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Land with a climate like Shibetsu, Japan

🇯🇵Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shibetsu, Japan are Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan (96% match), Muroran and Wakkanai. About 90,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hokkaido, Japan, Ontario, Canada and Iwate, Japan.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shibetsu, Japan are Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan (96% match), Muroran and Wakkanai. About 232,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hokkaido, Japan, Ontario, Canada and Iwate, Japan.

Your growing climate

Zone 7a · 199 frost-free days · 3,152 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 7a · 199 frost-free days · 3,152 chill hours · 1,019 mm rain

What grows in Shibetsu, Japan →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇯🇵Hokkaido, Japan

    24k sq mi63k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shizunai-furukawachō (96), Muroran (96)

  2. 2

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Port Colborne (74), Niagara-on-the-Lake (73)

  3. 3

    🇯🇵Iwate, Japan

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kuji (90), Ōno (88)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Wisconsin, United States

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Oak Creek (73), South Milwaukee (73)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸Michigan, United States

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Norton Shores (67), Port Huron (64)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Misawa (93), Hitokawame (93)

  7. 7

    🇺🇸New York, United States

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

    For example Oswego (77), Clay (74)

  8. 8

    🇰🇵North Hamgyong, North Korea

    500 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hwadae (78), Ŏrang (68)

  9. 9

    🇷🇺Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

    200 sq mi500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kholmsk (71), Nevel’sk (62)

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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    🇯🇵Shizunai-furukawachōHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,223 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 6b · 177 frost-free days · 3,223 chill hours · 1,036 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops

    96%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵MuroranHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7b · 202 frost-free days · 2,983 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 202 frost-free days · 2,983 chill hours · 1,183 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    96%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵WakkanaiHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7a · 183 frost-free days · 3,394 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 7a · 183 frost-free days · 3,394 chill hours · 1,062 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops

    91%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵HachinoheAomori, Japan

    Zone 7a · 199 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7a · 199 frost-free days · 2,901 chill hours · 1,134 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    90%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵YakumoHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 3,007 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 3,007 chill hours · 1,237 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    90%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵KujiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,815 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,815 chill hours · 1,183 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    90%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵AbashiriHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,387 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 6b · 172 frost-free days · 3,387 chill hours · 869 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops

    89%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵RumoiHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 6b · 181 frost-free days · 3,339 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 6b · 181 frost-free days · 3,339 chill hours · 1,233 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    89%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵MutsuAomori, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,912 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,912 chill hours · 1,295 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    89%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵HakodateHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,896 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,896 chill hours · 1,305 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    88%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵SapporoHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 3,168 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 3,168 chill hours · 1,234 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    87%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵TomakomaiHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,240 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 6b · 176 frost-free days · 3,240 chill hours · 1,136 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops

    86%match
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    🇯🇵YoichiHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7a · 184 frost-free days · 3,278 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7a · 184 frost-free days · 3,278 chill hours · 1,331 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut

    86%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵KushiroHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 6a · 164 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 6a · 164 frost-free days · 3,352 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 19 great-fit crops

    85%match
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    🇯🇵MiyakoIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,685 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,685 chill hours · 1,351 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    84%match
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    🇯🇵KamaishiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,684 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,684 chill hours · 1,455 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    83%match
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    🇯🇵NikkōTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 1,605 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    83%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵TamuraFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum, rice

    81%match
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    🇯🇵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 17 of your 19 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, sorghum

    80%match
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    🇯🇵MombetsuHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 6a · 156 frost-free days · 3,473 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 6a · 156 frost-free days · 3,473 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 19 great-fit crops

    80%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.