Climatch

Land with a climate like Chikuma

🇯🇵Chikuma, Nagano, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Chikuma are Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan (98% match), Kōriyama and Numata. About 392,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Virginia, United States and Kentucky, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Chikuma are Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan (98% match), Kōriyama and Numata. About 1.0 million km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Virginia, United States and Kentucky, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,435 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,435 chill hours · 1,047 mm rain

What grows in Chikuma →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    52k sq mi135k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Webster Groves (89), University City (89)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    36k sq mi93k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Leesburg (96), Tysons (96)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Kentucky, United States

    30k sq mi77k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Covington (90), Newport (90)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heunghae (87), Yeonil (87)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jangseong (90), Yeonggwang (89)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Motomiya (98), Aizu-Wakamatsu (98)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ungsang (85), Naesŏ (84)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Ibaraki, Japan

    3,100 sq mi8,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iwase (90), Kasama (90)

  9. 9

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    3,100 sq mi7,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songbai (78), Tuanbao (72)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Miyagi, Japan

    3,000 sq mi7,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shiroishi (95), Tome (95)

  11. 11

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    3,000 sq mi7,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apsheronsk (84), Belorechensk (83)

  12. 12

    🇮🇹Lombardy, Italy

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seriate (82), Bergamo (82)

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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    🇯🇵Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵NumataGunma, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 1,494 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸New York CityNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸LancasterPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 1,035 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵YamagataJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 1,273 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸NewarkDelaware, United States

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,398 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,398 chill hours · 1,159 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸EdisonNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 1,232 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸TrentonNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,449 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,449 chill hours · 1,174 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵YonezawaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 1,317 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸CamdenNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,283 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,283 chill hours · 1,123 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    96%match
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    🇺🇸ColumbiaMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 1,187 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸HagerstownMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 985 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸ReadingPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 1,097 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇺🇸PhiladelphiaPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,289 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,289 chill hours · 1,111 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    95%match
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    🇺🇸BridgeportConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 1,198 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇺🇸DoverDelaware, United States

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,161 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,161 chill hours · 1,180 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    95%match
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    🇺🇸White PlainsNew York, United States

    Zone 7a · 198 frost-free days · 2,678 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 198 frost-free days · 2,678 chill hours · 1,192 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇺🇸VinelandNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 1,114 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%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.