

  4. 4

    🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

    800 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Doda (75), Rajaori (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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    🇮🇳KuluHimachal Pradesh, India

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 984 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 984 chill hours · 1,324 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇮🇳UttarkāshiUttarakhand, India

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 572 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 572 chill hours · 1,487 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇮🇳PauriUttarakhand, India

    Zone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 571 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 571 chill hours · 1,541 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇮🇳MussoorieUttarakhand, India

    Zone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 558 chill hours · 83 in rainZone 9b · 325 frost-free days · 558 chill hours · 2,104 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 27 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇮🇳DharamsalaHimachal Pradesh, India

    Zone 9b · 336 frost-free days · 451 chill hours · 90 in rainZone 9b · 336 frost-free days · 451 chill hours · 2,284 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 27 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇮🇳Naini TālUttarakhand, India

    Zone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 903 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 9b · 313 frost-free days · 903 chill hours · 1,941 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 27 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇮🇳PithorāgarhUttarakhand, India

    Zone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9b · 324 frost-free days · 499 chill hours · 1,630 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇮🇳ChambaHimachal Pradesh, India

    Zone 9a · 327 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 9a · 327 frost-free days · 502 chill hours · 1,822 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇳🇵DārchulāSudurpashchim Pradesh, Nepal

    Zone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 824 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 9b · 305 frost-free days · 824 chill hours · 1,738 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 27 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇳🇵Amargaḍhi̇̄Sudurpashchim Pradesh, Nepal

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 432 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 432 chill hours · 1,511 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    81%match
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    🇮🇳DodaJammu and Kashmir, India

    Zone 8b · 284 frost-free days · 888 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8b · 284 frost-free days · 888 chill hours · 1,063 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, almond, lavender

    75%match
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    🇵🇰AbbottabadKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Zone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 803 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 9a · 288 frost-free days · 803 chill hours · 1,154 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, almond, wine grapes

    74%match
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    🇵🇰KamraPunjab, Pakistan

    Zone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 839 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 9a · 293 frost-free days · 839 chill hours · 726 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, olive, lavender

    74%match
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    🇮🇳RajaoriJammu and Kashmir, India

    Zone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 699 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 296 frost-free days · 699 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, olive, lavender

    65%match
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    🇨🇳YingpanYunnan, China

    Zone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 768 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 9a · 304 frost-free days · 768 chill hours · 1,093 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, olive

    65%match
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    🇨🇳BonanYunnan, China

    Zone 9a · 312 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 312 frost-free days · 664 chill hours · 882 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, wine grapes, lavender

    65%match
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    🇨🇳DaliYunnan, China

    Zone 9a · 305 frost-free days · 753 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 305 frost-free days · 753 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, wine grapes, lavender

    63%match
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    🇳🇵DailekhKarnali Pradesh, Nepal

    Zone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 285 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 9b · 349 frost-free days · 285 chill hours · 1,445 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: macadamia

    62%match
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    🇨🇳JudianYunnan, China

    Zone 9a · 273 frost-free days · 1,140 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 9a · 273 frost-free days · 1,140 chill hours · 879 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, wine grapes, lavender

    62%match
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    🇨🇳YunnanyiYunnan, China

    Zone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 782 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 300 frost-free days · 782 chill hours · 769 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, wine grapes, lavender

    62%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.