Climate twins of Bend, OR

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bend'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.

Rank 1 closest
Merrill, OR
similarity distance: 0.716 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Malin, OR
similarity distance: 0.716 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Tulelake, CA
similarity distance: 0.716 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Bend vs its climate twin

Top match: Merrill, OR

Month Bend Merrill
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 42.5°F 24.6°F 1.41 in 42.4°F 21.4°F 1.32 in
February 45.7°F 24.3°F 0.99 in 47.2°F 22.5°F 1.14 in
March 51.7°F 27.6°F 0.70 in 53.4°F 25.8°F 1.20 in
April 57.7°F 30.5°F 0.79 in 59.2°F 29.6°F 0.99 in
May 66.3°F 37.0°F 0.97 in 68.9°F 37.1°F 1.11 in
June 73.7°F 42.0°F 0.68 in 76.8°F 42.2°F 0.80 in
July 83.8°F 48.6°F 0.44 in 86.3°F 47.2°F 0.21 in
August 83.3°F 47.8°F 0.35 in 85.5°F 44.4°F 0.25 in
September 75.8°F 41.3°F 0.31 in 79.0°F 37.8°F 0.37 in
October 63.0°F 33.7°F 0.65 in 65.8°F 30.3°F 0.72 in
November 49.1°F 28.2°F 1.26 in 49.8°F 25.0°F 1.14 in
December 41.0°F 23.3°F 2.07 in 40.8°F 20.2°F 1.45 in

Cities that consider Bend their climate twin

These US cities have Bend in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bend would feel familiar.

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 →