Climate twins of Baltimore, MD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Baltimore'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: Baltimore vs its climate twin
Top match: Jarratt, VA
| Month | Baltimore | Jarratt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.7°F | 30.0°F | 3.07 in | 50.9°F | 28.7°F | 3.40 in |
| February | 46.8°F | 31.9°F | 2.75 in | 54.2°F | 30.5°F | 2.59 in |
| March | 55.2°F | 38.7°F | 3.93 in | 61.5°F | 36.6°F | 4.05 in |
| April | 66.8°F | 48.2°F | 3.55 in | 71.7°F | 45.8°F | 3.43 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 58.0°F | 3.39 in | 78.8°F | 55.7°F | 3.71 in |
| June | 85.4°F | 67.7°F | 3.36 in | 86.0°F | 64.8°F | 3.97 in |
| July | 90.1°F | 72.9°F | 4.71 in | 89.8°F | 69.3°F | 4.86 in |
| August | 87.3°F | 71.0°F | 4.35 in | 88.3°F | 67.8°F | 5.07 in |
| September | 80.4°F | 64.5°F | 4.49 in | 82.7°F | 61.6°F | 4.92 in |
| October | 68.8°F | 52.6°F | 3.49 in | 72.9°F | 49.0°F | 3.47 in |
| November | 57.6°F | 42.6°F | 2.98 in | 62.6°F | 38.3°F | 3.16 in |
| December | 48.0°F | 34.6°F | 3.66 in | 54.0°F | 32.3°F | 3.56 in |
Cities that consider Baltimore their climate twin
These US cities have Baltimore in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Baltimore would feel familiar.
- Boydton, VA (ranks Baltimore #2)
- La Crosse, VA (ranks Baltimore #2)
- South Hill, VA (ranks Baltimore #2)
- Sedalia, NC (ranks Baltimore #2)
- Alamance, NC (ranks Baltimore #2)
- Whitsett, NC (ranks Baltimore #2)
- Elon, NC (ranks Baltimore #2)
- Gibsonville, NC (ranks Baltimore #2)
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 →