Climate twins of Belgium, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Belgium'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: Belgium vs its climate twin
Top match: Pinconning, MI
| Month | Belgium | Pinconning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.1°F | 11.2°F | 1.43 in | 28.2°F | 14.0°F | 1.61 in |
| February | 30.7°F | 13.4°F | 1.32 in | 30.3°F | 14.1°F | 1.43 in |
| March | 39.8°F | 23.4°F | 1.99 in | 40.2°F | 22.9°F | 1.50 in |
| April | 51.6°F | 33.4°F | 3.57 in | 53.2°F | 33.1°F | 3.31 in |
| May | 63.2°F | 43.6°F | 3.71 in | 65.9°F | 44.2°F | 3.52 in |
| June | 74.0°F | 53.5°F | 3.86 in | 75.8°F | 54.2°F | 3.55 in |
| July | 79.5°F | 59.5°F | 3.52 in | 80.1°F | 58.3°F | 2.92 in |
| August | 78.0°F | 58.5°F | 3.26 in | 78.3°F | 56.7°F | 3.53 in |
| September | 71.4°F | 50.3°F | 2.75 in | 71.5°F | 49.0°F | 2.63 in |
| October | 58.4°F | 39.3°F | 2.70 in | 58.5°F | 39.2°F | 2.68 in |
| November | 44.3°F | 28.1°F | 1.96 in | 44.8°F | 30.4°F | 2.41 in |
| December | 32.6°F | 17.9°F | 1.81 in | 33.6°F | 22.1°F | 1.58 in |
Cities that consider Belgium their climate twin
These US cities have Belgium in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Belgium would feel familiar.
- Cass City, MI (ranks Belgium #3)
- Gagetown, MI (ranks Belgium #3)
- Owendale, MI (ranks Belgium #3)
- Sebewaing, MI (ranks Belgium #3)
- East Tawas, MI (ranks Belgium #3)
- Tawas City, MI (ranks Belgium #3)
- Lead, SD (ranks Belgium #3)
- Central City, SD (ranks Belgium #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 →