Climate twins of Barnstable Town, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Barnstable Town'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: Barnstable Town vs its climate twin
Top match: West Hampton Dunes, NY
| Month | Barnstable Town | West Hampton Dunes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.8°F | 22.3°F | 3.71 in | 38.7°F | 20.0°F | 3.19 in |
| February | 39.7°F | 23.5°F | 3.56 in | 40.4°F | 20.9°F | 2.72 in |
| March | 44.2°F | 29.6°F | 4.77 in | 46.8°F | 27.6°F | 4.28 in |
| April | 53.5°F | 38.3°F | 4.00 in | 56.6°F | 35.6°F | 3.79 in |
| May | 62.7°F | 47.6°F | 3.42 in | 66.2°F | 45.6°F | 3.31 in |
| June | 71.5°F | 57.0°F | 3.33 in | 75.4°F | 55.8°F | 3.50 in |
| July | 78.1°F | 64.2°F | 2.77 in | 81.3°F | 62.5°F | 2.88 in |
| August | 77.0°F | 63.2°F | 3.24 in | 80.3°F | 61.4°F | 3.74 in |
| September | 71.1°F | 56.5°F | 3.83 in | 73.6°F | 53.9°F | 3.75 in |
| October | 61.2°F | 45.9°F | 4.29 in | 63.4°F | 42.5°F | 4.65 in |
| November | 52.1°F | 36.9°F | 4.07 in | 53.3°F | 33.7°F | 3.48 in |
| December | 43.8°F | 28.6°F | 4.68 in | 44.5°F | 25.8°F | 4.17 in |
Cities that consider Barnstable Town their climate twin
These US cities have Barnstable Town in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Barnstable Town would feel familiar.
- Quogue, NY (ranks Barnstable Town #1)
- Westhampton Beach, NY (ranks Barnstable Town #1)
- West Hampton Dunes, NY (ranks Barnstable Town #1)
- Southampton, NY (ranks Barnstable Town #1)
- Bellport, NY (ranks Barnstable Town #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 →