Climatch
For growers

Land with a climate like Sofia

🇧🇬Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sofia are Karlovo, Bulgaria (99% match), Velingrad and Gabrovo. About 2.2 million km² (863,000 sq mi) of land in 33 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, Krasnodar Krai, Russia and Pennsylvania, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,967 chill hours · 24 in (603 mm) rain

What grows in Sofia →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%SofiaClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    97k km² (38k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example New Philadelphia (90), Fairview Park (90)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    66k km² (25k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Otradnaya (98), Mostovskoy (98)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    65k km² (25k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Upper Saint Clair (90), Allison Park (90)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    55k km² (21k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Le Puy-en-Velay (93), Issoire (93)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Illinois, United States

    53k km² (20k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Bloomington (84), Normal (83)

  6. 6

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    52k km² (20k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Pirot (99), Vranje (99)

  7. 7

    🇷🇺Rostov, Russia

    50k km² (19k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Yegorlykskaya (92), Zernograd (90)

  8. 8

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    47k km² (18k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Kochubeyevskoye (96), Nevinnomyssk (96)

  9. 9

    🇺🇦Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    37k km² (14k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Pokrov (89), Marhanets (89)

  10. 10

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    36k km² (14k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Leu (88), Dijon (87)

  11. 11

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    34k km² (13k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mulhouse (92), Illzach (91)

  12. 12

    🇺🇦Crimea, Ukraine

    29k km² (11k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Bakhchysaray (92), Yalta (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

  1. 1

    🇧🇬KarlovoPlovdiv, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,966 chill hours · 25 in (633 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇬VelingradPazardzhik, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 3,089 chill hours · 23 in (591 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇧🇬GabrovoBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,848 chill hours · 25 in (625 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇸PirotCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,920 chill hours · 24 in (599 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇸VranjeCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,975 chill hours · 25 in (626 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇷🇴Baia MareMaramureş, Romania

    Zone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 3,055 chill hours · 28 in (723 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇷🇴PiteştiArges, Romania

    Zone 7b · 191 frost-free days · 3,048 chill hours · 22 in (562 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇷🇸KragujevacCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,714 chill hours · 27 in (674 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, sorghum

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇷🇴Râmnicu VâlceaVâlcea County, Romania

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,984 chill hours · 25 in (623 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇺LabinskKrasnodar Krai, Russia

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,956 chill hours · 30 in (765 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, almond

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇷🇸NišCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,655 chill hours · 24 in (611 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, sorghum

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇷🇴OradeaBihor County, Romania

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,995 chill hours · 23 in (585 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇬Gotse DelchevBlagoevgrad, Bulgaria

    Zone 8a · 205 frost-free days · 2,772 chill hours · 21 in (529 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, sorghum

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇷🇸KruševacCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,636 chill hours · 25 in (638 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, sorghum

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇽🇰FerizajKosovo

    Zone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,894 chill hours · 26 in (672 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇷🇴LugojTimiș County, Romania

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,905 chill hours · 25 in (631 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, sorghum

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇷🇺CherkesskKarachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic, Russia

    Zone 7a · 184 frost-free days · 3,146 chill hours · 23 in (593 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  18. 18

    🇷🇴Târgu JiuGorj County, Romania

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,808 chill hours · 27 in (679 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, almond

    97%match
  19. 19

    🇷🇸Novi PazarCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,928 chill hours · 32 in (803 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  20. 20

    🇽🇰PristinaKosovo

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 3,023 chill hours · 27 in (698 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%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.

Looking for land?

We're building detailed reports on land like Sofia: frost risk year by year, water, and how each match's climate is shifting by 2050.

We'll only use your email for the report and related updates.

Check another farm