Climatch

Land with a climate like Hōfu

🇯🇵Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Hōfu are Hiroshima, Japan (99% match), Matsuyama and Hita. About 419,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hunan, China, Hubei, China and Zhejiang, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Hōfu are Hiroshima, Japan (99% match), Matsuyama and Hita. About 1.1 million km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hunan, China, Hubei, China and Zhejiang, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,284 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,284 chill hours · 1,749 mm rain

What grows in Hōfu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    50k sq mi129k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wulingyuan (92), Zhangjiajie (90)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    45k sq mi115k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Longfeng (90), Enshi (88)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    38k sq mi98k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ānwén (95), Lianghu (92)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (90), Havelock (88)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yeosu (85), Haenam (84)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Nagasaki, Japan

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasebo (99), Isahaya (99)

  7. 7

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chesapeake (92), Norfolk (92)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Kagoshima, Japan

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Izumi (96), Tsuruda (96)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    5,200 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matsuyama (99), Haramachi (99)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    3,500 sq mi9,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jeju City (98), Seogwipo (98)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    2,000 sq mi5,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tongyeong (87), Geoje (87)

  12. 12

    🇺🇸South Carolina, United States

    1,700 sq mi4,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example North Myrtle Beach (83), Myrtle Beach (81)

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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    🇯🇵HiroshimaJapan

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,251 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,251 chill hours · 1,856 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵MatsuyamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 1,595 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵HitaOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,410 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,410 chill hours · 1,792 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵ŌzuKumamoto, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,266 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,266 chill hours · 2,017 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵SaseboNagasaki, Japan

    Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,166 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,166 chill hours · 1,954 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵YokkaichiMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 1,700 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵OgiSaga, Japan

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,090 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,090 chill hours · 1,730 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵KumamotoJapan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,147 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,147 chill hours · 1,990 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵NiihamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 1,607 mm rain

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

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵ShingūFukuoka, Japan

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,049 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 1,049 chill hours · 1,569 mm rain

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

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵ŌitaOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 1,803 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵FukuokaJapan

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,007 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,007 chill hours · 1,615 mm rain

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

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵MatsusakaMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,299 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,299 chill hours · 1,882 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵OkayamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 1,433 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, garlic

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵UwajimaEhime, Japan

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 1,912 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵GifuJapan

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,527 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,527 chill hours · 1,853 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇯🇵ShidoKagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,386 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,386 chill hours · 1,493 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, garlic

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵NagasakiJapan

    Zone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 1,039 chill hours · 81 in rainZone 9a · 286 frost-free days · 1,039 chill hours · 2,067 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
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    🇯🇵MitoyoKagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,422 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,422 chill hours · 1,475 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, garlic

    99%match
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    🇯🇵ToyotaAichi, Japan

    Zone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 1,395 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 1,395 chill hours · 1,873 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%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.