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Land with a climate like Ōtsu

🇯🇵Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Ōtsu are Motosu, Japan (99% match), Miyoshi and Tsuyama. About 839,000 km² (324,000 sq mi) of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Carolina, United States, Virginia, United States and Zhejiang, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 2,074 chill hours · 61 in (1545 mm) rain

What grows in Ōtsu →
Climate match≤5075100Uncolored land: under 50%ŌtsuClosest

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

  1. 1

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    72k km² (28k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (88), Clayton (84)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    61k km² (23k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Newport News (93), East Hampton (93)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    46k km² (18k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ānwén (86), Deqing (79)

  4. 4

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    45k km² (17k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Yezhou (84), Longfeng (84)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Kentucky, United States

    31k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Danville (84), Okolona (83)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Anhui, China

    30k km² (12k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Lu’an (79), Taozhou (79)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    27k km² (10k sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Haenam (88), Yeosu (88)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    13k km² (5,000 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Tōon (98), Ōzu (97)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    13k km² (4,900 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Kasai (99), Nishiwaki (99)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Nagasaki, Japan

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

    For example Tsushima (93), Sasebo (92)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    8,900 km² (3,400 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Kyosai (90), Sinhyeon (90)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    7,100 km² (2,700 sq mi) matching 80% or better

    For example Ara-dong (92), Ora-dong (92)

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

    🇯🇵MotosuGifu, Japan

    Zone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,866 chill hours · 73 in (1865 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵MiyoshiHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 246 frost-free days · 1,934 chill hours · 63 in (1591 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵TsuyamaOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,991 chill hours · 57 in (1460 mm) rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵HashimotoWakayama, Japan

    Zone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 1,680 chill hours · 61 in (1552 mm) rain

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

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵GifuJapan

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,807 chill hours · 73 in (1853 mm) rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵YamaguchiJapan

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,711 chill hours · 70 in (1779 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵HimejiHyōgo, Japan

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

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: garlic, wine grapes

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵TōonEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,727 chill hours · 69 in (1744 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵MatsueShimane, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,833 chill hours · 57 in (1443 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, garlic

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵KainanWakayama, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,633 chill hours · 60 in (1518 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, citrus

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵MasudaShimane, Japan

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 66 in (1688 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵AwaTokushima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,649 chill hours · 66 in (1669 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵MinamiawajiHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8b · 267 frost-free days · 1,670 chill hours · 57 in (1452 mm) rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, citrus, garlic

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵NiimiOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,273 chill hours · 59 in (1509 mm) rain

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

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵ŌzuEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 71 in (1799 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵FukuchiyamaKyoto, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,950 chill hours · 66 in (1676 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵ShūnanYamaguchi, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,615 chill hours · 71 in (1793 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    97%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵ToyotaAichi, Japan

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

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵Ōdachō-ōdaShimane, Japan

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,873 chill hours · 66 in (1689 mm) rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵HiroshimaJapan

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

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus

    96%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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