Climate twins of Bernalillo, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bernalillo'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: Bernalillo vs its climate twin

Top match: Holbrook, AZ

Month Bernalillo Holbrook
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 47.4°F 21.5°F 0.53 in 51.3°F 21.7°F 0.73 in
February 53.8°F 25.2°F 0.51 in 57.1°F 24.8°F 0.35 in
March 62.9°F 32.4°F 0.47 in 65.2°F 30.6°F 0.52 in
April 72.1°F 39.4°F 0.57 in 72.1°F 37.4°F 0.26 in
May 80.4°F 48.4°F 0.64 in 81.4°F 45.8°F 0.29 in
June 92.3°F 57.8°F 0.42 in 91.5°F 54.9°F 0.25 in
July 93.6°F 63.3°F 1.44 in 94.1°F 62.4°F 1.05 in
August 90.9°F 60.9°F 1.77 in 91.0°F 61.4°F 1.71 in
September 83.9°F 53.7°F 1.33 in 85.6°F 53.7°F 1.13 in
October 71.6°F 40.8°F 1.39 in 74.8°F 40.7°F 0.90 in
November 57.7°F 29.0°F 0.62 in 61.1°F 28.7°F 0.50 in
December 47.0°F 22.6°F 0.76 in 49.8°F 21.5°F 0.44 in

Cities that consider Bernalillo their climate twin

These US cities have Bernalillo in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bernalillo 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 →