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Land with a climate like Fukushima

🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Fukushima are Ōsaki, Japan (99% match), Nasushiobara and Nagano. About 263,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Kentucky, United States and Maryland, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Fukushima are Ōsaki, Japan (99% match), Nasushiobara and Nagano. About 680,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Kentucky, United States and Maryland, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,256 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,256 chill hours · 1,137 mm rain

What grows in Fukushima →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    32k sq mi84k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Woodlawn (90), Cherry Hill (90)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Kentucky, United States

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lexington-Fayette (84), Nicholasville (84)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Edgewood (92), Easton (92)

  4. 4

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tuanbao (84), Lichuan (84)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yeonggwang (91), Muan (90)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (86), Zhuyuan (86)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyosai (88), Sinhyeon (87)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iwaki (94)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shisō (94), Yamazakichō-nakabirose (94)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boryeong (85), Buyeo (83)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unnan (92), Matsue (90)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pingli (73), Shiquan (71)

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

    🇯🇵ŌsakiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,553 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,553 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    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 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵NaganoJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵NabariMie, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 1,653 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵ŌshūIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 1,279 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵HigashineYamagata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,650 chill hours · 1,368 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵SakuNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,477 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,477 chill hours · 1,065 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵KonanShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 1,563 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵ŌtsuShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 1,545 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸Atlantic CityNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 8a · 219 frost-free days · 2,232 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 219 frost-free days · 2,232 chill hours · 1,105 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    93%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵KofuYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 1,110 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇯🇵KesennumaMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 1,311 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 27 great-fit crops

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇯🇵SagamiharaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 1,491 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸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 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    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.