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Land with a climate like Tomioka

🇯🇵Tomioka, Gunma, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Tomioka are Minami-Alps, Japan (99% match), Aihara and Utsunomiya. About 158,000 sq mi of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Carolina, United States, Virginia, United States and Maryland, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Tomioka are Minami-Alps, Japan (99% match), Aihara and Utsunomiya. About 410,000 km² of land in 4 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in North Carolina, United States, Virginia, United States and Maryland, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,769 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 8a · 226 frost-free days · 1,769 chill hours · 1,217 mm rain

What grows in Tomioka →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    31k sq mi80k km² matching 80% or better

    For example High Point (87), Kernersville (87)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    27k sq mi69k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Springfield (92), Lincolnia (92)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Suitland-Silver Hill (92), Suitland (92)

  4. 4

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    7,400 sq mi19k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gwangyang (89), Suncheon (88)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    5,400 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kimhae (93), Yangsan (92)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Hiroshima, Japan

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

    For example Kōzan (91), Yae (91)

  7. 7

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasayama (93), Tamba-Sasayama (93)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Shimane, Japan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Matsue (86), Hiratachō (86)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    2,400 sq mi6,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heunghae (94), Pohang (94)

  10. 10

    🇰🇵Kangwŏn-do, North Korea

    200 sq mi600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp (77), Anbyŏn-ŭp (62)

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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    🇯🇵Minami-AlpsYamanashi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 227 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 1,185 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵AiharaKanagawa, Japan

    Zone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 246 frost-free days · 1,540 chill hours · 1,510 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵GotembaShizuoka, Japan

    Zone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 63 in rainZone 8b · 244 frost-free days · 1,588 chill hours · 1,601 mm rain

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

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵SaitamaJapan

    Zone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,442 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8b · 255 frost-free days · 1,442 chill hours · 1,396 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    96%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵IidaNagano, Japan

    Zone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 215 frost-free days · 2,136 chill hours · 1,555 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 24 great-fit crops

    96%match
  7. 7

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

    96%match
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    🇰🇷UlsanSouth Korea

    Zone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 1,213 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 24 great-fit crops

    95%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵KonanShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 62 in rainZone 8a · 243 frost-free days · 1,796 chill hours · 1,563 mm rain

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

    95%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵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 20 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    95%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵ŌtsuShiga, Japan

    Zone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 61 in rainZone 8a · 244 frost-free days · 1,803 chill hours · 1,545 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    94%match
  12. 12

    🇰🇷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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender

    94%match
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    🇯🇵NaganoJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender, almond, hops

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇯🇵SasayamaHyōgo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,884 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 241 frost-free days · 1,884 chill hours · 1,497 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
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    🇰🇷BusanSouth Korea

    Zone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 1,389 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea

    93%match
  16. 16

    🇰🇷JumunjinGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 1,248 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    93%match
  17. 17

    🇯🇵TokyoJapan

    Zone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8b · 265 frost-free days · 1,253 chill hours · 1,492 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, citrus, fig

    93%match
  18. 18

    🇯🇵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 23 of your 24 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇯🇵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 24 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops, almond

    92%match
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    🇰🇷GangneungGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 24 great-fit crops · Also great there: hops

    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.