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Land with a climate like Shima, Japan

🇯🇵Shima, Mie, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shima, Japan are Shingū, Japan (99% match), Tanabe and Uwajima. About 182,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Zhejiang, China, Anhui, China and Fujian, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shima, Japan are Shingū, Japan (99% match), Tanabe and Uwajima. About 470,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Zhejiang, China, Anhui, China and Fujian, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 85 in rainZone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,157 chill hours · 2,170 mm rain

What grows in Shima, Japan →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    32k sq mi83k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ānwén (89), Wenling (87)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Anhui, China

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chizhou (81), Tongling (81)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Fujian, China

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fuding (77), Ningde (74)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    11k sq mi27k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Havelock (86), Elizabeth City (84)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Kagoshima, Japan

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Izumi (94), Tsuruda (94)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Nagasaki, Japan

    6,800 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasebo (97), Gotō (96)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    5,200 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mishōhirajō (99), Uwajima (99)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

    3,500 sq mi9,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Seogwipo (95), Jeju City (94)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

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

    For example Virginia Beach (86), Portsmouth (85)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

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

    For example Yeosu (69), Haenam (66)

  11. 11

    🇬🇪Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

    1,100 sq mi2,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Poti (82), Zugdidi (80)

  12. 12

    🇺🇸South Carolina, United States

    500 sq mi1,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example North Myrtle Beach (80), Myrtle Beach (79)

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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    🇯🇵ShingūWakayama, Japan

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 996 chill hours · 88 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 996 chill hours · 2,242 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵TanabeWakayama, Japan

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,043 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,043 chill hours · 1,935 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵UwajimaEhime, Japan

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 1,912 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵HamamatsuShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 277 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 8b · 277 frost-free days · 1,097 chill hours · 1,939 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵NumazuShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,159 chill hours · 70 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,159 chill hours · 1,766 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵KamakuraKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 1,244 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 1,244 chill hours · 1,714 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵ShimodaShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 807 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 9a · 303 frost-free days · 807 chill hours · 1,890 mm rain

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

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵NobeokaMiyazaki, Japan

    Zone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 89 in rainZone 9a · 287 frost-free days · 853 chill hours · 2,251 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵TokushimaJapan

    Zone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 1,070 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 1,070 chill hours · 1,619 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵ŌitaOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 1,803 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵NakamuraKochi, Japan

    Zone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 892 chill hours · 91 in rainZone 9a · 291 frost-free days · 892 chill hours · 2,322 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
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    🇯🇵ShizuokaJapan

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,044 chill hours · 82 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,044 chill hours · 2,094 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵IyoEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,211 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,211 chill hours · 1,577 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    97%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵MatsuyamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 1,595 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵NiihamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,189 chill hours · 1,607 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    97%match
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    🇯🇵YokohamaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 277 frost-free days · 1,118 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8b · 277 frost-free days · 1,118 chill hours · 1,634 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵SaseboNagasaki, Japan

    Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,166 chill hours · 77 in rainZone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,166 chill hours · 1,954 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇯🇵HiroshimaJapan

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,251 chill hours · 73 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,251 chill hours · 1,856 mm rain

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

    97%match
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    🇯🇵TōganeChiba, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,392 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,392 chill hours · 1,529 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, pear

    97%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵ToyotaAichi, Japan

    Zone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 1,395 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 8b · 259 frost-free days · 1,395 chill hours · 1,873 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops

    96%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.