Climatch

Land with a climate like Hongwŏn

🇰🇵Hongwŏn, South Hamgyong, North Korea

The towns with the closest growing climate to Hongwŏn are Kosan, North Korea (99% match), Wŏnsan and Yanggu. About 85,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Gangwon-do, South Korea, Liaoning, China and South Hwanghae, North Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Hongwŏn are Kosan, North Korea (99% match), Wŏnsan and Yanggu. About 220,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Gangwon-do, South Korea, Liaoning, China and South Hwanghae, North Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 6b · 191 frost-free days · 2,880 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 6b · 191 frost-free days · 2,880 chill hours · 778 mm rain

What grows in Hongwŏn →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hwacheon (98), Yanggu (97)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Liaoning, China

    8,500 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Langtoucun (91), Dandong (88)

  3. 3

    🇰🇵South Hwanghae, North Korea

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kwail-ŭp (94), Ongjin (94)

  4. 4

    🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tongchuanshi (64), Shangluo (64)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheongsong gun (89), Sangju (85)

  6. 6

    🇰🇵South Hamgyong, North Korea

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kowŏn-ŭp (99), Changam-ch’on (87)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seosan (88), Taesal-li (88)

  8. 8

    🇰🇵Kangwŏn-do, North Korea

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kosan (99), Wŏnsan (99)

  9. 9

    🇨🇳Shandong, China

    2,900 sq mi7,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Taolin (81), Tianfu (80)

  10. 10

    🇷🇺Primorye, Russia

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nakhodka (77), Vrangel’ (76)

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

    🇰🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇵WŏnsanKangwŏn-do, North Korea

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,752 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,752 chill hours · 963 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇷YangguGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,966 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,966 chill hours · 1,096 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇷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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇵HwadaeNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 182 frost-free days · 3,085 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 6b · 182 frost-free days · 3,085 chill hours · 702 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇰🇵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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇰🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇰🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    92%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 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇷MunsanGyeonggi-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 201 frost-free days · 2,812 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 6b · 201 frost-free days · 2,812 chill hours · 1,149 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇵ChongjinNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,247 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,247 chill hours · 665 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇰🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
  16. 16

    🇨🇳DandongLiaoning, China

    Zone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,160 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,160 chill hours · 911 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇰🇵Changam-ch’onSouth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,330 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,330 chill hours · 723 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇰🇷WŏnjuGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,797 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 6b · 192 frost-free days · 2,797 chill hours · 1,209 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    87%match
  19. 19

    🇰🇵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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    87%match
  20. 20

    🇰🇷Hwaseong-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 203 frost-free days · 2,761 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 6b · 203 frost-free days · 2,761 chill hours · 1,178 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    87%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.