Climate twins of Atlanta, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Atlanta'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: Atlanta vs its climate twin
Top match: Page, NE
| Month | Atlanta | Page | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.7°F | 13.2°F | 0.56 in | 35.4°F | 10.3°F | 0.56 in |
| February | 40.6°F | 15.9°F | 0.69 in | 39.7°F | 13.5°F | 0.72 in |
| March | 52.4°F | 24.9°F | 1.63 in | 52.1°F | 23.8°F | 1.39 in |
| April | 62.4°F | 34.9°F | 2.81 in | 63.0°F | 34.1°F | 3.02 in |
| May | 72.2°F | 46.3°F | 4.42 in | 73.4°F | 46.3°F | 4.08 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 57.3°F | 3.90 in | 83.2°F | 56.4°F | 3.91 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 62.4°F | 4.23 in | 87.9°F | 61.5°F | 3.22 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 60.2°F | 3.59 in | 85.7°F | 59.2°F | 3.23 in |
| September | 78.5°F | 50.9°F | 2.08 in | 79.1°F | 49.6°F | 2.23 in |
| October | 65.2°F | 37.6°F | 2.03 in | 65.6°F | 36.4°F | 2.07 in |
| November | 50.9°F | 24.9°F | 0.94 in | 49.4°F | 23.4°F | 0.90 in |
| December | 39.1°F | 16.2°F | 0.71 in | 37.2°F | 13.6°F | 0.74 in |
Cities that consider Atlanta their climate twin
These US cities have Atlanta in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Atlanta would feel familiar.
- Page, NE (ranks Atlanta #1)
- Exeter, NE (ranks Atlanta #3)
- Ulysses, NE (ranks Atlanta #3)
- Surprise, NE (ranks Atlanta #3)
- Seward, NE (ranks Atlanta #3)
- Staplehurst, NE (ranks Atlanta #3)
- Cordova, NE (ranks Atlanta #3)
- Friend, NE (ranks Atlanta #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 →