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Land with a climate like Traverse City

🇺🇸Traverse City, Michigan, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Traverse City are Burlington, United States (99% match), Cobourg and Rutland. About 724,000 sq mi of land in 26 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ontario, Canada, New York, United States and Michigan, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Traverse City are Burlington, United States (99% match), Cobourg and Rutland. About 1.9 million km² of land in 26 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ontario, Canada, New York, United States and Michigan, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 167 frost-free days · 3,373 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 6b · 167 frost-free days · 3,373 chill hours · 758 mm rain

What grows in Traverse City →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    45k sq mi117k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cobourg (98), Quinte West (97)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    42k sq mi109k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cortland (98), Plattsburgh (97)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Michigan, United States

    41k sq mi107k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muskegon (97), Norton Shores (97)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Wisconsin, United States

    30k sq mi79k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Manitowoc (97), Sheboygan (96)

  5. 5

    🇧🇾Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Homyel' (84), Dobrush (83)

  6. 6

    🇷🇺Belgorod Oblast, Russia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gubkin (86), Staryy Oskol (86)

  7. 7

    🇺🇦Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skvyra (87), Fastiv (86)

  8. 8

    🇺🇦Sumy, Ukraine

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sumy (85), Konotop (84)

  9. 9

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (82), Bor (82)

  10. 10

    🇺🇦Vinnytsia, Ukraine

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ladyzhyn (86), Haysyn (85)

  11. 11

    🇷🇺Voronezh Oblast, Russia

    9,900 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pridonskoy (84), Voronezh (84)

  12. 12

    🇷🇺Kursk Oblast, Russia

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kurchatov (85), L’govskiy (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

  1. 1

    🇺🇸BurlingtonVermont, United States

    Zone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,275 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,275 chill hours · 841 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇦CobourgOntario, Canada

    Zone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,390 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,390 chill hours · 884 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸RutlandVermont, United States

    Zone 6a · 159 frost-free days · 3,391 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 6a · 159 frost-free days · 3,391 chill hours · 842 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸MuskegonMichigan, United States

    Zone 7a · 179 frost-free days · 3,201 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 7a · 179 frost-free days · 3,201 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇦BellevilleOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,418 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,418 chill hours · 918 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸SheboyganWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,360 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,360 chill hours · 824 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇦KingstonOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 176 frost-free days · 3,383 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 6a · 176 frost-free days · 3,383 chill hours · 982 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸MilwaukeeWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6b · 179 frost-free days · 3,232 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 6b · 179 frost-free days · 3,232 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸BataviaNew York, United States

    Zone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,283 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 6b · 175 frost-free days · 3,283 chill hours · 890 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸Clifton ParkNew York, United States

    Zone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,229 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,229 chill hours · 1,004 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸BinghamtonNew York, United States

    Zone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,162 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,162 chill hours · 984 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸IthacaNew York, United States

    Zone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,188 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,188 chill hours · 921 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸UticaNew York, United States

    Zone 6a · 172 frost-free days · 3,242 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 6a · 172 frost-free days · 3,242 chill hours · 1,088 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸ElmiraNew York, United States

    Zone 6b · 171 frost-free days · 3,164 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 6b · 171 frost-free days · 3,164 chill hours · 875 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇨🇦SarniaOntario, Canada

    Zone 6b · 183 frost-free days · 3,173 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 6b · 183 frost-free days · 3,173 chill hours · 857 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, soybean

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸West BendWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6a · 163 frost-free days · 3,403 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 6a · 163 frost-free days · 3,403 chill hours · 838 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸Grand RapidsMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,182 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,182 chill hours · 944 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸WyomingMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,184 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,184 chill hours · 960 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    94%match
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    🇺🇸PittsfieldMassachusetts, United States

    Zone 6a · 159 frost-free days · 3,350 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 6a · 159 frost-free days · 3,350 chill hours · 1,079 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    94%match
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    🇺🇸JacksonMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,212 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,212 chill hours · 817 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, soybean

    94%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.