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Land with a climate like Sortavala

🇷🇺Sortavala, Karelia, Russia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sortavala are Kuopio, Finland (99% match), Pieksämäki and Imatra. About 976,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, Arkhangelskaya, Russia and Tver Oblast, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sortavala are Kuopio, Finland (99% match), Pieksämäki and Imatra. About 2.5 million km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, Arkhangelskaya, Russia and Tver Oblast, Russia.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Sortavala →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    40k sq mi104k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Svetogorsk (99), Kirishi (99)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Arkhangelskaya, Russia

    40k sq mi103k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Onega (94), Vel’sk (92)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Tver Oblast, Russia

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bologoye (98), Udomlya (98)

  4. 4

    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orsha (90), Hlybokaye (88)

  5. 5

    🇧🇾Mogilev, Belarus

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Horki (87), Krychaw (84)

  6. 6

    🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zaslawye (88), Logoysk (87)

  7. 7

    🇫🇮North Ostrobothnia, Finland

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oulu (98), Ylivieska (98)

  8. 8

    🇫🇮North Savo, Finland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kuopio (99), Siilinjärvi (99)

  9. 9

    🇳🇴Innlandet, Norway

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hamar (93), Lillehammer (92)

  10. 10

    🇸🇪Västernorrland, Sweden

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Örnsköldsvik (97), Sundsvall (96)

  11. 11

    🇫🇮Central Finland, Finland

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Äänekoski (99), Laukaa (99)

  12. 12

    🇸🇪Västerbotten, Sweden

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Umeå (98), Skellefteå (96)

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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    🇫🇮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 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇮PieksämäkiSouth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,023 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,023 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇮ImatraSouth Karelia, Finland

    Zone 6b · 145 frost-free days · 3,933 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 145 frost-free days · 3,933 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇫🇮JyväskyläCentral Finland, Finland

    Zone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,983 chill hours · 612 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇺KirishiLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6a · 144 frost-free days · 3,921 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 144 frost-free days · 3,921 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇫🇮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 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇮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 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇮SavonlinnaSouth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,839 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,839 chill hours · 606 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇷🇺VolkhovLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6a · 141 frost-free days · 3,955 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 141 frost-free days · 3,955 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇺ChudovoNovgorod Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 141 frost-free days · 3,913 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 141 frost-free days · 3,913 chill hours · 646 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇫🇮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 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇫🇮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 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇸🇪PiteåNorrbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6a · 136 frost-free days · 4,035 chill hours · 573 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 10 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇷🇺VyborgLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,836 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 152 frost-free days · 3,836 chill hours · 667 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇷🇺TikhvinLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,960 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,960 chill hours · 752 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇷🇺PriozërskLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 153 frost-free days · 3,855 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6b · 153 frost-free days · 3,855 chill hours · 619 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp

    98%match
  17. 17

    🇷🇺Velikiy NovgorodNovgorod Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 152 frost-free days · 3,854 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6a · 152 frost-free days · 3,854 chill hours · 575 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, pear

    98%match
  18. 18

    🇷🇺GatchinaLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,872 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,872 chill hours · 668 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, apple

    98%match
  19. 19

    🇷🇺VsevolozhskLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6b · 156 frost-free days · 3,856 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 156 frost-free days · 3,856 chill hours · 647 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, hemp

    98%match
  20. 20

    🇫🇮KouvolaKymenlaakso, Finland

    Zone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,917 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 139 frost-free days · 3,917 chill hours · 640 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 10 great-fit crops

    98%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.