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Land with a climate like Ashiya

🇯🇵Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ashiya are Matsuyama, Japan (99% match), Okayama and Niihama. About 331,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Hunan, China and Zhejiang, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ashiya are Matsuyama, Japan (99% match), Okayama and Niihama. About 858,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Hunan, China and Zhejiang, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,273 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,273 chill hours · 1,262 mm rain

What grows in Ashiya →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    50k sq mi130k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Huangmei (92), Wuhan (91)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    35k sq mi91k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zhangjiajie (91), Wulingyuan (90)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    34k sq mi88k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xiaoshan (93), Lianghu (93)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    19k sq mi49k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (87), Fort Bragg (85)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Norfolk (93), Chesapeake (93)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Nagasaki, Japan

    5,200 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Isahaya (93), Ōmura (93)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iwakuni (98), Ube (97)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matsuyama (99), Imabari (99)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    1,700 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jeju City (90), Gaigeturi (87)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    1,700 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yeosu (80), Mokpo (79)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Georgia, United States

    700 sq mi1,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atlanta (83), Smyrna (83)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tongyeong (80), Kimhae (80)

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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    🇯🇵MatsuyamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 1,595 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵OkayamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 1,433 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵NiihamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 1,607 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵HiroshimaJapan

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,251 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,251 chill hours · 1,856 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵IchinomiyaAichi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,471 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8a · 250 frost-free days · 1,471 chill hours · 1,816 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵NagoyaAichi, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,373 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,373 chill hours · 1,865 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵TokushimaJapan

    Zone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 1,070 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 1,070 chill hours · 1,619 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵MarugameKagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,382 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,382 chill hours · 1,476 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵KurashikiOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8b · 246 frost-free days · 1,487 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8b · 246 frost-free days · 1,487 chill hours · 1,387 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵TokyoJapan

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 1,492 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵FukuokaJapan

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,007 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,007 chill hours · 1,615 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
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    🇯🇵SagaJapan

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,045 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,045 chill hours · 1,728 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵KudamatsuYamaguchi, Japan

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,248 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,248 chill hours · 1,761 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵MatsusakaMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,299 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,299 chill hours · 1,882 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵KomonoMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,520 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,520 chill hours · 1,688 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
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    🇯🇵YamaguchiJapan

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,439 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,439 chill hours · 1,779 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
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    🇯🇵KitakyushuFukuoka, Japan

    Zone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,153 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,153 chill hours · 1,682 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
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    🇯🇵GobōWakayama, Japan

    Zone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 1,102 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 8b · 283 frost-free days · 1,102 chill hours · 1,725 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
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    🇯🇵YokkaichiOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,276 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,276 chill hours · 1,659 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
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    🇯🇵IgaMie, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,696 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,696 chill hours · 1,538 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%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.