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Land with a climate like Akita

🇯🇵Akita, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Akita are Nagai, Japan (99% match), Tsuruoka and Kitakata. About 319,000 km² (123,000 sq mi) of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, New Jersey, United States and Massachusetts, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,798 chill hours · 64 in (1633 mm) rain

What grows in Akita →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%AkitaClosest

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

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    20k km² (7,600 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Muramatsu (98), Murakami (97)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    20k km² (7,600 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Point Pleasant (92), Asbury Park (91)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Massachusetts, United States

    15k km² (5,800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Barnstable (90), Yarmouth (90)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Akita, Japan

    14k km² (5,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Hanawa (94)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    13k km² (5,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Hirosaki (99), Hirakawa (99)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    13k km² (5,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Bel Air North (83), Edgewood (83)

  7. 7

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    7,200 km² (2,800 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Adler (84), Khosta (84)

  8. 8

    🇮🇹Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

    4,300 km² (1,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Gorizia (78), Udine (75)

  9. 9

    🇬🇪Abkhazia, Georgia

    2,800 km² (1,100 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Stantsiya Novyy Afon (83), Sokhumi (80)

  10. 10

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    1,700 km² (700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Leamington (76), Windsor (75)

  11. 11

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

    1,700 km² (700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Zugdidi (73), Poti (71)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Trabzon, Turkey

    1,200 km² (500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Sürmene (75), Of (75)

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

    🇯🇵NagaiYamagata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,862 chill hours · 57 in (1455 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, pecan, peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵TsuruokaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 73 in (1853 mm) rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, pecan

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵KitakataFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,815 chill hours · 53 in (1341 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, pecan, wine grapes

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵MurakamiNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,529 chill hours · 84 in (2129 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, kiwifruit

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵AomoriJapan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,984 chill hours · 52 in (1318 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, wine grapes

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵MinamiuonumaNiigata, Japan

    Zone 7a · 209 frost-free days · 2,796 chill hours · 79 in (2007 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵UozuToyama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 228 frost-free days · 2,419 chill hours · 75 in (1901 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, pecan

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵ItoigawaNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 2,436 chill hours · 79 in (2012 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, kiwifruit, peanut

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵YamagataJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,859 chill hours · 50 in (1273 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, wine grapes, hops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵ShibataNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,411 chill hours · 77 in (1950 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, kiwifruit

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵OnoFukui, Japan

    Zone 8a · 231 frost-free days · 2,422 chill hours · 86 in (2182 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, kiwifruit

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵WajimaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 2,285 chill hours · 80 in (2031 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton, tea

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵ToyamaJapan

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 78 in (1970 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, pecan

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵ŌshūIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,943 chill hours · 50 in (1279 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, wine grapes, hops

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵HanawaAkita, Japan

    Zone 7a · 200 frost-free days · 3,206 chill hours · 59 in (1491 mm) rain

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

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵TakayamaGifu, Japan

    Zone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,834 chill hours · 69 in (1765 mm) rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵ŌsakiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,724 chill hours · 49 in (1244 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, wine grapes, hops

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵MoriokaIwate, Japan

    Zone 7a · 196 frost-free days · 3,020 chill hours · 52 in (1320 mm) rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, wine grapes

    93%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵NanaoIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 2,231 chill hours · 80 in (2032 mm) rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, cotton, peanut

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵HakodateHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 3,062 chill hours · 51 in (1305 mm) rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, hops, wine grapes

    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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