Climate twins of Akron, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Akron's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Akron vs its climate twin
Top match: Toledo, OH
| Month | Akron | Toledo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.7°F | 21.0°F | 1.83 in | 33.6°F | 20.1°F | 1.79 in |
| February | 39.6°F | 22.4°F | 1.45 in | 36.4°F | 21.8°F | 1.75 in |
| March | 49.1°F | 29.6°F | 2.48 in | 46.5°F | 29.4°F | 2.31 in |
| April | 62.4°F | 39.8°F | 2.83 in | 59.5°F | 39.8°F | 3.26 in |
| May | 72.9°F | 50.5°F | 3.56 in | 71.2°F | 51.2°F | 3.50 in |
| June | 81.2°F | 59.7°F | 3.67 in | 80.7°F | 61.2°F | 3.24 in |
| July | 85.1°F | 64.0°F | 3.65 in | 84.6°F | 64.8°F | 3.24 in |
| August | 83.6°F | 62.3°F | 3.00 in | 82.4°F | 63.3°F | 3.49 in |
| September | 76.9°F | 54.9°F | 3.18 in | 75.8°F | 55.4°F | 3.06 in |
| October | 64.5°F | 44.3°F | 2.53 in | 63.6°F | 44.6°F | 2.36 in |
| November | 51.7°F | 34.5°F | 2.32 in | 50.2°F | 34.1°F | 2.27 in |
| December | 41.0°F | 26.8°F | 2.01 in | 38.3°F | 25.8°F | 2.09 in |
Cities that consider Akron their climate twin
These US cities have Akron in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Akron would feel familiar.
- Toledo, OH (ranks Akron #3)
- Perrysburg, OH (ranks Akron #3)
- Rossford, OH (ranks Akron #3)
- Mount Blanchard, OH (ranks Akron #3)
- Arlington, OH (ranks Akron #3)
- Benton Ridge, OH (ranks Akron #3)
- Jenera, OH (ranks Akron #3)
- Rawson, OH (ranks Akron #3)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →