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Land with a climate like Iwase

🇯🇵Iwase, Ibaraki, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Iwase are Sagamihara, Japan (99% match), Iwaki and Minami-Sōma. About 186,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Hubei, China and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Iwase are Sagamihara, Japan (99% match), Iwaki and Minami-Sōma. About 483,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Hubei, China and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 234 frost-free days · 1,866 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 234 frost-free days · 1,866 chill hours · 1,326 mm rain

What grows in Iwase →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fairfax (84), Newport News (84)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tuanbao (82), Lichuan (80)

  3. 3

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beolgyo (92), Yeosu (91)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (87), Crofton (84)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    9,300 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (87), Miaoyu (86)

  6. 6

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyosai (95), Sinhyeon (95)

  7. 7

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atlantic City (86), Pleasantville (85)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aioi (95), Awaji (95)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shinagawa (90), Tōon (90)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hagi (89), Yanai (88)

  11. 11

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    2,600 sq mi6,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ānwén (77), Deqing (64)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    2,400 sq mi6,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koch'ang (85), Buan (83)

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

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵IwakiFukushima, Japan

    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

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵Minami-SōmaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 2,012 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 2,012 chill hours · 1,284 mm rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵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, lavender

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, hops, almond

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵TakasakiGunma, Japan

    Zone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 1,258 mm rain

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

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵DateFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

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

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵KatsuragiNara, Japan

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,787 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,787 chill hours · 1,620 mm rain

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

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵NiizaSaitama, Japan

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,443 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,443 chill hours · 1,430 mm rain

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

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵KameokaKyoto, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,864 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,864 chill hours · 1,487 mm rain

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

    95%match
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    🇯🇵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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes, almond

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵ŌtsuShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 1,545 mm rain

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

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵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 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵NasuTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,505 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,505 chill hours · 1,291 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇰🇷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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵ChibaJapan

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 1,374 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇯🇵ItogawaWakayama, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,552 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,552 chill hours · 1,740 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇯🇵TsuyamaOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,716 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,716 chill hours · 1,460 mm rain

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

    92%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.