Climate twins of Alta, UT

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alta'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.

Rank 1 closest
Pierce, ID
similarity distance: 3.002 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Elk River, ID
similarity distance: 3.763 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Mullan, ID
similarity distance: 4.060 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Alta vs its climate twin

Top match: Pierce, ID

Month Alta Pierce
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 30.7°F 15.0°F 6.37 in 35.0°F 18.5°F 5.50 in
February 30.7°F 15.4°F 5.40 in 39.4°F 19.7°F 4.09 in
March 36.8°F 20.2°F 6.17 in 46.8°F 23.6°F 4.35 in
April 42.3°F 24.8°F 4.78 in 54.4°F 29.2°F 4.03 in
May 52.6°F 33.4°F 3.47 in 64.3°F 35.9°F 3.83 in
June 64.4°F 42.2°F 1.96 in 71.2°F 41.7°F 3.34 in
July 72.9°F 50.3°F 1.48 in 82.5°F 45.3°F 1.27 in
August 71.3°F 49.1°F 2.07 in 82.5°F 42.8°F 1.01 in
September 62.2°F 41.1°F 2.58 in 72.7°F 36.1°F 1.61 in
October 49.5°F 31.0°F 3.50 in 57.6°F 29.6°F 3.42 in
November 37.4°F 20.7°F 4.17 in 42.1°F 24.3°F 4.91 in
December 30.2°F 14.5°F 5.13 in 33.5°F 18.5°F 5.70 in

Cities that consider Alta their climate twin

These US cities have Alta in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Alta would feel familiar.

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 →