Climatch

Land with a climate like Myŏngch’ŏn

🇰🇵Myŏngch’ŏn, North Hamgyong, North Korea

The towns with the closest growing climate to Myŏngch’ŏn are Changam-ch’on, North Korea (99% match), Chongjin and Hoeyang. About 48,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Gangwon-do, South Korea, South Hamgyong, North Korea and P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Myŏngch’ŏn are Changam-ch’on, North Korea (99% match), Chongjin and Hoeyang. About 125,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Gangwon-do, South Korea, South Hamgyong, North Korea and P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,305 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,305 chill hours · 702 mm rain

What grows in Myŏngch’ŏn →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    7,300 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example T’aebaek (84), Yanggu (83)

  2. 2

    🇰🇵South Hamgyong, North Korea

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Changam-ch’on (99), Iwŏn-ŭp (89)

  3. 3

    🇰🇵P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kujang-ŭp (88), Kusŏng-si (88)

  4. 4

    🇷🇺Primorye, Russia

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nakhodka (94), Vrangel’ (93)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Liaoning, China

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Dandong (86), Langtoucun (86)

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    🇰🇵North Hamgyong, North Korea

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chongjin (98), Puryŏng-ŭp (89)

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    🇰🇷Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

    700 sq mi1,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gapyeong (75), Namyangju (73)

  8. 8

    🇨🇳Jilin, China

    400 sq mi1,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hunchun (73), Ji’an (65)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheongsong gun (65), Andong (57)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Hokkaido, Japan

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shizunai-furukawachō (80), Chitose (76)

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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    🇰🇵Changam-ch’onSouth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,330 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,330 chill hours · 723 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇵ChongjinNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,247 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,247 chill hours · 665 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇵HoeyangKangwŏn-do, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,141 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,141 chill hours · 1,085 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    95%match
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    🇷🇺NakhodkaPrimorye, Russia

    Zone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,477 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,477 chill hours · 688 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    94%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇵Kusŏng-siP'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

    Zone 5b · 167 frost-free days · 3,227 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 5b · 167 frost-free days · 3,227 chill hours · 943 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    88%match
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    🇰🇵HamhŭngSouth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 2,980 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 2,980 chill hours · 801 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum, rice

    86%match
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    🇰🇵ŬndŏkNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 5b · 160 frost-free days · 3,472 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 5b · 160 frost-free days · 3,472 chill hours · 685 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    86%match
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    🇨🇳DandongLiaoning, China

    Zone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,160 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,160 chill hours · 911 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice, walnut

    86%match
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    🇰🇵AnjuSouth Pyongan, North Korea

    Zone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,121 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,121 chill hours · 943 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice, walnut

    86%match
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    🇷🇺VladivostokPrimorye, Russia

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,551 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,551 chill hours · 701 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇰🇷T’aebaekGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,158 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,158 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    84%match
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    🇰🇵Sinp’oSouth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,870 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,870 chill hours · 772 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, wine grapes, sorghum

    84%match
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    🇰🇷YangguGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,966 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 6b · 186 frost-free days · 2,966 chill hours · 1,096 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum, rice

    83%match
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    🇰🇵Sakchu-ŭpP'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

    Zone 5a · 164 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 5a · 164 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 931 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    83%match
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    🇰🇷CheorwonGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,992 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 6a · 184 frost-free days · 2,992 chill hours · 1,137 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, rice, sorghum

    83%match
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    🇰🇵Sunch’ŏnSouth Pyongan, North Korea

    Zone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,089 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,089 chill hours · 976 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice, walnut

    80%match
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    🇨🇳KuandianLiaoning, China

    Zone 5a · 160 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 5a · 160 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 913 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    80%match
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    🇯🇵Shizunai-furukawachōHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,223 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,223 chill hours · 1,036 mm rain

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

    80%match
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    🇰🇵Yŏch’im-dongChagang, North Korea

    Zone 4b · 149 frost-free days · 3,561 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 4b · 149 frost-free days · 3,561 chill hours · 918 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    80%match
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    🇨🇳FengchengLiaoning, China

    Zone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 863 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    79%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.