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Land with a climate like Vel’sk

🇷🇺Vel’sk, Arkhangelskaya, Russia

The towns with the closest growing climate to Vel’sk are Shar’ya, Russia (99% match), Shakhun’ya and Arkhangel’sk. About 933,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Perm Krai, Russia and Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.The towns with the closest growing climate to Vel’sk are Shar’ya, Russia (99% match), Shakhun’ya and Arkhangel’sk. About 2.4 million km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Arkhangelskaya, Russia, Perm Krai, Russia and Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

Your growing climate

Zone 5b · 125 frost-free days · 4,055 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 125 frost-free days · 4,055 chill hours · 586 mm rain

What grows in Vel’sk →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇷🇺Arkhangelskaya, Russia

    40k sq mi105k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Novodvinsk (97), Arkhangel’sk (97)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Perm Krai, Russia

    37k sq mi96k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Perm (92), Krasnokamsk (92)

  3. 3

    🇷🇺Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

    37k sq mi96k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Novoural’sk (89), Kirovgrad (88)

  4. 4

    🇫🇮Lapland, Finland

    9,700 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rovaniemi (92), Tornio (90)

  5. 5

    🇫🇮North Ostrobothnia, Finland

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ylivieska (92), Oulu (91)

  6. 6

    🇫🇮North Savo, Finland

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Siilinjärvi (94), Iisalmi (93)

  7. 7

    🇸🇪Norrbotten, Sweden

    7,100 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luleå (92), Boden (92)

  8. 8

    🇳🇴Innlandet, Norway

    6,800 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hamar (84), Lillehammer (80)

  9. 9

    🇸🇪Västernorrland, Sweden

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sundsvall (82), Örnsköldsvik (81)

  10. 10

    🇸🇪Västerbotten, Sweden

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skellefteå (87), Umeå (84)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Alaska, United States

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eagle River (86), Anchorage (79)

  12. 12

    🇧🇾Vitebsk, Belarus

    1,000 sq mi2,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Orsha (73), Novopolotsk (72)

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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    🇷🇺Shar’yaKostroma Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 132 frost-free days · 4,027 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 132 frost-free days · 4,027 chill hours · 593 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇷🇺Shakhun’yaNizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 139 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 5b · 139 frost-free days · 4,026 chill hours · 562 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇷🇺Arkhangel’skArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5b · 112 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 5b · 112 frost-free days · 4,098 chill hours · 560 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 8 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇷🇺SegezhaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,091 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 5b · 127 frost-free days · 4,091 chill hours · 641 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇺Velikiy UstyugVologda Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5a · 121 frost-free days · 4,063 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 5a · 121 frost-free days · 4,063 chill hours · 541 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 8 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇷🇺CherepovetsVologda Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 3,999 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 3,999 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, cherry, apple

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇷🇺Kotel’nichKirov Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 4,050 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 4,050 chill hours · 561 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇷🇺NyandomaArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5b · 116 frost-free days · 4,127 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5b · 116 frost-free days · 4,127 chill hours · 724 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇷🇺ManturovoKostroma Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 134 frost-free days · 3,991 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 134 frost-free days · 3,991 chill hours · 589 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇷🇺KondopogaKarelia, Russia

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,020 chill hours · 617 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    95%match
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    🇷🇺OnegaArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5b · 128 frost-free days · 4,053 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5b · 128 frost-free days · 4,053 chill hours · 614 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺GryazovetsVologda Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,047 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,047 chill hours · 584 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺VologdaVologda Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,029 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 5b · 130 frost-free days · 4,029 chill hours · 559 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇷🇺PetrozavodskKarelia, Russia

    Zone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,040 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 6a · 132 frost-free days · 4,040 chill hours · 615 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇮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 8 of your 8 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    94%match
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    🇷🇺KirovKirov Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 145 frost-free days · 4,051 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 145 frost-free days · 4,051 chill hours · 596 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺MirnyyArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5a · 111 frost-free days · 4,143 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5a · 111 frost-free days · 4,143 chill hours · 613 mm rain

    Shares 6 of your 8 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺KotlasArkhangelskaya, Russia

    Zone 5a · 118 frost-free days · 4,079 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 5a · 118 frost-free days · 4,079 chill hours · 564 mm rain

    Shares 7 of your 8 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇷🇺GalichKostroma Oblast, Russia

    Zone 5b · 139 frost-free days · 3,989 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5b · 139 frost-free days · 3,989 chill hours · 587 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    94%match
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    🇷🇺DanilovYaroslavl Oblast, Russia

    Zone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 3,999 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 6a · 139 frost-free days · 3,999 chill hours · 582 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 8 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry

    93%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.