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Land with a climate like Shimosuwa

🇯🇵Shimosuwa, Nagano, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shimosuwa are Nasushiobara, Japan (95% match), Kōriyama and Fujiyoshida. About 347,000 sq mi of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Ohio, United States and Virginia, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shimosuwa are Nasushiobara, Japan (95% match), Kōriyama and Fujiyoshida. About 898,000 km² of land in 11 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Ohio, United States and Virginia, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,611 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,611 chill hours · 1,080 mm rain

What grows in Shimosuwa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    45k sq mi117k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kirksville (84), Independence (84)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    29k sq mi76k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Steubenville (90), Hilliard (87)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    27k sq mi70k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Winchester (92), Harrisonburg (92)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheongsong gun (92), Andong (87)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xinglong (82), Zhuyuan (80)

  6. 6

    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    5,500 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Neietsu (89), Gangneung (86)

  7. 7

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songbai (91), Lichuan (74)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    4,600 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kinzan (88), Yesan (88)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yabuki (97), Shirakawa (96)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Nagano, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nakano (91), Iiyama (80)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Iwate, Japan

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

    For example Morioka (93), Ichinoseki (92)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

    2,300 sq mi5,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shiquan (67), Pingli (60)

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

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, almond

    94%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵FujiyoshidaYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,457 chill hours · 1,606 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵MoriokaIwate, Japan

    Zone 7a · 196 frost-free days · 2,844 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7a · 196 frost-free days · 2,844 chill hours · 1,320 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    93%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸LancasterPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 1,035 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    92%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸BridgeportConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 1,198 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵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 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸Staten IslandNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,541 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,541 chill hours · 1,222 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸WinchesterVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,504 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,504 chill hours · 972 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸HarrisonburgVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 7b · 195 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 950 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵ChichibuSaitama, Japan

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 1,993 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 1,993 chill hours · 1,263 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton, peanut

    92%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸HagerstownMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 985 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    92%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇷Jinan-gunJeollabuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 1,226 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    92%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇳SongbaiHubei, China

    Zone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,635 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 220 frost-free days · 2,635 chill hours · 1,090 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸WaynesboroVirginia, United States

    Zone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,370 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 7b · 198 frost-free days · 2,370 chill hours · 1,071 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    91%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸CumberlandMaryland, United States

    Zone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,656 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,656 chill hours · 935 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵NakanoNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7b · 209 frost-free days · 2,471 chill hours · 1,291 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, cotton

    91%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸ReadingPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7a · 195 frost-free days · 2,651 chill hours · 1,097 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%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 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    91%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸Bel Air SouthMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, almond

    90%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.