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Land with a climate like Velingrad

🇧🇬Velingrad, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria

The towns with the closest growing climate to Velingrad are Karlovo, Bulgaria (99% match), Sofia and Vranje. About 747,000 sq mi of land in 35 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, Krasnodar Krai, Russia and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Velingrad are Karlovo, Bulgaria (99% match), Sofia and Vranje. About 1.9 million km² of land in 35 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, Krasnodar Krai, Russia and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 591 mm rain

What grows in Velingrad →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Westlake (85), Fairview Park (85)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Otradnaya (95), Mostovskoy (95)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Le Puy-en-Velay (94), Albertville (91)

  4. 4

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vranje (99), Pirot (97)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example State College (85), Altoona (84)

  6. 6

    🇷🇺Rostov, Russia

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yegorlykskaya (88), Zernograd (87)

  7. 7

    🇺🇦Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pokrov (87), Marhanets (87)

  8. 8

    🇷🇺Stavropol Kray, Russia

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Stavropol (94), Yessentukskaya (94)

  9. 9

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Soria (90), Burgos (84)

  10. 10

    🇺🇦Donetsk, Ukraine

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Donetsk (85), Dokuchayevsk (84)

  11. 11

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mulhouse (87), Wittenheim (86)

  12. 12

    🇺🇦Odesa, Ukraine

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Podilsk (92), Balta (90)

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

    🇧🇬KarlovoPlovdiv, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,787 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,787 chill hours · 633 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇧🇬SofiaSofia-Capital, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,792 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,792 chill hours · 603 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇷🇸VranjeCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,791 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,791 chill hours · 626 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇧🇬KyustendilBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,798 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,798 chill hours · 552 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇧🇬SmolyanBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,898 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,898 chill hours · 650 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇧🇬GabrovoBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,640 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,640 chill hours · 625 mm rain

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

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇽🇰PristinaKosovo

    Zone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,855 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 7b · 186 frost-free days · 2,855 chill hours · 698 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇧🇬BerkovitsaMontana, Bulgaria

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,787 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,787 chill hours · 604 mm rain

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

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇷🇸PirotCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,733 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,733 chill hours · 599 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇽🇰VitinaGjilan, Kosovo

    Zone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,670 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,670 chill hours · 605 mm rain

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

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇷🇸Novi PazarCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,737 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 7b · 190 frost-free days · 2,737 chill hours · 803 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, maize (corn)

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇷🇸BorCentral Serbia, Serbia

    Zone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,916 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 7b · 184 frost-free days · 2,916 chill hours · 638 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇬VratsaBulgaria

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,653 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,653 chill hours · 586 mm rain

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

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇮🇹AostaAosta Valley, Italy

    Zone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 760 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, maize (corn)

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇷🇴Baia MareMaramureş, Romania

    Zone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 723 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, maize (corn)

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇷🇴PiteştiArges, Romania

    Zone 7b · 191 frost-free days · 2,862 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 7b · 191 frost-free days · 2,862 chill hours · 562 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, maize (corn)

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇲🇰KičevoKichevo, North Macedonia

    Zone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 2,688 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 2,688 chill hours · 743 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇨🇭SittenValais, Switzerland

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,730 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,730 chill hours · 719 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: potato, maize (corn)

    95%match
  19. 19

    🇲🇰TetovoNorth Macedonia

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,606 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,606 chill hours · 734 mm rain

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

    95%match
  20. 20

    🇬🇪AkhaltsikheSamtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

    Zone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 7b · 197 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 576 mm rain

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

    95%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.