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Land with a climate like Winterthur

🇨🇭Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Winterthur are Weingarten, Germany (99% match), Neuchâtel and Freiburg. About 928,000 sq mi of land in 39 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Ohio, United States and Bavaria, Germany.The towns with the closest growing climate to Winterthur are Weingarten, Germany (99% match), Neuchâtel and Freiburg. About 2.4 million km² of land in 39 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Ohio, United States and Bavaria, Germany.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,887 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 2,887 chill hours · 974 mm rain

What grows in Winterthur →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    42k sq mi109k km² matching 80% or better

    For example High Wycombe (89), Cheltenham (89)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    29k sq mi74k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mentor (86), Painesville (86)

  3. 3

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    28k sq mi71k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unterhaching (99), Taufkirchen (99)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    24k sq mi62k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oyonnax (98), Annemasse (97)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (99), Épinal (99)

  6. 6

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    20k sq mi51k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Holzminden (98), Bad Pyrmont (97)

  7. 7

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    19k sq mi50k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (94), Gornji Milanovac (93)

  8. 8

    🇫🇷Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    18k sq mi47k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Audincourt (99), Montbéliard (99)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Erie (86), Hermitage (82)

  10. 10

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Waldkirch (99), Weingarten (99)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Indiana, United States

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Michigan City (84), La Porte (83)

  12. 12

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tuzla (93), Gračanica (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

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    🇩🇪WeingartenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,970 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,970 chill hours · 979 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇭NeuchâtelSwitzerland

    Zone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,727 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,727 chill hours · 910 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇩🇪FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, kiwifruit, fig

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇨🇭BernSwitzerland

    Zone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,884 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇩🇪PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 2,839 chill hours · 906 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇩🇪RosenheimBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,905 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 2,905 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇩🇪ErdingBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 192 frost-free days · 3,052 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 192 frost-free days · 3,052 chill hours · 862 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇫🇷BelfortBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,708 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,708 chill hours · 982 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇩🇪LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,577 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 212 frost-free days · 2,577 chill hours · 865 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, fig

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇫🇷ÉpinalGrand Est, France

    Zone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,721 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,721 chill hours · 895 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇩🇪AugsburgBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,092 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,092 chill hours · 868 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇩🇪LandshutBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,114 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 190 frost-free days · 3,114 chill hours · 825 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇩🇪WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,662 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,662 chill hours · 841 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, fig

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇦🇹LinzUpper Austria, Austria

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 3,014 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 3,014 chill hours · 816 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, saffron

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇩🇪PassauBavaria, Germany

    Zone 7b · 188 frost-free days · 3,127 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 7b · 188 frost-free days · 3,127 chill hours · 893 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇩🇪StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,837 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,837 chill hours · 686 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇩🇪OffenburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,470 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,470 chill hours · 850 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, fig, kiwifruit

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇩🇪SaarbrückenSaarland, Germany

    Zone 8b · 214 frost-free days · 2,679 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8b · 214 frost-free days · 2,679 chill hours · 853 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇩🇪MemmingenBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,158 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 186 frost-free days · 3,158 chill hours · 1,007 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇩🇪FuldaHesse, Germany

    Zone 8a · 189 frost-free days · 3,044 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 8a · 189 frost-free days · 3,044 chill hours · 781 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    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.