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Land with a climate like Sŏnbong

🇰🇵Sŏnbong, Rason, North Korea

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sŏnbong are Chongjin, North Korea (94% match), Nakhodka and Changam-ch’on. About 39,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Liaoning, China, Primorye, Russia and North Hamgyong, North Korea.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sŏnbong are Chongjin, North Korea (94% match), Nakhodka and Changam-ch’on. About 101,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Liaoning, China, Primorye, Russia and North Hamgyong, North Korea.

Your growing climate

Zone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,472 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,472 chill hours · 724 mm rain

What grows in Sŏnbong →

Regions with the most land like yours

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    🇨🇳Liaoning, China

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Fengcheng (85), Kuandian (84)

  2. 2

    🇷🇺Primorye, Russia

    6,100 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Vrangel’ (94), Nakhodka (94)

  3. 3

    🇰🇵North Hamgyong, North Korea

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Chongjin (94), Ranam (94)

  4. 4

    🇰🇵South Hamgyong, North Korea

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Changam-ch’on (92), Hamhŭng (79)

  5. 5

    🇰🇵P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

    3,700 sq mi9,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sakchu-ŭp (86), Uiju (80)

  6. 6

    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    900 sq mi2,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cheorwon (68), Yanggu (67)

  7. 7

    🇨🇳Jilin, China

    900 sq mi2,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tumen (77), Longjing (67)

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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    🇰🇵ChongjinNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,247 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 6a · 173 frost-free days · 3,247 chill hours · 665 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut, sorghum

    94%match
  2. 2

    🇷🇺NakhodkaPrimorye, Russia

    Zone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,477 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 5b · 161 frost-free days · 3,477 chill hours · 688 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇰🇵Changam-ch’onSouth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,330 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,330 chill hours · 723 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach

    92%match
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    🇷🇺VladivostokPrimorye, Russia

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,551 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,551 chill hours · 701 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇰🇵HwasŏngNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,306 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,306 chill hours · 689 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut

    91%match
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    🇷🇺FokinoPrimorye, Russia

    Zone 5a · 160 frost-free days · 3,574 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 5a · 160 frost-free days · 3,574 chill hours · 691 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops

    89%match
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    🇰🇵Sakchu-ŭpP'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

    Zone 5a · 164 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 5a · 164 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 931 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    86%match
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    🇨🇳FengchengLiaoning, China

    Zone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 5b · 178 frost-free days · 3,260 chill hours · 863 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    85%match
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    🇰🇵Yŏch’im-dongChagang, North Korea

    Zone 4b · 149 frost-free days · 3,561 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 4b · 149 frost-free days · 3,561 chill hours · 918 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    84%match
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    🇨🇳KuandianLiaoning, China

    Zone 5a · 160 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 5a · 160 frost-free days · 3,447 chill hours · 913 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    84%match
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    🇰🇵HwadaeNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 182 frost-free days · 3,085 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 6b · 182 frost-free days · 3,085 chill hours · 702 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut, wine grapes

    83%match
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    🇰🇵SongwŏnChagang, North Korea

    Zone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,581 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 4b · 152 frost-free days · 3,581 chill hours · 957 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    82%match
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    🇰🇵HoeyangKangwŏn-do, North Korea

    Zone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,141 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 6a · 175 frost-free days · 3,141 chill hours · 1,085 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut, sorghum

    80%match
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    🇨🇳XiuyanLiaoning, China

    Zone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,204 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,204 chill hours · 749 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice, walnut

    79%match
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    🇰🇵HamhŭngSouth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 2,980 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 6b · 185 frost-free days · 2,980 chill hours · 801 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: walnut, peach, sorghum

    79%match
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    🇨🇳DandongLiaoning, China

    Zone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,160 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 5b · 183 frost-free days · 3,160 chill hours · 911 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice, walnut

    79%match
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    🇨🇳GongchanglingLiaoning, China

    Zone 5a · 173 frost-free days · 3,376 chill hours · 27 in rainZone 5a · 173 frost-free days · 3,376 chill hours · 696 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum

    78%match
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    🇰🇵Kusŏng-siP'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea

    Zone 5b · 167 frost-free days · 3,227 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 5b · 167 frost-free days · 3,227 chill hours · 943 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 17 great-fit crops · Also great there: sorghum, rice

    78%match
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    🇨🇳TumenJilin, China

    Zone 4b · 154 frost-free days · 3,623 chill hours · 22 in rainZone 4b · 154 frost-free days · 3,623 chill hours · 553 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 17 great-fit crops

    77%match
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    🇰🇵Musan-ŭpNorth Hamgyong, North Korea

    Zone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,776 chill hours · 25 in rainZone 4b · 139 frost-free days · 3,776 chill hours · 631 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 17 great-fit crops

    75%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.