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Land with a climate like Karuizawa

🇯🇵Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Karuizawa are Tamura, Japan (97% match), Nikkō and Ina. About 189,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Pennsylvania, United States, West Virginia, United States and Virginia, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Karuizawa are Tamura, Japan (97% match), Nikkō and Ina. About 489,000 km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Pennsylvania, United States, West Virginia, United States and Virginia, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 2,817 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 192 frost-free days · 2,817 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

What grows in Karuizawa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    27k sq mi69k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Limerick (84), Williamsport (83)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸West Virginia, United States

    18k sq mi46k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beckley (86), Weirton (84)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Christiansburg (82), Staunton (81)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Neietsu (86), T’aebaek (84)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Iwate, Japan

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miyako (97), Yamada (96)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xinglong (80), Jianshan (69)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Funehikimachi-funehiki (98), Tamura (97)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Nagano, Japan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ina (97), Kinoshita (95)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    3,400 sq mi8,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheongsong gun (84), Andong (77)

  10. 10

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

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

    For example Songbai (89), Lichuan (67)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷North Chungcheong, South Korea

    2,200 sq mi5,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koesan (78), Okcheon (77)

  12. 12

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Windsor (76), St. Catharines (76)

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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    🇯🇵TamuraFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

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

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵NikkōTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 1,605 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵InaNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,498 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,498 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

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

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵MiyakoIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,685 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,685 chill hours · 1,351 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵FujiyoshidaYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 1,606 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵ShirakawaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,495 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,495 chill hours · 1,249 mm rain

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

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵KamaishiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,684 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,684 chill hours · 1,455 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵KujiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,815 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,815 chill hours · 1,183 mm rain

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

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵HachinoheAomori, Japan

    Zone 7a · 199 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7a · 199 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 1,134 mm rain

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

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵MoriokaIwate, Japan

    Zone 7a · 196 frost-free days · 2,844 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7a · 196 frost-free days · 2,844 chill hours · 1,320 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, hops

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵WakuyaMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,620 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,620 chill hours · 1,181 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇯🇵KitakamiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7a · 200 frost-free days · 2,793 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7a · 200 frost-free days · 2,793 chill hours · 1,322 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, hops

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇨🇳SongbaiHubei, China

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,635 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,635 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

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

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, hops, cotton

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, hops, cotton

    89%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 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, rice, almond

    87%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸FairfieldConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,740 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,740 chill hours · 1,196 mm rain

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

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵HakodateHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,896 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,896 chill hours · 1,305 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    87%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵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 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cotton, hops

    87%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵MutsuAomori, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,912 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,912 chill hours · 1,295 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    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.