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Land with a climate like Matsushima

🇯🇵Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Matsushima are Minami-Sōma, Japan (99% match), Hitachi and Kamaishi. About 126,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chongqing, China, Jeollanam-do, South Korea and Hubei, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Matsushima are Minami-Sōma, Japan (99% match), Hitachi and Kamaishi. About 325,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chongqing, China, Jeollanam-do, South Korea and Hubei, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,429 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,429 chill hours · 1,167 mm rain

What grows in Matsushima →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xinglong (88), Jianshan (84)

  2. 2

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinan (88), Haenam (85)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    9,200 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichuan (87), Tuanbao (84)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hitokawame (95), Misawa (94)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Minami-Sōma (99), Namie (98)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Iwate, Japan

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

    For example Rikuzen-Takata (97), Ōfunato (97)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Taesal-li (82), Boryeong (80)

  8. 8

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    3,500 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atlantic City (86), Pleasantville (84)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸Massachusetts, United States

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

    For example Yarmouth (80), Barnstable (80)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    2,300 sq mi5,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example West Islip (84), Bay Shore (83)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    1,700 sq mi4,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koch'ang (80), Buan (77)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    800 sq mi2,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wulingyuan (57)

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

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pecan

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵HitachiIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,948 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,948 chill hours · 1,441 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, almond

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    95%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵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 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵ŌshūIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 1,279 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵KasamaIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 231 frost-free days · 1,942 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 8a · 231 frost-free days · 1,942 chill hours · 1,351 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵NasushiobaraTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 1,267 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵ManiwaOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,099 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,099 chill hours · 1,548 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, almond

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵Aizu-misato MachiFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,863 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,863 chill hours · 1,379 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵YonoOsaka, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,072 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,072 chill hours · 1,513 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    91%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇯🇵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 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇯🇵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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    88%match
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    🇨🇳XinglongChongqing, China

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,414 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,414 chill hours · 1,294 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    88%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.