Climatch

Land with a climate like Gangneung

🇰🇷Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea

The towns with the closest growing climate to Gangneung are Kosong, South Korea (99% match), Ungsang and Naesŏ. About 72,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea and Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Gangneung are Kosong, South Korea (99% match), Ungsang and Naesŏ. About 188,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea and Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Gangneung →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    7,900 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Suncheon (92), Kwangyang (92)

  2. 2

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heunghae (98), Yeonil (97)

  3. 3

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ungsang (99), Naesŏ (97)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Camp Springs (84), Crofton (84)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Idylwood (84), Tysons (84)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    2,800 sq mi7,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kōriyama (94), Motomiya (93)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Miyagi, Japan

    2,600 sq mi6,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sendai (90), Iwanuma (90)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Ibaraki, Japan

    1,900 sq mi5,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yūki (89), Chikusei (89)

  9. 9

    🇰🇵Kangwŏn-do, North Korea

    1,600 sq mi4,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp (95), Anbyŏn-ŭp (88)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    1,400 sq mi3,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hoboken (83), Union City (83)

  11. 11

    🇰🇵South Hamgyong, North Korea

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kowŏn-ŭp (80), Sinp’o (79)

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

    🇰🇷KosongGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,381 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,381 chill hours · 1,137 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇷UngsangGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 1,323 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇷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 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇷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 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, almond, lavender

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇵T’ongch’ŏn-ŭpKangwŏn-do, North Korea

    Zone 7a · 212 frost-free days · 2,579 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7a · 212 frost-free days · 2,579 chill hours · 971 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, almond

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵ChichibuSaitama, Japan

    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

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    94%match
  7. 7

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

    94%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 23 great-fit crops

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, kiwifruit, lavender

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇷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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇰🇷ChinjuGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,062 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,062 chill hours · 1,332 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    91%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, peanut

    90%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, kiwifruit

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, almond, peanut

    90%match
  15. 15

    🇰🇷GimcheonGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,501 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,501 chill hours · 1,152 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, lavender

    90%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇷SangjuGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,560 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,560 chill hours · 1,139 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, lavender

    90%match
  17. 17

    🇰🇷SeoulSouth Korea

    Zone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,666 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,666 chill hours · 1,251 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    90%match
  18. 18

    🇰🇷GwangjuSouth Korea

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,100 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,100 chill hours · 1,236 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    90%match
  19. 19

    🇰🇷DaeguSouth Korea

    Zone 7a · 223 frost-free days · 2,137 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7a · 223 frost-free days · 2,137 chill hours · 1,041 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, lavender, almond

    90%match
  20. 20

    🇰🇷NangenJeollabuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,433 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,433 chill hours · 1,224 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    90%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.