Climatch

Land with a climate like Chichibu

🇯🇵Chichibu, Saitama, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chichibu are Utsunomiya, Japan (99% match), Nasushiobara and Kōriyama. About 170,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Hubei, China and Maryland, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chichibu are Utsunomiya, Japan (99% match), Nasushiobara and Kōriyama. About 441,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Hubei, China and Maryland, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 1,993 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 1,993 chill hours · 1,263 mm rain

What grows in Chichibu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    22k sq mi57k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Reston (86), Idylwood (86)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songbai (80), Tuanbao (79)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    11k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example North Potomac (87), Cloverly (87)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beolgyo (94), Suncheon (93)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (87), Miaoyu (86)

  6. 6

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heunghae (95), Yeonil (95)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ungsang (97), Naesŏ (95)

  8. 8

    🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pingli (78), Langao Chengguanzhen (78)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sewell (85), Lindenwold (84)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    3,800 sq mi9,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kōriyama (99), Sukagawa (98)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    3,700 sq mi9,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasayama (90), Tamba-Sasayama (90)

  12. 12

    🇯🇵Hiroshima, Japan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kōzan (91), Yae (87)

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

    🇯🇵UtsunomiyaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵NasushiobaraTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 1,267 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵KōriyamaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 1,186 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, hops, almond

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵IidaNagano, Japan

    Zone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 1,555 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵GotembaShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 1,601 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵TsukubaIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 1,359 mm rain

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

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵MitoIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 1,417 mm rain

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

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇰🇷NaesŏGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,261 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,261 chill hours · 1,362 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵DateFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, kiwifruit, hops

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵IwakiFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,827 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,827 chill hours · 1,299 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, hops

    94%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵Minami-SōmaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 2,012 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 2,012 chill hours · 1,284 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, hops, wine grapes

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇷GangneungGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇷UlsanSouth Korea

    Zone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 1,213 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, wine grapes

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵SendaiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, hops, wine grapes

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵MatsumotoNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 1,000 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, lavender, almond

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇷PohangGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 1,972 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 1,972 chill hours · 1,105 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, wine grapes, lavender

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇰🇷SokchoGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 1,191 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes, almond

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇰🇷BusanSouth Korea

    Zone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 1,389 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇰🇷SuncheonJeollanam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 1,316 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇰🇷GeojeGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,759 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,759 chill hours · 1,587 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea

    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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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.