Climate twins of Asheville, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Asheville'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: Asheville vs its climate twin
Top match: Eleanor, WV
| Month | Asheville | Eleanor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.7°F | 28.7°F | 3.28 in | 43.6°F | 24.0°F | 2.71 in |
| February | 51.6°F | 31.7°F | 2.88 in | 47.5°F | 26.1°F | 2.93 in |
| March | 58.8°F | 37.8°F | 3.53 in | 56.3°F | 32.3°F | 3.70 in |
| April | 68.9°F | 45.8°F | 3.69 in | 69.0°F | 41.6°F | 3.18 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 54.0°F | 3.48 in | 76.3°F | 51.4°F | 4.07 in |
| June | 82.6°F | 61.3°F | 3.42 in | 84.0°F | 60.2°F | 3.55 in |
| July | 85.9°F | 64.7°F | 4.13 in | 87.0°F | 64.6°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 84.6°F | 63.8°F | 3.60 in | 86.4°F | 63.4°F | 3.68 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 58.0°F | 3.67 in | 80.7°F | 56.7°F | 2.93 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 46.8°F | 2.60 in | 69.5°F | 44.6°F | 2.70 in |
| November | 58.6°F | 37.1°F | 3.05 in | 57.7°F | 34.3°F | 2.58 in |
| December | 50.5°F | 31.7°F | 3.28 in | 47.3°F | 28.6°F | 3.13 in |
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 →