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Land with a climate like Williston

🇺🇸Williston, North Dakota, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Williston are Dickinson, United States (99% match), Medicine Hat and Bismarck. About 255,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Dakota, United States, South Dakota, United States and Saskatchewan, Canada.The towns with the closest growing climate to Williston are Dickinson, United States (99% match), Medicine Hat and Bismarck. About 661,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Dakota, United States, South Dakota, United States and Saskatchewan, Canada.

Your growing climate

Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,697 chill hours · 373 mm rain

What grows in Williston →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸North Dakota, United States

    43k sq mi112k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dickinson (99), Bismarck (96)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸South Dakota, United States

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aberdeen (91), Brookings (88)

  3. 3

    🇨🇦Saskatchewan, Canada

    13k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Swift Current (92), Moose Jaw (90)

  4. 4

    🇨🇦Alberta, Canada

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Medicine Hat (96), Edmonton (84)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Minnesota, United States

    8,300 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Moorhead (87), Willmar (79)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Xinjiang, China

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jelilyüzi (69), Panjim (68)

  7. 7

    🇰🇿Karaganda, Kazakhstan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saran (81), Abay (81)

  8. 8

    🇰🇿Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan

    2,800 sq mi7,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ekibastuz (80), Aksu (73)

  9. 9

    🇰🇿Abai Region, Kazakhstan

    1,500 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maqanshy (67), Semey (65)

  10. 10

    🇷🇺Altai Krai, Russia

    700 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rubtsovsk (84), Gornyak (78)

  11. 11

    🇷🇺Bashkortostan Republic, Russia

    400 sq mi900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sibay (79), Rayevskiy (76)

  12. 12

    🇰🇬Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

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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    🇺🇸DickinsonNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 3,691 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 5a · 138 frost-free days · 3,691 chill hours · 425 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇦Medicine HatAlberta, Canada

    Zone 5b · 131 frost-free days · 3,772 chill hours · 13 in rainZone 5b · 131 frost-free days · 3,772 chill hours · 337 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    96%match
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    🇺🇸BismarckNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 4b · 144 frost-free days · 3,664 chill hours · 467 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇺🇸MinotNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 19 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,769 chill hours · 476 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 16 great-fit crops

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇦Swift CurrentSaskatchewan, Canada

    Zone 5a · 128 frost-free days · 3,899 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 5a · 128 frost-free days · 3,899 chill hours · 411 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 16 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇺🇸AberdeenSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,617 chill hours · 558 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    91%match
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    🇨🇦Moose JawSaskatchewan, Canada

    Zone 4b · 131 frost-free days · 3,900 chill hours · 16 in rainZone 4b · 131 frost-free days · 3,900 chill hours · 408 mm rain

    Shares 10 of your 16 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇺🇸JamestownNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 20 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,737 chill hours · 515 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇺🇸BrookingsSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,593 chill hours · 24 in rainZone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,593 chill hours · 618 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    88%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸WatertownSouth Dakota, United States

    Zone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 5a · 154 frost-free days · 3,620 chill hours · 594 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 16 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇺🇸FargoNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 23 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,676 chill hours · 591 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    87%match
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    🇺🇸Grand ForksNorth Dakota, United States

    Zone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 21 in rainZone 4b · 142 frost-free days · 3,764 chill hours · 535 mm rain

    Shares 12 of your 16 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇨🇦EdmontonAlberta, Canada

    Zone 5a · 125 frost-free days · 3,961 chill hours · 18 in rainZone 5a · 125 frost-free days · 3,961 chill hours · 456 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 16 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇷🇺RubtsovskAltai Krai, Russia

    Zone 4a · 132 frost-free days · 3,929 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 4a · 132 frost-free days · 3,929 chill hours · 351 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 16 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇨🇦ReginaSaskatchewan, Canada

    Zone 4a · 130 frost-free days · 3,932 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 4a · 130 frost-free days · 3,932 chill hours · 444 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 16 great-fit crops

    83%match
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    🇨🇦CalgaryAlberta, Canada

    Zone 5b · 117 frost-free days · 3,842 chill hours · 17 in rainZone 5b · 117 frost-free days · 3,842 chill hours · 421 mm rain

    Shares 8 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    82%match
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    🇨🇦LethbridgeAlberta, Canada

    Zone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,698 chill hours · 15 in rainZone 6a · 133 frost-free days · 3,698 chill hours · 382 mm rain

    Shares 11 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    82%match
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    🇰🇿KaragandyKaraganda, Kazakhstan

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,938 chill hours · 12 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,938 chill hours · 308 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 16 great-fit crops

    81%match
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    🇰🇿EkibastuzPavlodar Region, Kazakhstan

    Zone 4a · 139 frost-free days · 3,922 chill hours · 11 in rainZone 4a · 139 frost-free days · 3,922 chill hours · 287 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 16 great-fit crops

    80%match
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    🇷🇺MagnitogorskChelyabinsk, Russia

    Zone 4b · 137 frost-free days · 3,960 chill hours · 14 in rainZone 4b · 137 frost-free days · 3,960 chill hours · 350 mm rain

    Shares 9 of your 16 great-fit crops

    80%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.