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Land with a climate like Sokcho

🇰🇷Sokcho, Gangwon-do, South Korea

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sokcho are Donghae City, South Korea (99% match), Ungsang and T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp. About 63,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea and Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sokcho are Donghae City, South Korea (99% match), Ungsang and T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp. About 164,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea and Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 1,191 mm rain

What grows in Sokcho →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    9,100 sq mi24k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Suncheon (91), Kwangyang (91)

  2. 2

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heunghae (96), Yeonil (95)

  3. 3

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gongju (86), Yesan (85)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    3,100 sq mi8,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kōriyama (94), Motomiya (93)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Miyagi, Japan

    2,800 sq mi7,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iwanuma (90), Sendai (90)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Ibaraki, Japan

    1,900 sq mi5,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sakuragawa (88), Makabe (88)

  7. 7

    🇰🇵Kangwŏn-do, North Korea

    1,900 sq mi4,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp (97), Anbyŏn-ŭp (91)

  8. 8

    🇰🇵South Hwanghae, North Korea

    900 sq mi2,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ongjin (81), Kangnyŏng (79)

  9. 9

    🇰🇵South Hamgyong, North Korea

    700 sq mi1,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinp’o (84), Yuktae-dong (82)

  10. 10

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    500 sq mi1,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Crofton (80), Camp Springs (80)

  11. 11

    🇨🇳Henan, China

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Minggang (63), Zhumadian (63)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Liaoning, China

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Xiaochangshan (54), Dachang Shandao (51)

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

    🇰🇷Donghae CityGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,222 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,222 chill hours · 1,229 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, kiwifruit

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇰🇷UngsangGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,176 chill hours · 1,323 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇰🇵T’ongch’ŏn-ŭpKangwŏn-do, North Korea

    Zone 7a · 212 frost-free days · 2,579 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7a · 212 frost-free days · 2,579 chill hours · 971 mm rain

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

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇰🇷NaesŏGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,261 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,261 chill hours · 1,362 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇰🇷PohangGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 1,972 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 1,972 chill hours · 1,105 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut, lavender

    95%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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵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 23 great-fit crops

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, kiwifruit, lavender

    92%match
  9. 9

    🇰🇷SuncheonJeollanam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 1,316 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    91%match
  10. 10

    🇰🇷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 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, tea

    91%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵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 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, pecan, peanut

    90%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut, kiwifruit

    89%match
  13. 13

    🇰🇵WŏnsanKangwŏn-do, North Korea

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,752 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,752 chill hours · 963 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    89%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇷ChinjuGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,062 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 223 frost-free days · 2,062 chill hours · 1,332 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵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: pecan, kiwifruit, peanut

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇷SeoulSouth Korea

    Zone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,666 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,666 chill hours · 1,251 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇰🇷GimcheonGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,501 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,501 chill hours · 1,152 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, pecan, lavender

    87%match
  18. 18

    🇰🇷GwangjuSouth Korea

    Zone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,100 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 222 frost-free days · 2,100 chill hours · 1,236 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, peanut

    87%match
  19. 19

    🇰🇷GunsanJeollabuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,364 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7a · 211 frost-free days · 2,364 chill hours · 1,113 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, lavender

    87%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵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 23 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, peanut, pecan

    87%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.