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Land with a climate like Tauranga

🇳🇿Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Tauranga are Auckland, New Zealand (99% match), Whakatane and Gisborne. About 262,000 sq mi of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Victoria, Australia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Tauranga are Auckland, New Zealand (99% match), Whakatane and Gisborne. About 677,000 km² of land in 13 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Victoria, Australia.

Your growing climate

Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 418 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 418 chill hours · 1,426 mm rain

What grows in Tauranga →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    29k sq mi75k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pinamar (91), Mar de Ajó (91)

  2. 2

    🇧🇷Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    25k sq mi64k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vacaria (92), Farroupilha (91)

  3. 3

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Frankston East (90), Warragul (89)

  4. 4

    🇧🇷Santa Catarina, Brazil

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example São Joaquim (87), Correia Pinto (85)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Biarritz (94), Bayonne (93)

  6. 6

    🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tui (93), Sanxenxo (93)

  7. 7

    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Batemans Bay (86), Hornsby (83)

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    🇳🇿Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whakatane (99)

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    🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manukau City (99), Manurewa (99)

  10. 10

    🇳🇿Wellington Region, New Zealand

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Porirua (94), Wellington (94)

  11. 11

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Burnie (92), Devonport (90)

  12. 12

    🇺🇾Treinta y Tres Department, Uruguay

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Treinta y Tres (89)

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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    🇳🇿AucklandNew Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 10a · Frost 1 years in 10 · 222 chill hours · 1,355 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇳🇿WhakataneBay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 715 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 715 chill hours · 1,474 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇿GisborneNew Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 544 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 544 chill hours · 1,232 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇿Pukekohe EastAuckland, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 473 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 473 chill hours · 1,389 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇳🇿HamiltonWaikato Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9b · 338 frost-free days · 650 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇳🇿WhangareiNorthland, New Zealand

    Zone 10b · No frost · 161 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 10b · No frost · 161 chill hours · 1,529 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇳🇿New PlymouthTaranaki Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 10a · Frost 3 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 1,698 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇳🇿NapierHawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 668 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 337 frost-free days · 668 chill hours · 989 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, almond

    97%match
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    🇳🇿Palmerston NorthManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 9b · 340 frost-free days · 724 chill hours · 1,219 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇾MinasLavalleja, Uruguay

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 419 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 419 chill hours · 1,291 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, citrus, fig

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇳🇿WhanganuiManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 10a · Frost 6 years in 10 · 632 chill hours · 978 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, hops

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇳🇿WellingtonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 619 chill hours · 1,333 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇳🇿LevinManawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 840 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    94%match
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    🇺🇾RochaRocha Department, Uruguay

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 283 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 283 chill hours · 1,210 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, citrus, fig

    94%match
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    🇪🇸Donostia / San Sebastián↻Seasons flipped. Basque Country, Spain

    Zone 10a · 342 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 10a · 342 frost-free days · 532 chill hours · 1,243 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, hops, pecan

    93%match
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    🇫🇷Bayonne↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 623 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 9b · 333 frost-free days · 623 chill hours · 1,199 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, hops, wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇪🇸Teo↻Seasons flipped. Galicia, Spain

    Zone 10a · 358 frost-free days · 545 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 10a · 358 frost-free days · 545 chill hours · 1,612 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇪🇸Vigo↻Seasons flipped. Galicia, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 387 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 10a · Frost 4 years in 10 · 387 chill hours · 1,596 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇫🇷Pau↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 9b · 295 frost-free days · 889 chill hours · 1,366 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, citrus, hops

    92%match
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    🇪🇸Santander↻Seasons flipped. Cantabria, Spain

    Zone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 10a · Frost 5 years in 10 · 433 chill hours · 1,188 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, wine grapes, almond

    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.