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Land with a climate like Motomiya

🇯🇵Motomiya, Fukushima, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Motomiya are Ōtawara, Japan (99% match), Sendai and Kanuma. About 217,000 sq mi of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Maryland, United States and West Virginia, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Motomiya are Ōtawara, Japan (99% match), Sendai and Kanuma. About 563,000 km² of land in 7 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Maryland, United States and West Virginia, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,379 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,379 chill hours · 1,147 mm rain

What grows in Motomiya →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    31k sq mi80k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Great Falls (90), Wolf Trap (90)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bel Air South (92), Elkton (92)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸West Virginia, United States

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Martinsburg (87), Beckley (83)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boseong (89), Yeonggwang (89)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songbai (83), Tuanbao (79)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (83), Zhuyuan (83)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boryeong (84), Seosan (83)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ungsang (92), Kyosai (88)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unnan (85), Matsue (83)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Ibaraki, Japan

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

    For example Daigo (97), Kasama (97)

  12. 12

    🇰🇵Kangwŏn-do, North Korea

    900 sq mi2,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp (87), Anbyŏn-ŭp (77)

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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    🇯🇵ŌtawaraTochigi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 214 frost-free days · 2,102 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 8a · 214 frost-free days · 2,102 chill hours · 1,268 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, peanut

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵KanumaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,949 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,949 chill hours · 1,303 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut, kiwifruit

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵KofuYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 1,110 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, kiwifruit

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵NaganoJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵IidaNagano, Japan

    Zone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 1,555 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, kiwifruit

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵MatsumotoNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 1,000 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵UenoharaYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,793 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,793 chill hours · 1,424 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, peanut

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵SakuNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,477 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,477 chill hours · 1,065 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵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 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
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    🇯🇵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 24 great-fit crops

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵SagamiharaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 1,491 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, tea

    94%match
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    🇯🇵GeroGifu, Japan

    Zone 8a · 210 frost-free days · 2,496 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 8a · 210 frost-free days · 2,496 chill hours · 1,874 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 24 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇯🇵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 24 great-fit crops

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut, kiwifruit

    94%match
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    🇰🇷GangneungGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    93%match
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    🇰🇷SokchoGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 1,191 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇯🇵KitaibarakiIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,798 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,798 chill hours · 1,367 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, peanut

    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.