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Land with a climate like Skellefteå

🇸🇪Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden

The towns with the closest growing climate to Skellefteå are Oulu, Finland (99% match), Ylivieska and Varkaus. About 787,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Karelia, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Skellefteå are Oulu, Finland (99% match), Ylivieska and Varkaus. About 2.0 million km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Karelia, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 601 mm rain

What grows in Skellefteå →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Arkhangelskaya, Russia

    40k sq mi105k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yagry (95), Severodvinsk (95)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    37k sq mi96k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lodeynoye Pole (95), Podporozh’ye (92)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Karelia, Russia

    29k sq mi75k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sortavala (96), Kondopoga (95)

  4. 4

    🇫🇮Lapland, Finland

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tornio (98), Kemi (97)

  5. 5

    🇳🇴Innlandet, Norway

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hamar (90), Lillehammer (89)

  6. 6

    🇫🇮North Ostrobothnia, Finland

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oulu (99), Ylivieska (99)

  7. 7

    🇫🇮North Savo, Finland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Varkaus (99), Iisalmi (99)

  8. 8

    🇸🇪Västernorrland, Sweden

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sundsvall (95), Örnsköldsvik (95)

  9. 9

    🇸🇪Norrbotten, Sweden

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luleå (98), Boden (96)

  10. 10

    🇸🇪Västerbotten, Sweden

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Umeå (99)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Alaska, United States

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eagle River (91), Anchorage (86)

  12. 12

    🇳🇴Trøndelag, Norway

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Stjørdalshalsen (58)

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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    🇫🇮OuluNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇮YlivieskaNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 555 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇮VarkausNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 627 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇸🇪UmeåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇫🇮KajaaniKainuu, Finland

    Zone 5b · 118 frost-free days · 4,111 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 118 frost-free days · 4,111 chill hours · 623 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇫🇮IisalmiNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇮JoensuuNorth Karelia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,027 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,027 chill hours · 619 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇸🇪LuleåNorrbotten, Sweden

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 537 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇪ÖstersundJämtland, Sweden

    Zone 6b · 132 frost-free days · 4,107 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6b · 132 frost-free days · 4,107 chill hours · 556 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇫🇮TornioLapland, Finland

    Zone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,109 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,109 chill hours · 613 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇫🇮RaaheNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 519 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇫🇮SeinäjokiSouth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6b · 122 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6b · 122 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇫🇮JämsäCentral Finland, Finland

    Zone 6b · 138 frost-free days · 3,959 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 138 frost-free days · 3,959 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇮KokkolaCentral Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,908 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,908 chill hours · 539 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇮KuopioNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 4,013 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 142 frost-free days · 4,013 chill hours · 629 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇫🇮MikkeliSouth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,982 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,982 chill hours · 608 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    97%match
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    🇷🇺SortavalaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,939 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 3,939 chill hours · 640 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    96%match
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    🇸🇪SundsvallVästernorrland, Sweden

    Zone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 3,967 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 3,967 chill hours · 713 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇷🇺SeverodvinskArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5b · 117 frost-free days · 4,081 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 5b · 117 frost-free days · 4,081 chill hours · 528 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇷🇺OnegaArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5b · 128 frost-free days · 4,053 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5b · 128 frost-free days · 4,053 chill hours · 614 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    95%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.