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Land with a climate like Timaru

🇳🇿Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand

The towns with the closest growing climate to Timaru are Rolleston, New Zealand (99% match), Hobart and Blenheim. About 267,000 sq mi of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Victoria, Australia and Occitanie, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Timaru are Rolleston, New Zealand (99% match), Hobart and Blenheim. About 691,000 km² of land in 12 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Victoria, Australia and Occitanie, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 1,404 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 1,404 chill hours · 556 mm rain

What grows in Timaru →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    30k sq mi77k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poitiers (90), Tulle (89)

  2. 2

    🇦🇺Victoria, Australia

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ballarat (87), Wallan (83)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    16k sq mi43k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rodez (89), Pamiers (88)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Centre-Val de Loire, France

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dreux (90), Chartres (89)

  5. 5

    🇦🇺Tasmania, Australia

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hobart (98), Launceston (91)

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    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Balcarce (82), Miramar (82)

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    🇳🇿Canterbury, New Zealand

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rangiora (99), Rolleston (99)

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    🇦🇺New South Wales, Australia

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goulburn (75), Orange (67)

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    🇳🇿Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Whanganui (84), Levin (79)

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    🇳🇿Southland, New Zealand

    3,500 sq mi9,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Invercargill (88)

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    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    3,500 sq mi9,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hampton (84), East Molesey (84)

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    🇪🇸Cantabria, Spain

    2,200 sq mi5,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Torrelavega (71), Camargo (66)

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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    🇳🇿RollestonCanterbury, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 249 frost-free days · 1,554 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 249 frost-free days · 1,554 chill hours · 673 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇦🇺HobartTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9b · 316 frost-free days · 1,074 chill hours · 717 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇳🇿BlenheimMarlborough, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9b · 296 frost-free days · 1,098 chill hours · 754 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, tomato, hemp

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇳🇿DunedinOtago, New Zealand

    Zone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 246 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 842 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, hemp

    95%match
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    🇦🇺LauncestonTasmania, Australia

    Zone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9b · 332 frost-free days · 820 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, hemp, tomato

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Clermont-Ferrand↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 221 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 8b · 221 frost-free days · 2,037 chill hours · 580 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, sunflower

    91%match
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    🇫🇷Montluçon↻Seasons flipped. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 228 frost-free days · 1,929 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 8b · 228 frost-free days · 1,929 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, walnut

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Marne La Vallée↻Seasons flipped. Île-de-France, France

    Zone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,946 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 244 frost-free days · 1,946 chill hours · 617 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, walnut

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Rennes↻Seasons flipped. Brittany, France

    Zone 9a · 267 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 267 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 759 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, walnut, hemp

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Poitiers↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 682 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, hemp, saffron

    90%match
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    🇫🇷Laval↻Seasons flipped. Pays de la Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,547 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 263 frost-free days · 1,547 chill hours · 766 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, hemp, tomato

    89%match
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    🇫🇷Chartres↻Seasons flipped. Centre-Val de Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,057 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 9a · 231 frost-free days · 2,057 chill hours · 599 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, walnut

    89%match
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    🇳🇿MastertonWellington Region, New Zealand

    Zone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 9b · 312 frost-free days · 1,030 chill hours · 986 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, potato, tomato

    89%match
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    🇫🇷Alençon↻Seasons flipped. Normandy, France

    Zone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 243 frost-free days · 1,937 chill hours · 721 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, potato

    89%match
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    🇫🇷Rodez↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 8b · 219 frost-free days · 2,141 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8b · 219 frost-free days · 2,141 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, tomato, walnut

    89%match
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    🇫🇷Évreux↻Seasons flipped. Normandy, France

    Zone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 1,998 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 240 frost-free days · 1,998 chill hours · 654 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: tomato, hemp, saffron

    89%match
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    🇫🇷Saumur↻Seasons flipped. Pays de la Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 697 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, hemp, fig

    89%match
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    🇫🇷Tulle↻Seasons flipped. New Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,765 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,765 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: hemp, walnut, tomato

    89%match
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    🇫🇷Pamiers↻Seasons flipped. Occitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,570 chill hours · 767 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, hemp, tomato

    88%match
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    🇫🇷Fougères↻Seasons flipped. Brittany, France

    Zone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 9a · 260 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 783 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 13 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, tomato, hemp

    88%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.