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Land with a climate like Villefranche-sur-Saône

🇫🇷Villefranche-sur-Saône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The towns with the closest growing climate to Villefranche-sur-Saône are Chalon-sur-Saône, France (99% match), Châteauroux and Bourges. About 587,000 sq mi of land in 36 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Krasnodar Krai, Russia and Occitanie, France.The towns with the closest growing climate to Villefranche-sur-Saône are Chalon-sur-Saône, France (99% match), Châteauroux and Bourges. About 1.5 million km² of land in 36 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in New Aquitaine, France, Krasnodar Krai, Russia and Occitanie, France.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,940 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,940 chill hours · 757 mm rain

What grows in Villefranche-sur-Saône →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    33k sq mi87k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Brive-la-Gaillarde (99), Tulle (99)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    22k sq mi56k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kholmskiy (93), Akhtyrskiy (93)

  3. 3

    🇫🇷Occitanie, France

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cahors (99), Montauban (98)

  4. 4

    🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Benito Juárez (83), Tandil (83)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Annonay (99), Aix-les-Bains (99)

  6. 6

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    15k sq mi38k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Šabac (97), Belgrade (96)

  7. 7

    🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sremska Mitrovica (96), Pančevo (96)

  8. 8

    🇺🇦Crimea, Ukraine

    7,800 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Alushta (89), Yalta (88)

  9. 9

    🇪🇸Castille and León, Spain

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miranda de Ebro (93), Villaquilambre (86)

  10. 10

    🇮🇹Emilia-Romagna, Italy

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fiorano (97), Piacenza (96)

  11. 11

    🇮🇹Piedmont, Italy

    7,000 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Novara (96), Vercelli (96)

  12. 12

    🇮🇹Veneto, Italy

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Valdagno (97), Schio (96)

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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    🇫🇷Chalon-sur-SaôneBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8b · 235 frost-free days · 2,143 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8b · 235 frost-free days · 2,143 chill hours · 787 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇫🇷ChâteaurouxCentre-Val de Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,828 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 9a · 242 frost-free days · 1,828 chill hours · 713 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇫🇷BourgesCentre-Val de Loire, France

    Zone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 1,970 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 1,970 chill hours · 689 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇫🇷Brive-la-GaillardeNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 1,482 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 9a · 259 frost-free days · 1,482 chill hours · 813 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇫🇷OrléansCentre-Val de Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 1,889 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 9a · 232 frost-free days · 1,889 chill hours · 634 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇫🇷MoulinsAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,078 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,078 chill hours · 711 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇫🇷GuéretNew Aquitaine, France

    Zone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 9a · 253 frost-free days · 1,939 chill hours · 827 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇷ChambéryAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8a · 225 frost-free days · 2,206 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 225 frost-free days · 2,206 chill hours · 959 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇫🇷MontluçonAuvergne-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 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇫🇷CahorsOccitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,576 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 9a · 255 frost-free days · 1,576 chill hours · 764 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇫🇷GrenobleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 236 frost-free days · 1,885 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8b · 236 frost-free days · 1,885 chill hours · 894 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇫🇷DijonBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8b · 218 frost-free days · 2,379 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8b · 218 frost-free days · 2,379 chill hours · 731 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇫🇷DoleBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 2,305 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8b · 231 frost-free days · 2,305 chill hours · 943 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇫🇷ToursCentre-Val de Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,656 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 257 frost-free days · 1,656 chill hours · 668 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  15. 15

    🇫🇷NeversBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8b · 219 frost-free days · 2,149 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 8b · 219 frost-free days · 2,149 chill hours · 742 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇫🇷MontaubanOccitanie, France

    Zone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,437 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 9a · 258 frost-free days · 1,437 chill hours · 690 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    98%match
  17. 17

    🇫🇷BloisCentre-Val de Loire, France

    Zone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,907 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 9a · 233 frost-free days · 1,907 chill hours · 666 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  18. 18

    🇫🇷VichyAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    Zone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,088 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,088 chill hours · 694 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  19. 19

    🇫🇷Romorantin-LanthenayCentre-Val de Loire, France

    Zone 8b · 233 frost-free days · 1,928 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 8b · 233 frost-free days · 1,928 chill hours · 661 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇭🇷ZagrebCroatia

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,351 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,351 chill hours · 892 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    98%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.