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Land with a climate like Sōma, Japan

🇯🇵Sōma, Fukushima, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sōma, Japan are Iwaki, Japan (99% match), Ishinomaki and Mito. About 170,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chongqing, China, Hubei, China and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sōma, Japan are Iwaki, Japan (99% match), Ishinomaki and Mito. About 440,000 km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Chongqing, China, Hubei, China and Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 2,006 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 2,006 chill hours · 1,239 mm rain

What grows in Sōma, Japan →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    15k sq mi39k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fengping (87), Luoping (87)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Lichuan (86), Tuanbao (85)

  3. 3

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    12k sq mi30k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sinan (92), Haenam (90)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    8,400 sq mi22k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (82), Edgewood (81)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Awaji (94), Kamigōri (94)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iwaki (99), Ishikawa (97)

  7. 7

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kyosai (93), Geoje (93)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,900 sq mi10k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Unnan (90), Matsue (87)

  9. 9

    🇺🇸New Jersey, United States

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

    For example Atlantic City (87), Pleasantville (85)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

    3,400 sq mi8,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Boryeong (80), Seosan (78)

  11. 11

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

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

    For example Virginia Beach (79), Newport News (78)

  12. 12

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    1,600 sq mi4,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wulingyuan (73), Zhangjiajie (57)

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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    🇯🇵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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    97%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton

    97%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵SagamiharaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,719 chill hours · 1,491 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    97%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 24 great-fit crops

    97%match
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    🇯🇵TsukubaIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,654 chill hours · 1,359 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    96%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵KuriharaMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,612 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,612 chill hours · 1,251 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵NabariMie, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,854 chill hours · 1,653 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵KōzanHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,894 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8a · 242 frost-free days · 1,894 chill hours · 1,624 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵HinoShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,944 chill hours · 1,638 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    94%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵YoshinogawaTokushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,868 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,868 chill hours · 1,840 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    94%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵AwajiHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,628 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,628 chill hours · 1,331 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, fig, tea

    94%match
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    🇯🇵YugawaraKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,518 chill hours · 1,760 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    94%match
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    🇯🇵IchinosekiIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,683 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 205 frost-free days · 2,683 chill hours · 1,267 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵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 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: cotton, tea

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵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 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, cotton, lavender

    93%match
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    🇰🇷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 21 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    93%match
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    🇯🇵IkedachōTokushima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,736 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8b · 248 frost-free days · 1,736 chill hours · 1,818 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, cotton

    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.