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Land with a climate like Rifu

🇯🇵Rifu, Miyagi, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rifu are Minami-Sōma, Japan (99% match), Kesennuma and Sukagawa. About 162,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chongqing, China, Jeollanam-do, South Korea and Hubei, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rifu are Minami-Sōma, Japan (99% match), Kesennuma and Sukagawa. About 420,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chongqing, China, Jeollanam-do, South Korea and Hubei, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,271 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,271 chill hours · 1,212 mm rain

What grows in Rifu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xinglong (87), Zhuyuan (86)

  2. 2

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinan (91), Haenam (89)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichuan (88), Tuanbao (86)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    7,200 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Edgewood (82), Bel Air South (81)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atlantic City (88), Pleasantville (86)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Minami-Sōma (99), Namie (99)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kamigōri (93), Shisō (92)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    3,800 sq mi10,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hitokawame (92), Misawa (92)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    3,800 sq mi9,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boryeong (83), Taesal-li (82)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    3,700 sq mi9,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyosai (91), Sinhyeon (90)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    2,700 sq mi7,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Copiague (85), Seaford (85)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    1,300 sq mi3,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wulingyuan (66)

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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    🇯🇵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 22 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pecan

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵SukagawaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,385 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,385 chill hours · 1,207 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵HitachiIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,948 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,948 chill hours · 1,441 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵KōriyamaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 1,186 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, almond

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵NasushiobaraTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 1,267 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵YonoOsaka, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,072 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,072 chill hours · 1,513 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵ManiwaOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,099 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,099 chill hours · 1,548 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    94%match
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    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇯🇵UtsunomiyaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵HinoShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 1,638 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, peanut, pecan

    93%match
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    🇯🇵KujiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,815 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,815 chill hours · 1,183 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, tea

    92%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵NabariMie, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 1,653 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    92%match
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    🇯🇵ChichibuSaitama, Japan

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 1,993 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 1,993 chill hours · 1,263 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    92%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    92%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.