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Land with a climate like Rize

🇹🇷Rize, Rize Province, Turkey

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rize are Poti, Georgia (99% match), Batumi and Sokhumi. About 89,000 sq mi of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Virginia, United States and Ishikawa, Japan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rize are Poti, Georgia (99% match), Batumi and Sokhumi. About 230,000 km² of land in 14 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Virginia, United States and Ishikawa, Japan.

Your growing climate

Zone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,297 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,297 chill hours · 1,895 mm rain

What grows in Rize →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    5,700 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ryōtsu-minato (92), Niigata (91)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    4,100 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Virginia Beach (84), Newport News (83)

  3. 3

    🇯🇵Ishikawa, Japan

    4,100 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wajima (94), Kaga (93)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōdachō-ōda (92), Yasugichō (92)

  5. 5

    🇫🇷New Aquitaine, France

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pau (88), Anglet (88)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

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

    For example Elizabeth City (80), Havelock (77)

  7. 7

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    2,600 sq mi6,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (79), Easton (74)

  8. 8

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    2,200 sq mi5,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kudepsta (98), Khosta (97)

  9. 9

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

    2,000 sq mi5,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poti (99), Zugdidi (95)

  10. 10

    🇮🇹Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

    1,700 sq mi4,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gorizia (86), Monfalcone (84)

  11. 11

    🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

    1,600 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Samtredia (92), Kutaisi (88)

  12. 12

    🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

    1,500 sq mi3,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Errenteria (89), Hondarribia (88)

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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    🇬🇪PotiSamegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

    Zone 9a · 270 frost-free days · 1,238 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 9a · 270 frost-free days · 1,238 chill hours · 1,986 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇬🇪BatumiAdjara, Georgia

    Zone 9a · 295 frost-free days · 957 chill hours · 95 in rainZone 9a · 295 frost-free days · 957 chill hours · 2,412 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: avocado

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇬🇪SokhumiAbkhazia, Georgia

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,530 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,530 chill hours · 1,444 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    96%match
  4. 4

    🇬🇪ZugdidiSamegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,386 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,386 chill hours · 1,757 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    95%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇺SochiKrasnodar Krai, Russia

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,210 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,210 chill hours · 1,543 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    95%match
  6. 6

    🇹🇷GiresunTurkey

    Zone 9b · 299 frost-free days · 957 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 9b · 299 frost-free days · 957 chill hours · 1,182 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, pear, walnut

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵WajimaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 2,018 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 2,018 chill hours · 2,031 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵KanazawaIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,707 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,707 chill hours · 1,938 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇷🇺TuapseKrasnodar Krai, Russia

    Zone 9a · 251 frost-free days · 1,572 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 9a · 251 frost-free days · 1,572 chill hours · 1,307 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, pear, walnut

    93%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵MatsutōIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,748 chill hours · 1,960 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵SakaiFukui, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,755 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,755 chill hours · 2,148 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    92%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵MaizuruKyoto, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 1,748 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    92%match
  13. 13

    🇹🇷AkçaabatTrabzon, Turkey

    Zone 9a · 295 frost-free days · 1,002 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 9a · 295 frost-free days · 1,002 chill hours · 975 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, pear, walnut

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵Tottori-shiTottori, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,589 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,589 chill hours · 1,807 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    91%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵NiigataJapan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,995 chill hours · 1,838 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    91%match
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    🇯🇵ToyookaHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 1,901 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    91%match
  17. 17

    🇹🇷OrduTurkey

    Zone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,305 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 9a · 271 frost-free days · 1,305 chill hours · 1,019 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, pear, walnut

    91%match
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    🇯🇵SadoNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 8b · 242 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 2,213 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    90%match
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    🇯🇵UnnanShimane, Japan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,847 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,847 chill hours · 1,562 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    90%match
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    🇯🇵GōtsuchōShimane, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,376 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,376 chill hours · 1,664 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    90%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.