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Land with a climate like Sakata

🇯🇵Sakata, Yamagata, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sakata are Akita, Japan (99% match), Wajima and Kurobe-shi. About 119,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Maryland, United States, Niigata, Japan and New Jersey, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sakata are Akita, Japan (99% match), Wajima and Kurobe-shi. About 308,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Maryland, United States, Niigata, Japan and New Jersey, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,400 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,400 chill hours · 1,807 mm rain

What grows in Sakata →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Edgewood (84), Bel Air North (84)

  2. 2

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    7,600 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Murakami (99), Muramatsu (99)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Point Pleasant (90), Asbury Park (90)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Akita, Japan

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Akita (99), Katagami (99)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Massachusetts, United States

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fairhaven (86), New Bedford (86)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hirosaki (96), Hirakawa (95)

  7. 7

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    3,200 sq mi8,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Khosta (89), Kudepsta (89)

  8. 8

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

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

    For example Zugdidi (83), Poti (81)

  9. 9

    🇮🇹Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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

    For example Gorizia (82), Udine (79)

  10. 10

    🇬🇪Abkhazia, Georgia

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

    For example Stantsiya Novyy Afon (86), Sokhumi (84)

  11. 11

    🇹🇷Rize Province, Turkey

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rize (86), Çayeli (83)

  12. 12

    🇬🇪Adjara, Georgia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kobuleti (79), Batumi (72)

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

    🇯🇵AkitaJapan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,623 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,623 chill hours · 1,633 mm rain

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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵Kurobe-shiToyama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 1,926 mm rain

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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵SanjōNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,251 chill hours · 86 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,251 chill hours · 2,189 mm rain

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

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵MyokoNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 2,282 chill hours · 87 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 2,282 chill hours · 2,208 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵NoshiroAkita, Japan

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,642 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,642 chill hours · 1,430 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, garlic, hops

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵NanaoIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,969 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,969 chill hours · 2,032 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵GohyakkokuToyama, Japan

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,242 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,242 chill hours · 1,855 mm rain

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

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵DaisenAkita, Japan

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 1,649 mm rain

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

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵ToyamaJapan

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,067 chill hours · 78 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,067 chill hours · 1,970 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵KashiwazakiNiigata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,103 chill hours · 97 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,103 chill hours · 2,463 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵Mukai-awagasakiIshikawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 1,932 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵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 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵MinamiuonumaNiigata, Japan

    Zone 7a · 209 frost-free days · 2,654 chill hours · 79 in rainZone 7a · 209 frost-free days · 2,654 chill hours · 2,007 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵YonezawaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 1,317 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, garlic, cotton

    95%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵KōgeTottori, Japan

    Zone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,856 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 8a · 232 frost-free days · 1,856 chill hours · 1,720 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    95%match
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    🇯🇵GujōGifu, Japan

    Zone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,284 chill hours · 83 in rainZone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,284 chill hours · 2,108 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops

    95%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵AomoriJapan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,820 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,820 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, garlic, hops

    95%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵YamagataJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 1,273 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: cherry, garlic, hops

    94%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.