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Land with a climate like Shirakawa

🇯🇵Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shirakawa are Kesennuma, Japan (99% match), Fujiyoshida and Kamaishi. About 203,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Maryland, United States and West Virginia, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shirakawa are Kesennuma, Japan (99% match), Fujiyoshida and Kamaishi. About 525,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, Maryland, United States and West Virginia, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,495 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,495 chill hours · 1,249 mm rain

What grows in Shirakawa →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    21k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Great Falls (84), Waynesboro (84)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Reisterstown (88), Bel Air North (87)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸West Virginia, United States

    9,800 sq mi25k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beckley (84), Martinsburg (83)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    8,800 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boseong (90), Hwasun (88)

  5. 5

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    8,700 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songbai (89), Lichuan (82)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    8,700 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xinglong (86), Zhuyuan (83)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boryeong (86), Seosan (86)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheongsong gun (85), Heunghae (84)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Minami-Sōma (97), Yanagawamachi-saiwaichō (97)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Nagano, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ina (99), Komagane (99)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Iwate, Japan

    3,700 sq mi9,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōfunato (99), Rikuzen-Takata (99)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

    1,300 sq mi3,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Shiquan (63), Pingli (61)

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

    🇯🇵KesennumaMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8a · 208 frost-free days · 2,554 chill hours · 1,311 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵InaNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,498 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,498 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵IshinomakiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,420 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,420 chill hours · 1,131 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender, kiwifruit

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵NirasakiYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 214 frost-free days · 2,092 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 8a · 214 frost-free days · 2,092 chill hours · 1,144 mm rain

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

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, peanut

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵ŌshūIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 1,279 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵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 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, peanut, pecan

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵KanumaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,949 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,949 chill hours · 1,303 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵MatsumotoNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 1,000 mm rain

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

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵GeroGifu, Japan

    Zone 8a · 210 frost-free days · 2,496 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 8a · 210 frost-free days · 2,496 chill hours · 1,874 mm rain

    Shares 14 of your 21 great-fit crops

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵NumataGunma, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 1,494 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵YamagataJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 1,273 mm rain

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

    94%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵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 19 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan, peanut

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    93%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵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 21 great-fit crops

    93%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵YonezawaYamagata, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,731 chill hours · 1,317 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, pecan

    93%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.