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Land with a climate like Rugao

🇨🇳Rugao, Jiangsu, China

The towns with the closest growing climate to Rugao are Gaoyou, China (99% match), Nanjing and Xinghua. About 425,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Anhui, China and Hunan, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Rugao are Gaoyou, China (99% match), Nanjing and Xinghua. About 1.1 million km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Anhui, China and Hunan, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 258 frost-free days · 1,605 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 258 frost-free days · 1,605 chill hours · 958 mm rain

What grows in Rugao →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    59k sq mi152k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Guangshui (97), Xinshi (95)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Anhui, China

    54k sq mi139k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chuzhou (99), Gushu (99)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    50k sq mi129k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Jinshi (93), Wulingyuan (92)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (86), New Bern (80)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    9,600 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mokpo (93), Sinan (92)

  6. 6

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Virginia Beach (89), East Hampton (89)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yanai (87), Sanyōonoda (86)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    3,000 sq mi7,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akashi (92), Shirahamachō-usazakiminami (91)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    2,700 sq mi7,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gaigeturi (90), Jeju City (88)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Fukuoka, Japan

    2,500 sq mi6,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Buzen (87), Tsuiki (87)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    1,600 sq mi4,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (78), Arnold (74)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    1,500 sq mi3,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koch'ang (82), Buan (81)

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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    🇨🇳GaoyouJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,714 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,714 chill hours · 919 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇨🇳NanjingJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,485 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,485 chill hours · 1,016 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇳XinghuaJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,660 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,660 chill hours · 932 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇨🇳ZhenzhouJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,576 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,576 chill hours · 974 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇨🇳YangzhouJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,576 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,576 chill hours · 1,007 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇨🇳YanchengJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,768 chill hours · 942 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇨🇳ChuzhouAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 257 frost-free days · 1,582 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8a · 257 frost-free days · 1,582 chill hours · 939 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇨🇳YixingJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 264 frost-free days · 1,427 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 264 frost-free days · 1,427 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig

    99%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇳WuxiJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 269 frost-free days · 1,394 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8a · 269 frost-free days · 1,394 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig

    99%match
  10. 10

    🇨🇳ChaohuAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 262 frost-free days · 1,460 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 262 frost-free days · 1,460 chill hours · 1,106 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇳WuhuAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,456 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,456 chill hours · 1,077 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  12. 12

    🇨🇳Lu’anAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,541 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 8a · 255 frost-free days · 1,541 chill hours · 1,023 mm rain

    Shares 26 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  13. 13

    🇨🇳MuduJiangsu, China

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 906 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: olive, fig

    99%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇳TaozhouAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,433 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,433 chill hours · 1,129 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  15. 15

    🇨🇳HefeiAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,450 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 8a · 260 frost-free days · 1,450 chill hours · 1,057 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 27 great-fit crops

    99%match
  16. 16

    🇨🇳BaoyingJiangsu, China

    Zone 8a · 248 frost-free days · 1,752 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 8a · 248 frost-free days · 1,752 chill hours · 854 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: saffron, pistachio

    99%match
  17. 17

    🇨🇳MingguangAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 252 frost-free days · 1,677 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 8a · 252 frost-free days · 1,677 chill hours · 810 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio, saffron

    99%match
  18. 18

    🇨🇳ChongmingChina

    Zone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 1,355 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 1,355 chill hours · 948 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    99%match
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    🇨🇳Huoqiu ChengguanzhenAnhui, China

    Zone 8a · 254 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 8a · 254 frost-free days · 1,653 chill hours · 842 mm rain

    Shares 27 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: pistachio

    98%match
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    🇨🇳HuzhouZhejiang, China

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,310 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,310 chill hours · 1,150 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 27 great-fit crops · Also great there: fig, olive

    98%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.