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Land with a climate like Sado

🇯🇵Sado, Niigata, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sado are Jōetsu, Japan (99% match), Shibata and Kanazawa. About 52,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Ishikawa, Japan and Shimane, Japan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sado are Jōetsu, Japan (99% match), Shibata and Kanazawa. About 135,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Niigata, Japan, Ishikawa, Japan and Shimane, Japan.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Sado →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    6,900 sq mi18k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tainai (99), Jōetsu (99)

  2. 2

    🇯🇵Ishikawa, Japan

    4,100 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Komatsu (98), Kaga (98)

  3. 3

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōdachō-ōda (94), Hiratachō (92)

  4. 4

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

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

    For example Zugdidi (87), Poti (84)

  5. 5

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

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

    For example Dagomys (91), Sochi (90)

  6. 6

    🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

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

    For example Samtredia (84), Kutaisi (83)

  7. 7

    🇬🇪Abkhazia, Georgia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sokhumi (81), Stantsiya Novyy Afon (79)

  8. 8

    🇹🇷Rize Province, Turkey

    700 sq mi1,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Çayeli (90), Rize (90)

  9. 9

    🇹🇷Artvin, Turkey

    700 sq mi1,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hopa (87), Arhavi (86)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (76), Rossville (75)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Atlantic City (79), Hoboken (78)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Trabzon, Turkey

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Of (87), Sürmene (84)

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

    🇯🇵JōetsuNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,022 chill hours · 100 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 2,022 chill hours · 2,541 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 18 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵ShibataNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,162 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 2,162 chill hours · 1,950 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵Fukui-shiFukui, Japan

    Zone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,718 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 8b · 245 frost-free days · 1,718 chill hours · 2,219 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵TsurugaFukui, Japan

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,560 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,560 chill hours · 2,168 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵ImizuToyama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,923 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,923 chill hours · 1,981 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵TsuruokaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,338 chill hours · 1,853 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, walnut

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵NagaokaNiigata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,345 chill hours · 97 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,345 chill hours · 2,465 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, walnut, peach

    94%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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, walnut, peach

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵OgaAkita, Japan

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 2,436 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 2,436 chill hours · 1,587 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵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 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, citrus, walnut

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵YonagoTottori, Japan

    Zone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,519 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 249 frost-free days · 1,519 chill hours · 1,599 mm rain

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

    92%match
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    🇯🇵HikoneShiga, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,693 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,693 chill hours · 1,653 mm rain

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

    90%match
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    🇹🇷RizeRize Province, Turkey

    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

    Shares 18 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, pecan

    90%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵MatsueShimane, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,551 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,551 chill hours · 1,443 mm rain

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

    90%match
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    🇷🇺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 17 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, citrus, walnut

    90%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵YurihonjōAkita, Japan

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,610 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,610 chill hours · 1,706 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 18 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    89%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.