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Land with a climate like Hotaka

🇯🇵Hotaka, Nagano, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Hotaka are Lancaster, United States (97% match), Kōriyama and Edison. About 426,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Virginia, United States and Illinois, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Hotaka are Lancaster, United States (97% match), Kōriyama and Edison. About 1.1 million km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Virginia, United States and Illinois, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,488 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,488 chill hours · 1,068 mm rain

What grows in Hotaka →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    54k sq mi139k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wentzville (89), Rolla (89)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    35k sq mi91k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Leesburg (96), Winchester (96)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Illinois, United States

    28k sq mi73k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Godfrey (88), Quincy (88)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheongsong gun (89), Andong (87)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jangseong (90), Hwasun (90)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songbai (84), Lichuan (73)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yabuki (97), Motomiya (97)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kinzan (88), Buyeo (87)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Nagano, Japan

    3,600 sq mi9,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iida (95)

  10. 10

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (80), Zhuyuan (79)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Miyagi, Japan

    2,800 sq mi7,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tome (93), Shiroishi (93)

  12. 12

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    2,300 sq mi6,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apsheronsk (83), Labinsk (82)

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

    🇺🇸LancasterPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 1,035 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, almond

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸EdisonNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 1,232 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸HagerstownMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 985 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸Bel Air SouthMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, almond

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸BridgeportConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 1,198 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸TrentonNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,449 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,449 chill hours · 1,174 mm rain

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

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵NumataGunma, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 1,494 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸ReadingPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 1,097 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸Ellicott CityMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,352 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 214 frost-free days · 2,352 chill hours · 1,184 mm rain

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

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸WinchesterVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,504 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,504 chill hours · 972 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵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 18 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, kiwifruit

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸ColumbiaMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,337 chill hours · 1,187 mm rain

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

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸New York CityNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸HanoverPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,646 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,646 chill hours · 1,094 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵YamagataJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 1,273 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸LevittownNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,545 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,545 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    95%match
  19. 19

    🇺🇸HarrisonburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵YonezawaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 1,317 mm rain

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

    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.