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Land with a climate like Sonneberg

🇩🇪Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sonneberg are Weiden, Germany (99% match), Cham and Aalen. About 1.0 million sq mi of land in 38 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Bavaria, Germany and Grand Est, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sonneberg are Weiden, Germany (99% match), Cham and Aalen. About 2.7 million km² of land in 38 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Bavaria, Germany and Grand Est, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 183 frost-free days · 3,271 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 183 frost-free days · 3,271 chill hours · 807 mm rain

What grows in Sonneberg →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    43k sq mi111k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Daventry (89), Dinnington (89)

  2. 2

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    28k sq mi72k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sulzbach-Rosenberg (99), Altdorf bei Nürnberg (99)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (97), Saint-Avold (96)

  4. 4

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bad Harzburg (99), Goslar (99)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Autun (93), Belfort (92)

  6. 6

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heidenheim an der Brenz (99), Ellwangen (99)

  7. 7

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sallanches (88), Oyonnax (86)

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    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pastavy (88), Lyepyel’ (88)

  9. 9

    🇧🇾Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Žytkavičy (93), Svetlogorsk (91)

  10. 10

    🇺🇦Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bucha (88), Irpin (88)

  11. 11

    🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soligorsk (92), Nesvizh (92)

  12. 12

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (84), Gornji Milanovac (84)

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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    🇩🇪WeidenBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 177 frost-free days · 3,250 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8a · 177 frost-free days · 3,250 chill hours · 675 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇩🇪ChamBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 181 frost-free days · 3,228 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 181 frost-free days · 3,228 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇩🇪AalenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,137 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,137 chill hours · 813 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇩🇪KelheimBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,188 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,188 chill hours · 730 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato, peach

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇩🇪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 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, tomato

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇩🇪DeggendorfBavaria, Germany

    Zone 7b · 178 frost-free days · 3,280 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7b · 178 frost-free days · 3,280 chill hours · 976 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇿StrakoniceSouth Bohemian Region, Czechia

    Zone 7b · 175 frost-free days · 3,244 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 7b · 175 frost-free days · 3,244 chill hours · 772 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, peach, tomato

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇩🇪Heilbad HeiligenstadtThuringia, Germany

    Zone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,144 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 193 frost-free days · 3,144 chill hours · 801 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇩🇪FreibergSaxony, Germany

    Zone 8a · 192 frost-free days · 3,231 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 192 frost-free days · 3,231 chill hours · 833 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇪PassauBavaria, Germany

    Zone 7b · 188 frost-free days · 3,127 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 7b · 188 frost-free days · 3,127 chill hours · 893 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, maize (corn), tomato

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇩🇪NordhausenThuringia, Germany

    Zone 8a · 189 frost-free days · 3,104 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8a · 189 frost-free days · 3,104 chill hours · 666 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, wine grapes

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇩🇪GünzburgBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,126 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,126 chill hours · 792 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato, peach

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇪StockachBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,125 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,125 chill hours · 832 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato, peach

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇩🇪UlmBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,118 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,118 chill hours · 741 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato, peach

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇩🇪HechingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,175 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8a · 184 frost-free days · 3,175 chill hours · 775 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇩🇪BaunatalHesse, Germany

    Zone 8a · 197 frost-free days · 3,059 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8a · 197 frost-free days · 3,059 chill hours · 723 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato

    99%match
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    🇩🇪GoslarLower Saxony, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,302 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,302 chill hours · 994 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 14 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇩🇪FuldaHesse, Germany

    Zone 8a · 189 frost-free days · 3,044 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8a · 189 frost-free days · 3,044 chill hours · 781 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato, peach

    99%match
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    🇩🇪AnsbachBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,077 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,077 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato, peach

    99%match
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    🇩🇪LandshutBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,114 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,114 chill hours · 825 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 14 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, tomato, peach

    99%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.