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Land with a climate like Yamagata, Japan

🇯🇵Yamagata, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Yamagata, Japan are Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan (99% match), Ichinoseki and Ōshū. About 268,000 sq mi of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, West Virginia, United States and Pennsylvania, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Yamagata, Japan are Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan (99% match), Ichinoseki and Ōshū. About 693,000 km² of land in 8 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ohio, United States, West Virginia, United States and Pennsylvania, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,687 chill hours · 1,273 mm rain

What grows in Yamagata, Japan →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    29k sq mi75k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Cleveland (90), Glenville (90)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸West Virginia, United States

    21k sq mi54k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Weirton (88), Martinsburg (87)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Pennsylvania, United States

    20k sq mi53k km² matching 80% or better

    For example West Chester (94), Lancaster (93)

  4. 4

    🇯🇵Niigata, Japan

    6,600 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Muramatsu (91), Gosen (91)

  5. 5

    🇯🇵Akita, Japan

    5,300 sq mi14k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ōdate (99), Takanosu (99)

  6. 6

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    5,200 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Hirosaki (99), Hirakawa (98)

  7. 7

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    3,000 sq mi7,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apsheronsk (84), Khadyzhensk (82)

  8. 8

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

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

    For example Windsor (84), Tecumseh (82)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Gangwon-do, South Korea

    2,100 sq mi5,500 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Santyoku (84), Gangneung (83)

  10. 10

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

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

    For example Boseong (80), Yeonggwang (80)

  11. 11

    🇰🇷Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

    1,200 sq mi3,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Imsil (81), Koch'ang (80)

  12. 12

    🇹🇷Trabzon, Turkey

    700 sq mi1,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sürmene (74), Of (63)

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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    🇯🇵Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵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 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵ŌshūIwate, Japan

    Zone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 201 frost-free days · 2,766 chill hours · 1,279 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵MoriokaIwate, Japan

    Zone 7a · 196 frost-free days · 2,844 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7a · 196 frost-free days · 2,844 chill hours · 1,320 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵DaisenAkita, Japan

    Zone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 65 in rainZone 7a · 204 frost-free days · 2,782 chill hours · 1,649 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇯🇵AomoriJapan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,820 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,820 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵NumataGunma, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,369 chill hours · 1,494 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵TakayamaGifu, Japan

    Zone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,674 chill hours · 69 in rainZone 7a · 203 frost-free days · 2,674 chill hours · 1,765 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵NoshiroAkita, Japan

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,642 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,642 chill hours · 1,430 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    97%match
  10. 10

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

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇯🇵AkitaJapan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,623 chill hours · 64 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,623 chill hours · 1,633 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 22 great-fit crops

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸StratfordConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 200 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 200 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 1,191 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸BridgeportConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,686 chill hours · 1,198 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸West BabylonNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,555 chill hours · 1,078 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, lavender

    95%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸StamfordConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 200 frost-free days · 2,670 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7a · 200 frost-free days · 2,670 chill hours · 1,218 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops

    95%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵SukagawaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,385 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,385 chill hours · 1,207 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%match
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    🇯🇵SakataYamagata, Japan

    Zone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,400 chill hours · 71 in rainZone 8a · 220 frost-free days · 2,400 chill hours · 1,807 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: kiwifruit, peanut, pecan

    94%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇸ShirleyNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,649 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,649 chill hours · 1,112 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 22 great-fit crops · Also great there: lavender

    94%match
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    🇺🇸New York CityNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

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

    94%match
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    🇯🇵HakodateHokkaido, Japan

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,896 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,896 chill hours · 1,305 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 22 great-fit crops

    94%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.