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Land with a climate like Smolyan

🇧🇬Smolyan, Bulgaria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Smolyan are Velingrad, Bulgaria (99% match), Karlovo and Vranje. About 357,000 sq mi of land in 32 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Serbia, Serbia, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France and Krasnodar Krai, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Smolyan are Velingrad, Bulgaria (99% match), Karlovo and Vranje. About 925,000 km² of land in 32 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Central Serbia, Serbia, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France and Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,898 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,898 chill hours · 650 mm rain

What grows in Smolyan →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vranje (94), Novi Pazar (92)

  2. 2

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    17k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Le Puy-en-Velay (88), Albertville (88)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mostovskoy (89), Labinsk (88)

  4. 4

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soria (87), Burgos (82)

  5. 5

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    8,600 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bugojno (88), Sarajevo (86)

  6. 6

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rodez (88), Millau (79)

  7. 7

    🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ruma (82), Futog (82)

  8. 8

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Stavropol (88), Mikhaylovsk (85)

  9. 9

    🇹🇷Kastamonu, Turkey

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Taşköprü (91), Tosya (91)

  10. 10

    🇺🇦Odesa, Ukraine

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Podilsk (83), Rozdilna (80)

  11. 11

    🇺🇦Mykolaiv, Ukraine

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pervomaysk (83), Pivdennoukrainsk (81)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Tokat Province, Turkey

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zile (81), Niksar (79)

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

    🇧🇬VelingradPazardzhik, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: sunflower, walnut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇬KarlovoPlovdiv, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,787 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,787 chill hours · 633 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower, potato

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇷🇸VranjeCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,791 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,791 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇧🇬SofiaSofia-Capital, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,792 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,792 chill hours · 603 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower, potato

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇲🇰TetovoNorth Macedonia

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,606 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,606 chill hours · 734 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, almond, sunflower

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇧🇬Gotse DelchevBlagoevgrad, Bulgaria

    Zone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,569 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,569 chill hours · 529 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, almond

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇽🇰PristinaKosovo

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,855 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,855 chill hours · 698 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇷GürgentepeOrdu, Turkey

    Zone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 2,809 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 2,809 chill hours · 725 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇬🇪AkhaltsikheSamtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

    Zone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 576 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower, potato

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇧🇬PanagyurishtePazardzhik, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,707 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,707 chill hours · 583 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇧🇬KyustendilBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,798 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,798 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇧🇬GabrovoBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,640 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,640 chill hours · 625 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower, potato

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇬DupnitsaKyustendil, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,695 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,695 chill hours · 547 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇲GorisSyunik, Armenia

    Zone 7a · 182 frost-free days · 3,110 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7a · 182 frost-free days · 3,110 chill hours · 622 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇲🇰Centar ŽupaCentar Zhupa, North Macedonia

    Zone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,638 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,638 chill hours · 946 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, walnut, sunflower

    92%match
  16. 16

    🇫🇷GapProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,430 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,430 chill hours · 858 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, walnut, sunflower

    92%match
  17. 17

    🇽🇰DeçanGjakova, Kosovo

    Zone 7b · 202 frost-free days · 2,729 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7b · 202 frost-free days · 2,729 chill hours · 962 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, walnut, sunflower

    92%match
  18. 18

    🇬🇷FlórinaWest Macedonia, Greece

    Zone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,517 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,517 chill hours · 759 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, potato, almond

    92%match
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    🇽🇰VitinaGjilan, Kosovo

    Zone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,670 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,670 chill hours · 605 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, almond, sunflower

    92%match
  20. 20

    🇷🇸Novi PazarCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,737 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,737 chill hours · 803 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sunflower, potato

    92%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.