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Land with a climate like Iwaki

🇯🇵Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Iwaki are Sōma, Japan (99% match), Mito and Sagamihara. About 163,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Hubei, China and Maryland, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Iwaki are Sōma, Japan (99% match), Mito and Sagamihara. About 421,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Hubei, China and Maryland, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,827 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,827 chill hours · 1,299 mm rain

What grows in Iwaki →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinan (88), Haenam (88)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tuanbao (83), Lichuan (83)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (84), Fort Washington (81)

  4. 4

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fengping (84), Luoping (84)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Virginia Beach (81), Newport News (80)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Awaji (94), Aioi (94)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hagi (89), Mine (87)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shinagawa (92), Tōon (88)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    3,700 sq mi9,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atlantic City (87), Pleasantville (85)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    3,700 sq mi9,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Geoje (93), Kyosai (92)

  11. 11

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

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

    For example Ānwén (74), Fenghua (59)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    2,200 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ara-dong (86), Ora-dong (86)

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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    🇯🇵SōmaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 2,006 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 2,006 chill hours · 1,239 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵MitoIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 1,417 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵SagamiharaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 1,491 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵TsukubaIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 1,359 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵UtsunomiyaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵YugawaraKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 1,760 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵KamisuIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 259 frost-free days · 1,508 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 259 frost-free days · 1,508 chill hours · 1,505 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵SendaiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

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

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵IshinomakiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,420 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,420 chill hours · 1,131 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, lavender

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵NabariMie, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 1,653 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵KesennumaMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 1,311 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇯🇵KofuYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 1,110 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, cotton

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵AwajiHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,628 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,628 chill hours · 1,331 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, fig, tea

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵YoshinogawaTokushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,868 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,868 chill hours · 1,840 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵FukushimaJapan

    Zone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,256 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,256 chill hours · 1,137 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, cotton, almond

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵TōganeChiba, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,392 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,392 chill hours · 1,529 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    93%match
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    🇯🇵KuriharaMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,612 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,612 chill hours · 1,251 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    93%match
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    🇯🇵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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    93%match
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    🇰🇷GeojeGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,759 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,759 chill hours · 1,587 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    93%match
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    🇯🇵IkedachōTokushima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,736 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,736 chill hours · 1,818 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    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.