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Land with a climate like Shimodate

🇯🇵Shimodate, Ibaraki, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shimodate are Aihara, Japan (99% match), Minami-Alps and Gotemba. About 182,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Hubei, China and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shimodate are Aihara, Japan (99% match), Minami-Alps and Gotemba. About 470,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Hubei, China and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,732 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,732 chill hours · 1,316 mm rain

What grows in Shimodate →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    21k sq mi55k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Newport News (86), Virginia Beach (85)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    15k sq mi40k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Guangshui (80), Yezhou (79)

  3. 3

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwangyang (92), Beolgyo (92)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (87), Camp Springs (85)

  5. 5

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    8,200 sq mi21k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (83), Eden (80)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    5,900 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Miaoyu (85), Luoping (85)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    4,900 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinhyeon (94), Kyosai (94)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yamaguchi (90), Yanai (90)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tōon (91), Shikokuchūō (90)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tatsuno (94), Tatsunochō-tominaga (94)

  11. 11

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    2,900 sq mi7,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ānwén (79), Lianghu (69)

  12. 12

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    2,400 sq mi6,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Koch'ang (84), Jeongeup (83)

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

    🇯🇵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

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵Minami-AlpsYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 1,185 mm rain

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

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵TakasakiGunma, Japan

    Zone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 1,258 mm rain

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

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵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
  7. 7

    🇯🇵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

    96%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵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

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵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

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵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
  12. 12

    🇯🇵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
  13. 13

    🇯🇵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

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇷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

    94%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵SendaiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

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

    94%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵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

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵KashiwaraNara, Japan

    Zone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,443 chill hours · 60 in rainZone 8b · 254 frost-free days · 1,443 chill hours · 1,529 mm rain

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

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇰🇷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
  19. 19

    🇯🇵HannanOsaka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,486 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8b · 262 frost-free days · 1,486 chill hours · 1,396 mm rain

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

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵TsuyamaOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,716 chill hours · 57 in rainZone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 1,716 chill hours · 1,460 mm rain

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

    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.