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Land with a climate like Itoigawa

🇯🇵Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Itoigawa are Shibata, Japan (99% match), Nanao and Wajima. About 84,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Maryland, United States and New Jersey, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Itoigawa are Shibata, Japan (99% match), Nanao and Wajima. About 216,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Maryland, United States and New Jersey, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 2,203 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 8a · 233 frost-free days · 2,203 chill hours · 2,012 mm rain

What grows in Itoigawa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kamo (99), Murakami (99)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Easton (82), Salisbury (81)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atlantic City (87), Point Pleasant (86)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Ishikawa, Japan

    4,100 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hitoto (99), Nanao (99)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unnan (95), Ōdachō-ōda (94)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lindenhurst (82), Seaford (82)

  7. 7

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

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

    For example Poti (85), Zugdidi (85)

  8. 8

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

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

    For example Kudepsta (90), Khosta (90)

  9. 9

    🇬🇪Abkhazia, Georgia

    1,100 sq mi2,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Stantsiya Novyy Afon (87), Sokhumi (86)

  10. 10

    🇬🇪Adjara, Georgia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kobuleti (84), Batumi (79)

  11. 11

    🇹🇷Rize Province, Turkey

    700 sq mi1,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rize (89), Çayeli (87)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Artvin, Turkey

    700 sq mi1,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hopa (81), Arhavi (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

    🇯🇵ShibataNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,162 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,162 chill hours · 1,950 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵NanaoIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,969 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,969 chill hours · 2,032 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵WajimaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 2,018 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 2,018 chill hours · 2,031 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵TsuruokaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 1,853 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵NiigataJapan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 1,838 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, walnut, peach

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵TakaokaToyama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,907 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,907 chill hours · 2,072 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵NagaokaNiigata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,345 chill hours · 97 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,345 chill hours · 2,465 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵SadoNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 2,213 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵MatsutōIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 1,960 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵KanazawaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,707 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,707 chill hours · 1,938 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵MaizuruKyoto, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 1,748 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, walnut, peach

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵ToyookaHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 1,901 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵Fukui-shiFukui, Japan

    Zone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,718 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,718 chill hours · 2,219 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵AkitaJapan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,623 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,623 chill hours · 1,633 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵UnnanShimane, Japan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,847 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,847 chill hours · 1,562 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵MinamiuonumaNiigata, Japan

    Zone 7a · 209 frost-free days · 2,654 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 7a · 209 frost-free days · 2,654 chill hours · 2,007 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵Tottori-shiTottori, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,589 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,589 chill hours · 1,807 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, walnut, peach

    95%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵TanbaHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,856 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,856 chill hours · 1,543 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    94%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵NagahamaShiga, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,694 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,694 chill hours · 1,783 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, walnut, peach

    94%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵GujōGifu, Japan

    Zone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,284 chill hours · 83 in rainZone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,284 chill hours · 2,108 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops

    93%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.