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Land with a climate like Minami-Alps

🇯🇵Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Minami-Alps are Utsunomiya, Japan (99% match), Annaka and Takasaki. About 290,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Carolina, United States, Virginia, United States and Hubei, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Minami-Alps are Utsunomiya, Japan (99% match), Annaka and Takasaki. About 752,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Carolina, United States, Virginia, United States and Hubei, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 1,185 mm rain

What grows in Minami-Alps →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    37k sq mi96k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eden (88), Kernersville (88)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    29k sq mi76k km² matching 80% or better

    For example West Springfield (91), Burke (91)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yezhou (80), Guangshui (80)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Springfield (84), Republic (83)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beolgyo (93), Gwangyang (93)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    9,000 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (89), Miaoyu (88)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goseong (93), Kimhae (93)

  8. 8

    🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pingli (81), Langao Chengguanzhen (80)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kimokawa (94), Tatsunochō-tominaga (94)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matsue (88), Hiratachō (86)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Hiroshima, Japan

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

    For example Kōzan (93), Fuchūchō (92)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

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

    For example Koch'ang (89), Jeongeup (88)

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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    🇯🇵UtsunomiyaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵AnnakaGunma, Japan

    Zone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,782 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,782 chill hours · 1,231 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵AiharaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 1,510 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵MitoIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 1,417 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵AgeoSaitama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,510 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,510 chill hours · 1,362 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵MaebashiGunma, Japan

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,650 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 25 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵NakatsugawaGifu, Japan

    Zone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,109 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,109 chill hours · 1,835 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 25 great-fit crops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    95%match
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    🇯🇵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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    95%match
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    🇯🇵SaitamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,442 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,442 chill hours · 1,396 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    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 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵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 25 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    94%match
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    🇯🇵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 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    93%match
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    🇰🇷SuncheonJeollanam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 1,316 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 25 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇯🇵KashiwaraNara, Japan

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,443 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,443 chill hours · 1,529 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵HimejiHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,506 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,506 chill hours · 1,304 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 25 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    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.