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Land with a climate like Varkaus

🇫🇮Varkaus, North Savo, Finland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Varkaus are Mikkeli, Finland (99% match), Ylivieska and Siilinjärvi. About 828,000 sq mi of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Tver Oblast, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Varkaus are Mikkeli, Finland (99% match), Ylivieska and Siilinjärvi. About 2.1 million km² of land in 9 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia and Tver Oblast, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 627 mm rain

What grows in Varkaus →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Arkhangelskaya, Russia

    40k sq mi104k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Onega (94), Severodvinsk (93)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    39k sq mi100k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lodeynoye Pole (97), Svetogorsk (97)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Tver Oblast, Russia

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bezhetsk (95), Bologoye (94)

  4. 4

    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orsha (86), Pastavy (83)

  5. 5

    🇫🇮North Ostrobothnia, Finland

    9,400 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ylivieska (99), Oulu (99)

  6. 6

    🇫🇮Lapland, Finland

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tornio (95), Kemi (93)

  7. 7

    🇫🇮North Savo, Finland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Siilinjärvi (99), Iisalmi (99)

  8. 8

    🇳🇴Innlandet, Norway

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hamar (90), Lillehammer (88)

  9. 9

    🇸🇪Västernorrland, Sweden

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sundsvall (96), Örnsköldsvik (95)

  10. 10

    🇸🇪Norrbotten, Sweden

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Piteå (99), Luleå (96)

  11. 11

    🇸🇪Västerbotten, Sweden

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skellefteå (99), Umeå (97)

  12. 12

    🇧🇾Mogilev, Belarus

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Horki (83), Krychaw (78)

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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    🇫🇮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 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇮YlivieskaNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 6a · 117 frost-free days · 4,074 chill hours · 555 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇮SiilinjärviNorth Savo, Finland

    Zone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 4,028 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6a · 140 frost-free days · 4,028 chill hours · 640 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇫🇮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 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇸🇪SkellefteåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 122 frost-free days · 4,114 chill hours · 601 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇷🇺SortavalaKarelia, Russia

    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

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇮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 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇮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 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇸🇪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 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇫🇮OuluNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 6a · 131 frost-free days · 4,075 chill hours · 532 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇫🇮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 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇷🇺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 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, apple

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇫🇮LappeenrantaSouth Karelia, Finland

    Zone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,919 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 149 frost-free days · 3,919 chill hours · 645 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, apple, hemp

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇸🇪UmeåVästerbotten, Sweden

    Zone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 6b · 133 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 642 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇷🇺Lodeynoye PoleLeningradskaya Oblast', Russia

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,993 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 3,993 chill hours · 691 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇷🇺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 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, apple, pear

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇫🇮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 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    97%match
  18. 18

    🇫🇮SastamalaPirkanmaa, Finland

    Zone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,934 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6b · 140 frost-free days · 3,934 chill hours · 592 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry

    97%match
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    🇫🇮RaaheNorth Ostrobothnia, Finland

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 519 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 9 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇷🇺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 9 of your 9 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, apple

    97%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.