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Land with a climate like Sterling, Virginia

🇺🇸Sterling, Virginia, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sterling, Virginia are Culpeper, United States (99% match), Charlottesville and Fredericksburg. About 534,000 sq mi of land in 16 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Tennessee, United States and Virginia, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sterling, Virginia are Culpeper, United States (99% match), Charlottesville and Fredericksburg. About 1.4 million km² of land in 16 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Tennessee, United States and Virginia, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 1,044 mm rain

What grows in Sterling, Virginia →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    60k sq mi154k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Springfield (99), Webster Groves (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Tennessee, United States

    46k sq mi120k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kingsport (98), Johnson City (97)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    39k sq mi101k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Culpeper (99), Charlottesville (99)

  4. 4

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apsheronsk (89), Belorechensk (86)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jangseong (87), Damyang (87)

  6. 6

    🇮🇹Lombardy, Italy

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gallarate (88), Cassano Magnago (88)

  7. 7

    🇮🇹Veneto, Italy

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Montebelluna (87), Thiene (87)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    2,400 sq mi6,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koch'ang (86), Jeongeup (85)

  9. 9

    🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

    1,500 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zestaponi (85), Kutaisi (84)

  10. 10

    🇮🇹Piedmont, Italy

    1,500 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Verbania (87), Pallanza-Intra-Suna (87)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    1,500 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasayama (86), Tamba-Sasayama (86)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    1,400 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heunghae (83), Yeonil (82)

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

    🇺🇸CulpeperVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,223 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,223 chill hours · 1,092 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸CharlottesvilleVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 2,019 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 219 frost-free days · 2,019 chill hours · 1,120 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸FredericksburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,032 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,032 chill hours · 1,086 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸WilmingtonDelaware, United States

    Zone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,339 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,339 chill hours · 1,165 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, rice

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸PhiladelphiaPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,289 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,289 chill hours · 1,111 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸RoanokeVirginia, United States

    Zone 8a · 217 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 217 frost-free days · 1,983 chill hours · 1,030 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸TrentonNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,449 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,449 chill hours · 1,174 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸BaltimoreMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,117 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,117 chill hours · 1,145 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, rice

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸EastonMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,131 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,131 chill hours · 1,179 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, rice

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸DoverDelaware, United States

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,161 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,161 chill hours · 1,180 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, rice

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸LynchburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,964 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,964 chill hours · 1,051 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸SpringfieldMissouri, United States

    Zone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 218 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 1,130 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸Fort Leonard WoodMissouri, United States

    Zone 7a · 217 frost-free days · 2,241 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7a · 217 frost-free days · 2,241 chill hours · 1,101 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸HagerstownMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 985 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸LancasterPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 1,035 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸RollaMissouri, United States

    Zone 7a · 214 frost-free days · 2,333 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7a · 214 frost-free days · 2,333 chill hours · 1,115 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸HarrisonburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇺🇸HarrisburgPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,607 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,607 chill hours · 1,032 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇺🇸VinelandNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 1,114 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸CharlestonWest Virginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,295 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,295 chill hours · 1,139 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 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.