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Land with a climate like Hongch’ŏn

🇰🇷Hongch’ŏn, Gangwon-do, South Korea

The towns with the closest growing climate to Hongch’ŏn are Cheorwon, South Korea (99% match), Kaesŏng and Namp’o. About 69,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Gangwon-do, South Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea and South Hwanghae, North Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Hongch’ŏn are Cheorwon, South Korea (99% match), Kaesŏng and Namp’o. About 178,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Gangwon-do, South Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea and South Hwanghae, North Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,959 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,959 chill hours · 1,174 mm rain

What grows in Hongch’ŏn →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheorwon (99), Neietsu (97)

  2. 2

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheongsong gun (97), Yeongju (96)

  3. 3

    🇰🇵South Hwanghae, North Korea

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Paech’ŏn-ŭp (99), Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp (99)

  4. 4

    🇰🇵South Hamgyong, North Korea

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kowŏn-ŭp (96), Hŭngnam (92)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Liaoning, China

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dandong (92), Langtoucun (91)

  6. 6

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seonghwan (97), Yesan (96)

  7. 7

    🇰🇵P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chŏngju-si (95), Kujang-ŭp (93)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Nagano, Japan

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Okaya (80), Shimosuwa (80)

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

    🇰🇷CheorwonGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,992 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,992 chill hours · 1,137 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇵KaesŏngKaesong, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,872 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,872 chill hours · 1,137 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇵Namp’oNampo, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 198 frost-free days · 2,916 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6a · 198 frost-free days · 2,916 chill hours · 912 mm rain

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

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇵SinmakNorth Hwanghae, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,994 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,994 chill hours · 943 mm rain

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

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇵PyongyangNorth Korea

    Zone 6a · 188 frost-free days · 2,974 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 6a · 188 frost-free days · 2,974 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

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

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇰🇵KosanKangwŏn-do, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 190 frost-free days · 2,920 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 6b · 190 frost-free days · 2,920 chill hours · 1,040 mm rain

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

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇰🇷Goyang-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 204 frost-free days · 2,738 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 6b · 204 frost-free days · 2,738 chill hours · 1,190 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇰🇷ChungjuNorth Chungcheong, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 195 frost-free days · 2,735 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 6b · 195 frost-free days · 2,735 chill hours · 1,190 mm rain

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

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇰🇷NeietsuGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 187 frost-free days · 2,890 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 6b · 187 frost-free days · 2,890 chill hours · 1,170 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇵HaejuSouth Hwanghae, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 204 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 6b · 204 frost-free days · 2,785 chill hours · 1,097 mm rain

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

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇰🇵Sinch’ŏn-ŭpSouth Hwanghae, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 201 frost-free days · 2,872 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6b · 201 frost-free days · 2,872 chill hours · 943 mm rain

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

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇵Sunch’ŏnSouth Pyongan, North Korea

    Zone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,089 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,089 chill hours · 976 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇷YeongjuGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,698 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,698 chill hours · 1,111 mm rain

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

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇵Kowŏn-ŭpSouth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,830 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,830 chill hours · 923 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, wine grapes

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇰🇷Jinan-gunJeollabuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 1,226 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇷Cheongju-siNorth Chungcheong, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 195 frost-free days · 2,702 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 6b · 195 frost-free days · 2,702 chill hours · 1,182 mm rain

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

    96%match
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    🇰🇷CheonanChungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 202 frost-free days · 2,656 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 6b · 202 frost-free days · 2,656 chill hours · 1,201 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pecan, cotton

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇰🇷YeongdongNorth Chungcheong, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 198 frost-free days · 2,600 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7a · 198 frost-free days · 2,600 chill hours · 1,179 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    94%match
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    🇰🇷AndongGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 195 frost-free days · 2,619 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 6b · 195 frost-free days · 2,619 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇰🇷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 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut, cotton

    94%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.