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Land with a climate like Kitakata

🇯🇵Kitakata, Fukushima, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kitakata are Iiyama, Japan (99% match), Yamagata and Daisen. About 297,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, Kentucky, United States and Indiana, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kitakata are Iiyama, Japan (99% match), Yamagata and Daisen. About 769,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, Kentucky, United States and Indiana, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 1,341 mm rain

What grows in Kitakata →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    33k sq mi86k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cleveland (89), Clark-Fulton (88)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Kentucky, United States

    23k sq mi60k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nicholasville (88), Winchester (88)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Indiana, United States

    23k sq mi59k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bloomington (86), Seymour (86)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muikamachi (97), Shiozawa (97)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Akita, Japan

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōdate (99), Daisen (99)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hirosaki (98), Hirakawa (98)

  7. 7

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Khadyzhensk (86), Apsheronsk (85)

  8. 8

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    1,600 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Windsor (84), Tecumseh (83)

  9. 9

    🇬🇪Abkhazia, Georgia

    700 sq mi1,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Stantsiya Novyy Afon (78), Sokhumi (77)

  10. 10

    🇷🇺Adygeya Republic, Russia

    600 sq mi1,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Maykop (84), Giaginskaya (81)

  11. 11

    🇮🇹Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

    600 sq mi1,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Udine (76), Gorizia (76)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Trabzon, Turkey

    500 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sürmene (72), Of (66)

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

    🇯🇵IiyamaNagano, Japan

    Zone 7a · 205 frost-free days · 2,672 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 7a · 205 frost-free days · 2,672 chill hours · 1,486 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵DaisenAkita, Japan

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 1,649 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵ShinjōYamagata, Japan

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,828 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,828 chill hours · 1,640 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 18 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵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 15 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵TakayamaGifu, Japan

    Zone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,674 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,674 chill hours · 1,765 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵NoshiroAkita, Japan

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,642 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,642 chill hours · 1,430 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵AomoriJapan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,820 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,820 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸Toms RiverNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 1,163 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵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 17 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, kiwifruit

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵IchinosekiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,683 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,683 chill hours · 1,267 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵NikahoAkita, Japan

    Zone 8a · 212 frost-free days · 2,503 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 8a · 212 frost-free days · 2,503 chill hours · 1,733 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 21 great-fit crops

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵ŌsakiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,553 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,553 chill hours · 1,244 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵NumataGunma, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 1,494 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸BridgeportConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 1,198 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵ChikumaNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,435 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,435 chill hours · 1,047 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇺🇸New BedfordMassachusetts, United States

    Zone 7a · 191 frost-free days · 2,779 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7a · 191 frost-free days · 2,779 chill hours · 1,304 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵NantoToyama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,216 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,216 chill hours · 2,012 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, kiwifruit

    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.