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Land with a climate like Zürich

🇨🇭Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

The towns with the closest growing climate to Zürich are Freiburg, Germany (99% match), Solothurn and Neuchâtel. About 2.0 million km² (782,000 sq mi) of land in 36 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in England, United Kingdom, Ohio, United States and Bavaria, Germany.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,958 chill hours · 43 in (1082 mm) rain

What grows in Zürich →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%ZürichClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

    94k km² (36k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Cheltenham (89), Farnham (89)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    72k km² (28k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Mentor (86), Painesville (86)

  3. 3

    🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

    70k km² (27k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lindau (99), Unterhaching (99)

  4. 4

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    62k km² (24k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Thonon-les-Bains (99), Oyonnax (99)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷Grand Est, France

    55k km² (21k sq mi) matching 80% or better

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

  6. 6

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    52k km² (20k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Guéret (94), Limoges (92)

  7. 7

    🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

    51k km² (20k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Holzminden (97), Bad Pyrmont (96)

  8. 8

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    48k km² (19k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Užice (93), Gornji Milanovac (92)

  9. 9

    🇩🇪Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    39k km² (15k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Waldkirch (99), Freiburg (99)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    30k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Erie (86), Johnstown (81)

  11. 11

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    29k km² (11k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Tuzla (93), Lukavac (91)

  12. 12

    🇵🇱Greater Poland, Poland

    28k km² (11k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Nowy Tomyśl (84), Trzcianka (83)

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

    🇩🇪FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,851 chill hours · 37 in (950 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇭SolothurnSwitzerland

    Zone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 3,007 chill hours · 40 in (1021 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇭NeuchâtelSwitzerland

    Zone 8b · 215 frost-free days · 2,946 chill hours · 36 in (910 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇩🇪FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 227 frost-free days · 2,911 chill hours · 40 in (1005 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇫🇷BelfortBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8a · 204 frost-free days · 2,910 chill hours · 39 in (982 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇩🇪RosenheimBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 198 frost-free days · 3,080 chill hours · 43 in (1090 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇩🇪PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 199 frost-free days · 3,037 chill hours · 36 in (906 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇩🇪WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 217 frost-free days · 2,879 chill hours · 33 in (841 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇦🇹FeldkirchVorarlberg, Austria

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,941 chill hours · 47 in (1189 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇩🇪OffenburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 220 frost-free days · 2,703 chill hours · 33 in (850 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, saffron

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇩🇪MunichBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 206 frost-free days · 3,033 chill hours · 37 in (941 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇫🇷ÉpinalGrand Est, France

    Zone 8a · 202 frost-free days · 2,912 chill hours · 35 in (895 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇨🇭ThunBern, Switzerland

    Zone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 2,972 chill hours · 40 in (1028 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇩🇪EsslingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8a · 197 frost-free days · 3,060 chill hours · 29 in (740 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    98%match
  15. 15

    🇦🇹SalzburgAustria

    Zone 8a · 203 frost-free days · 3,058 chill hours · 48 in (1214 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  16. 16

    🇩🇪SaarbrückenSaarland, Germany

    Zone 8b · 214 frost-free days · 2,886 chill hours · 34 in (853 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  17. 17

    🇦🇹LinzUpper Austria, Austria

    Zone 8a · 195 frost-free days · 3,210 chill hours · 32 in (816 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    98%match
  18. 18

    🇩🇪AugsburgBavaria, Germany

    Zone 8a · 188 frost-free days · 3,292 chill hours · 34 in (868 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  19. 19

    🇩🇪HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany

    Zone 8b · 209 frost-free days · 2,872 chill hours · 29 in (742 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron

    98%match
  20. 20

    🇫🇷BesançonBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

    Zone 8b · 222 frost-free days · 2,640 chill hours · 43 in (1094 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    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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