Climatch

Land with a climate like Sumoto

🇯🇵Sumoto, Hyōgo, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Sumoto are Etajima, Japan (99% match), Kure and Marugame. About 408,000 sq mi of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Zhejiang, China and Hunan, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Sumoto are Etajima, Japan (99% match), Kure and Marugame. About 1.1 million km² of land in 6 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Hubei, China, Zhejiang, China and Hunan, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 1,319 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 1,319 chill hours · 1,362 mm rain

What grows in Sumoto →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    50k sq mi129k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Longfeng (91), Yezhou (89)

  2. 2

    🇨🇳Zhejiang, China

    42k sq mi108k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ānwén (95), Lianghu (92)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Hunan, China

    41k sq mi106k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wulingyuan (92), Zhangjiajie (89)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Elizabeth City (88), Havelock (84)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    8,900 sq mi23k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Yeosu (86), Sinan (85)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Nagasaki, Japan

    6,500 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasebo (96), Iki (96)

  7. 7

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Virginia Beach (92), East Hampton (91)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Ehime, Japan

    5,200 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hōjō (99), Kawanoechō (99)

  9. 9

    🇯🇵Yamaguchi, Japan

    4,700 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Iwakuni (99), Yanai (99)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Jeju-do, South Korea

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

    For example Jeju City (97), Seogwipo (97)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    2,000 sq mi5,100 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Tongyeong (87), Geoje (86)

  12. 12

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    1,400 sq mi3,700 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Salisbury (78), Arnold (74)

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

    🇯🇵EtajimaHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 1,212 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 8b · 273 frost-free days · 1,212 chill hours · 1,681 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵KureHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,320 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,320 chill hours · 1,714 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵MarugameKagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,382 chill hours · 58 in rainZone 8b · 260 frost-free days · 1,382 chill hours · 1,476 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵OnomichiHiroshima, Japan

    Zone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,473 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8b · 250 frost-free days · 1,473 chill hours · 1,308 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵YokkaichiMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 8b · 258 frost-free days · 1,383 chill hours · 1,700 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵ShikokuchūōEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,389 chill hours · 68 in rainZone 8b · 263 frost-free days · 1,389 chill hours · 1,738 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵MatsuyamaEhime, Japan

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,242 chill hours · 1,595 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵MatsusakaMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,299 chill hours · 74 in rainZone 8b · 261 frost-free days · 1,299 chill hours · 1,882 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵NakatsuOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,211 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 268 frost-free days · 1,211 chill hours · 1,594 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵SōjaOkayama, Japan

    Zone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,517 chill hours · 54 in rainZone 8a · 245 frost-free days · 1,517 chill hours · 1,375 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵TakatsukiOsaka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,410 chill hours · 53 in rainZone 8b · 256 frost-free days · 1,410 chill hours · 1,344 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  12. 12

    🇯🇵OkayamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8b · 247 frost-free days · 1,446 chill hours · 1,433 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  13. 13

    🇯🇵ŌitaOita, Japan

    Zone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8b · 276 frost-free days · 1,068 chill hours · 1,803 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵NagatoYamaguchi, Japan

    Zone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 1,100 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 9a · 281 frost-free days · 1,100 chill hours · 1,637 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
  15. 15

    🇰🇷Jeju CityJeju-do, South Korea

    Zone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,231 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 8b · 275 frost-free days · 1,231 chill hours · 1,673 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵OwaseMie, Japan

    Zone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,283 chill hours · 80 in rainZone 8b · 269 frost-free days · 1,283 chill hours · 2,022 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵TanabeWakayama, Japan

    Zone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,043 chill hours · 76 in rainZone 9a · 285 frost-free days · 1,043 chill hours · 1,935 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵KitakyushuFukuoka, Japan

    Zone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,153 chill hours · 66 in rainZone 9a · 275 frost-free days · 1,153 chill hours · 1,682 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
  19. 19

    🇯🇵ZushiKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 1,244 chill hours · 67 in rainZone 8b · 271 frost-free days · 1,244 chill hours · 1,714 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%match
  20. 20

    🇯🇵UwajimaEhime, Japan

    Zone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 75 in rainZone 9a · 277 frost-free days · 1,023 chill hours · 1,912 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    97%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.

Looking for land?

We're building detailed reports on land like Sumoto: frost risk year by year, water, and how each match's climate is shifting by 2050.

We'll only use your email for the report and related updates.

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.