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Land with a climate like Jōetsu

🇯🇵Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Jōetsu are Sado, Japan (99% match), Shibata and Niigata. About 40,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Ishikawa, Japan and Shimane, Japan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Jōetsu are Sado, Japan (99% match), Shibata and Niigata. About 105,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Ishikawa, Japan and Shimane, Japan.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,022 chill hours · 100 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,022 chill hours · 2,541 mm rain

What grows in Jōetsu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yoshida-kasugachō (99), Maki (99)

  2. 2

    🇯🇵Ishikawa, Japan

    4,100 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kaga (97), Komatsu (97)

  3. 3

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōdachō-ōda (91), Izumo (89)

  4. 4

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

    1,500 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Zugdidi (84), Poti (81)

  5. 5

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    1,300 sq mi3,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Khosta (85), Dagomys (85)

  6. 6

    🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samtredia (81), Kutaisi (80)

  7. 7

    🇹🇷Rize Province, Turkey

    700 sq mi1,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rize (86), Çayeli (86)

  8. 8

    🇬🇪Adjara, Georgia

    700 sq mi1,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kobuleti (82), Batumi (81)

  9. 9

    🇹🇷Artvin, Turkey

    400 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hopa (82), Arhavi (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

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    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, pecan

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, pecan

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵MitsukeNiigata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 221 frost-free days · 2,374 chill hours · 88 in rainZone 7b · 221 frost-free days · 2,374 chill hours · 2,244 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, pecan

    98%match
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    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pecan, apple

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵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 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, pecan

    96%match
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    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, pecan

    96%match
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    🇯🇵TsurugaFukui, Japan

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,560 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,560 chill hours · 2,168 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: apple, blueberry, pecan

    96%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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pecan, apple

    96%match
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    🇯🇵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 15 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, pecan

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵OshimaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,036 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,036 chill hours · 1,957 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, pecan

    95%match
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    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pecan, apple

    94%match
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    🇯🇵ToyamaJapan

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,067 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,067 chill hours · 1,970 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, pecan

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pecan, apple

    94%match
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    🇯🇵YonagoTottori, Japan

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,519 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,519 chill hours · 1,599 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pecan, apple

    89%match
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    🇯🇵OgaAkita, Japan

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 2,436 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 2,436 chill hours · 1,587 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, walnut

    87%match
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    🇯🇵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 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, pecan, apple

    87%match
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    🇹🇷RizeRize Province, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,297 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,297 chill hours · 1,895 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, citrus

    86%match
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    🇯🇵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 12 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: blueberry, apple, walnut

    86%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.