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Land with a climate like Minato

🇯🇵Minato, Wakayama, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Minato are Matsuyama, Japan (99% match), Niihama and Hirakata. About 1.1 million km² (410,000 sq mi) of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Hunan, China and Zhejiang, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 1,407 chill hours · 53 in (1347 mm) rain

What grows in Minato →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%MinatoClosest

Tap the map for the score at any spot. Each square is a 28 km (17 mile) grid cell.

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    125k km² (48k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Huangmei (92), Zhicheng (91)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    118k km² (46k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Zhangjiajie (93), Wulingyuan (92)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    106k km² (41k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ānwén (96), Lianghu (95)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    56k km² (22k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (90), Havelock (87)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Nagasaki, Japan

    17k km² (6,500 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ōmura (96), Isahaya (96)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸South Carolina, United States

    15k km² (6,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Myrtle Beach (84), North Myrtle Beach (84)

  7. 7

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    14k km² (5,300 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Norfolk (93), Chesapeake (93)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    12k km² (4,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Iwakuni (99), Ube (99)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    12k km² (4,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Yeosu (82), Mokpo (79)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Shizuoka, Japan

    11k km² (4,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Hamamatsu (97), Kosai (97)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    8,400 km² (3,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Jeju City (94), Gaigeturi (93)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    3,200 km² (1,200 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Tongyeong (82), Geoje (79)

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

    🇯🇵MatsuyamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,502 chill hours · 63 in (1595 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵NiihamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,429 chill hours · 63 in (1607 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵HirakataOsaka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,577 chill hours · 52 in (1325 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵YokkaichiMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,646 chill hours · 67 in (1700 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵FukuyamaHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,698 chill hours · 51 in (1289 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵OkayamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,711 chill hours · 56 in (1433 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵HiroshimaJapan

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,523 chill hours · 73 in (1856 mm) rain

    Shares 21 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵MatsusakaMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,549 chill hours · 74 in (1882 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵FukuokaJapan

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,255 chill hours · 64 in (1615 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵HimejiHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,779 chill hours · 51 in (1304 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵YokkaichiOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 65 in (1659 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵MitoyoKagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,694 chill hours · 58 in (1475 mm) rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵UwajimaEhime, Japan

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,270 chill hours · 75 in (1912 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵KitakyushuFukuoka, Japan

    Zone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,424 chill hours · 66 in (1682 mm) rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇯🇵TokyoJapan

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,508 chill hours · 59 in (1492 mm) rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵SagaJapan

    Zone 8b · 274 frost-free days · 1,301 chill hours · 68 in (1728 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵ToyotaAichi, Japan

    Zone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 1,652 chill hours · 74 in (1873 mm) rain

    Shares 19 of your 27 great-fit crops

    98%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵ŌitaOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,319 chill hours · 71 in (1803 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇯🇵HamamatsuShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 277 frost-free days · 1,347 chill hours · 76 in (1939 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵FujisawaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,451 chill hours · 67 in (1696 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 27 great-fit crops

    97%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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