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Land with a climate like Sakai, Japan

🇯🇵Sakai, Ibaraki, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sakai, Japan are Sagamihara, Japan (99% match), Shibukawa and Kamisu. About 165,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Virginia, United States and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sakai, Japan are Sagamihara, Japan (99% match), Shibukawa and Kamisu. About 426,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Virginia, United States and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,601 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,601 chill hours · 1,306 mm rain

What grows in Sakai, Japan →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Guangshui (82), Longfeng (82)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Newport News (86), Norfolk (86)

  3. 3

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    10k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yeosu (92), Gwangyang (92)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    7,500 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (84), Suitland-Silver Hill (84)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    6,700 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miaoyu (84), Liangping (84)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wulingyuan (82), Zhangjiajie (76)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yanai (92), Yamaguchi (92)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tōon (93), Hōjō (92)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Shizuoka, Japan

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gotemba (99), Oyama (99)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tongyeong (94), Kimhae (93)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    3,100 sq mi8,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (84), Asheboro (80)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    2,000 sq mi5,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seogwipo (84), Jeju City (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

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    🇯🇵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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵ShibukawaGunma, Japan

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 1,850 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 1,850 chill hours · 1,309 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵KamisuIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 259 frost-free days · 1,508 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 259 frost-free days · 1,508 chill hours · 1,505 mm rain

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

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵FujiShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,216 chill hours · 1,713 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, citrus

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵KisarazuChiba, Japan

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,274 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,274 chill hours · 1,569 mm rain

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

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵KofuYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 1,110 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, almond, lavender

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵MinaseOsaka, Japan

    Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,675 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,675 chill hours · 1,429 mm rain

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

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇰🇷BusanSouth Korea

    Zone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 1,389 mm rain

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

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵MobaraChiba, Japan

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,341 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,341 chill hours · 1,624 mm rain

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

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵ŌtsuShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 1,545 mm rain

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

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵HimejiHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,506 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,506 chill hours · 1,304 mm rain

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

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇷UlsanSouth Korea

    Zone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 1,213 mm rain

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

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵YokkaichiMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 1,700 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵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 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    93%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇷GeojeGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,759 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,759 chill hours · 1,587 mm rain

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

    93%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵MizuhoGifu, Japan

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,470 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,470 chill hours · 1,805 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵SasayamaHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,884 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,884 chill hours · 1,497 mm rain

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

    93%match
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    🇯🇵ItōShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 1,329 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8b · 272 frost-free days · 1,329 chill hours · 1,835 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, citrus

    93%match
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    🇯🇵OkayamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 1,433 mm rain

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

    93%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.