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Land with a climate like Echizen

🇯🇵Echizen, Fukui, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Echizen are Takaoka, Japan (99% match), Kanazawa and Toyooka. About 77,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Ishikawa, Japan and Shimane, Japan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Echizen are Takaoka, Japan (99% match), Kanazawa and Toyooka. About 200,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Ishikawa, Japan and Shimane, Japan.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 86 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 2,187 mm rain

What grows in Echizen →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shibata (99), Tainai (99)

  2. 2

    🇯🇵Ishikawa, Japan

    4,100 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matsutō (99), Nonoichi (99)

  3. 3

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōdachō-ōda (98), Izumo (97)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Newport News (84), East Hampton (83)

  5. 5

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zugdidi (89), Poti (87)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸Tennessee, United States

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tullahoma (78), Chattanooga (78)

  7. 7

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    1,600 sq mi4,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Easton (79), Salisbury (79)

  8. 8

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    1,300 sq mi3,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Adler (88), Kudepsta (88)

  9. 9

    🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samtredia (87), Kutaisi (84)

  10. 10

    🇬🇪Abkhazia, Georgia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sokhumi (86), Stantsiya Novyy Afon (84)

  11. 11

    🇹🇷Rize Province, Turkey

    700 sq mi1,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rize (90), Çayeli (90)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Artvin, Turkey

    400 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hopa (84), Arhavi (84)

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

    🇯🇵TakaokaToyama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,907 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,907 chill hours · 2,072 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵KanazawaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,707 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,707 chill hours · 1,938 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵ToyookaHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 1,901 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵MaizuruKyoto, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 1,748 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵Tottori-shiTottori, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,589 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,589 chill hours · 1,807 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵TsubameNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,187 chill hours · 84 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,187 chill hours · 2,140 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵NiigataJapan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 1,838 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵Kurobe-shiToyama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 1,926 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵MurakamiNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,317 chill hours · 84 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,317 chill hours · 2,129 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵SadoNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 2,213 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵WajimaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 2,018 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 2,018 chill hours · 2,031 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵JōetsuNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,022 chill hours · 100 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,022 chill hours · 2,541 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵TanbaHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,856 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,856 chill hours · 1,543 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵YonagoTottori, Japan

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,519 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,519 chill hours · 1,599 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵GōtsuchōShimane, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,376 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,376 chill hours · 1,664 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, walnut, peach

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵MatsueShimane, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,551 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,551 chill hours · 1,443 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵TsuruokaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 1,853 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵NantanKyoto, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 1,528 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    95%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵MiyoshiHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 246 frost-free days · 1,658 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 246 frost-free days · 1,658 chill hours · 1,591 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵OjiyaNiigata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,478 chill hours · 93 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,478 chill hours · 2,366 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 19 great-fit crops

    92%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.