Climatch

Land with a climate like Ōtawara

🇯🇵Ōtawara, Tochigi, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ōtawara are Nihommatsu, Japan (99% match), Tsuru and Kofu. About 196,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Maryland, United States and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Ōtawara are Nihommatsu, Japan (99% match), Tsuru and Kofu. About 508,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Maryland, United States and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Ōtawara →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    31k sq mi79k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Great Falls (88), Idylwood (88)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (90), Bel Air South (90)

  3. 3

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beolgyo (91), Boseong (90)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eden (82), Kernersville (80)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tuanbao (79), Lichuan (78)

  6. 6

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ungsang (93), Kyosai (93)

  7. 7

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (84), Miaoyu (84)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Motomiya (99), Nihommatsu (99)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasayama (93), Tamba-Sasayama (93)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unnan (85), Matsue (85)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    3,400 sq mi8,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koch'ang (86), Jeongeup (86)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Anhui, China

    1,000 sq mi2,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wuyang (63), Lu’an (62)

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

    🇯🇵NihommatsuFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,406 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,406 chill hours · 1,145 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵TsuruYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,914 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 1,914 chill hours · 1,379 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    99%match
  3. 3

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

    99%match
  4. 4

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

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea

    98%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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit

    97%match
  7. 7

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

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵TsukubaIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 1,359 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea

    96%match
  9. 9

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

    96%match
  10. 10

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

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵KesennumaMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 1,311 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵TatebayashiGunma, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,592 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,592 chill hours · 1,256 mm rain

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

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, almond

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵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: lavender, almond

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea

    94%match
  16. 16

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

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵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

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵KonanShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 1,563 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, tea

    93%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, almond

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵KōzanHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,894 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,894 chill hours · 1,624 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, 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.