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Land with a climate like Shibukawa

🇯🇵Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shibukawa are Shimotsuke, Japan (97% match), Aihara and Utsunomiya. About 162,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, North Carolina, United States and Maryland, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shibukawa are Shimotsuke, Japan (97% match), Aihara and Utsunomiya. About 420,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, North Carolina, United States and Maryland, United States.

Your growing climate

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

What grows in Shibukawa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    26k sq mi68k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Arlington (92), Springfield (92)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    25k sq mi65k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kernersville (86), High Point (86)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Perry Hall (92), Suitland-Silver Hill (92)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Suncheon (84), Beolgyo (84)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,400 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasayama (96), Tamba-Sasayama (96)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,000 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yamaguchi (87), Hagi (86)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hiratachō (90), Matsue (90)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ungsang (89), Kimhae (88)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    1,900 sq mi4,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santyoku (94), Donghae City (93)

  10. 10

    🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kutaisi (80), Samtredia (78)

  11. 11

    🇰🇵Kangwŏn-do, North Korea

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp (71), Anbyŏn-ŭp (56)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Rize Province, Turkey

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Çayeli (69), Rize (67)

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

    🇯🇵ShimotsukeTochigi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 234 frost-free days · 1,753 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 234 frost-free days · 1,753 chill hours · 1,289 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵AiharaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 1,510 mm rain

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

    97%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵UtsunomiyaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵GotembaShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 1,601 mm rain

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

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵KōriyamaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 1,186 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: wine grapes, hops, almond

    96%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵IidaNagano, Japan

    Zone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 1,555 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵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

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵NasushiobaraTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 1,267 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, wine grapes

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵NaganoJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

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

    95%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵SaitamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,442 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,442 chill hours · 1,396 mm rain

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

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵NabariMie, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 1,653 mm rain

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

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵DateFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

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

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵KawaguchiSaitama, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,328 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,328 chill hours · 1,419 mm rain

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

    93%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵KōzanHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,894 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,894 chill hours · 1,624 mm rain

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

    93%match
  17. 17

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

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵MitoIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 1,417 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵ChibaJapan

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,331 chill hours · 1,374 mm rain

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

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇰🇷JumunjinGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 1,248 mm rain

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

    92%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.