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Land with a climate like Skien

🇳🇴Skien, Telemark, Norway

The towns with the closest growing climate to Skien are Fredrikstad, Norway (98% match), Oslo and Gothenburg. About 414,000 sq mi of land in 25 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bavaria, Germany, Lower Saxony, Germany and Brandenburg, Germany.The towns with the closest growing climate to Skien are Fredrikstad, Norway (98% match), Oslo and Gothenburg. About 1.1 million km² of land in 25 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Bavaria, Germany, Lower Saxony, Germany and Brandenburg, Germany.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,436 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,436 chill hours · 986 mm rain

What grows in Skien →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    26k sq mi68k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sulzbach-Rosenberg (91), Hof (90)

  2. 2

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Buchholz in der Nordheide (88), Georgsmarienhütte (88)

  3. 3

    🇩🇪Brandenburg, Germany

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bernau bei Berlin (86), Wandlitz (85)

  4. 4

    🇸🇪Västra Götaland, Sweden

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gothenburg (93), Partille (92)

  5. 5

    🇵🇱West Pomerania, Poland

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Świdwin (92), Szczecinek (90)

  6. 6

    🇵🇱Pomerania, Poland

    8,000 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Osowa (88), Gdańsk (88)

  7. 7

    🇵🇱Warmia-Masuria, Poland

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Braniewo (90), Lidzbark Warmiński (89)

  8. 8

    🇧🇾Brest, Belarus

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Baranovichi (84), Brest (83)

  9. 9

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (84), Saint-Avold (82)

  10. 10

    🇩🇰Central Jutland, Denmark

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Holstebro (89), Herning (89)

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    🇷🇺Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kaliningrad (93), Sovetsk (91)

  12. 12

    🇸🇪Skåne, Sweden

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eslöv (89), Hässleholm (88)

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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    🇳🇴FredrikstadØstfold, Norway

    Zone 8a · 183 frost-free days · 3,439 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 183 frost-free days · 3,439 chill hours · 836 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇴OsloNorway

    Zone 8a · 176 frost-free days · 3,523 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 8a · 176 frost-free days · 3,523 chill hours · 757 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇸🇪GothenburgVästra Götaland, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,304 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,304 chill hours · 882 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    93%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇺KaliningradKaliningrad Oblast, Russia

    Zone 7b · 189 frost-free days · 3,272 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 7b · 189 frost-free days · 3,272 chill hours · 763 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, maize (corn)

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇪SkövdeVästra Götaland, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,510 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,510 chill hours · 678 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    91%match
  6. 6

    🇱🇹KlaipėdaKlaipėda County, Lithuania

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 3,284 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 3,284 chill hours · 729 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, saffron

    91%match
  7. 7

    🇷🇺SovetskKaliningrad Oblast, Russia

    Zone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,454 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 7b · 183 frost-free days · 3,454 chill hours · 700 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇳🇴ArendalAgder, Norway

    Zone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,450 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,450 chill hours · 1,158 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 15 great-fit crops

    90%match
  9. 9

    🇵🇱SzczecinekWest Pomerania, Poland

    Zone 7b · 194 frost-free days · 3,238 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 194 frost-free days · 3,238 chill hours · 625 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, saffron

    90%match
  10. 10

    🇸🇪BoråsVästra Götaland, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,503 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,503 chill hours · 1,064 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 15 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇳🇴LevangerTrøndelag, Norway

    Zone 8a · 169 frost-free days · 3,752 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 169 frost-free days · 3,752 chill hours · 1,180 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 15 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇵🇱BartoszyceWarmia-Masuria, Poland

    Zone 7b · 181 frost-free days · 3,361 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 181 frost-free days · 3,361 chill hours · 646 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇸🇪VäxjöKronoberg, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,528 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8a · 167 frost-free days · 3,528 chill hours · 695 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇸🇪KumlaÖrebro, Sweden

    Zone 7b · 159 frost-free days · 3,613 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7b · 159 frost-free days · 3,613 chill hours · 667 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇩🇪AmbergBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,170 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,170 chill hours · 760 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, maize (corn)

    89%match
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    🇸🇪TrollhättanVästra Götaland, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 177 frost-free days · 3,474 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 177 frost-free days · 3,474 chill hours · 826 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 15 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇩🇪Reichenbach/VogtlandSaxony, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,208 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,208 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇩🇰HerningCentral Jutland, Denmark

    Zone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 3,079 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 204 frost-free days · 3,079 chill hours · 860 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 15 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇸🇪HalmstadHalland, Sweden

    Zone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,305 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 194 frost-free days · 3,305 chill hours · 854 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 15 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇵🇱GdańskPomerania, Poland

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 3,099 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 3,099 chill hours · 628 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 15 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, saffron

    88%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.