Climate twins of Billings, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Billings'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: Billings vs its climate twin
Top match: Glendo, WY
| Month | Billings | Glendo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.0°F | 17.9°F | 0.55 in | 39.1°F | 14.6°F | 0.37 in |
| February | 39.2°F | 19.7°F | 0.57 in | 39.6°F | 15.7°F | 0.42 in |
| March | 49.0°F | 26.9°F | 0.90 in | 49.5°F | 24.8°F | 0.90 in |
| April | 56.9°F | 34.7°F | 1.72 in | 57.6°F | 31.9°F | 1.91 in |
| May | 66.9°F | 43.8°F | 2.36 in | 67.2°F | 41.7°F | 2.81 in |
| June | 77.0°F | 52.4°F | 2.22 in | 78.9°F | 51.8°F | 1.95 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 59.3°F | 1.22 in | 88.0°F | 58.7°F | 1.52 in |
| August | 85.8°F | 57.5°F | 0.87 in | 85.7°F | 56.8°F | 1.16 in |
| September | 74.3°F | 48.6°F | 1.36 in | 76.6°F | 47.1°F | 1.15 in |
| October | 58.8°F | 37.1°F | 1.37 in | 61.3°F | 34.0°F | 1.23 in |
| November | 45.7°F | 26.7°F | 0.60 in | 48.4°F | 23.3°F | 0.47 in |
| December | 36.1°F | 19.2°F | 0.57 in | 37.8°F | 16.1°F | 0.54 in |
Cities that consider Billings their climate twin
These US cities have Billings in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Billings would feel familiar.
- Glendo, WY (ranks Billings #1)
- Wheatland, WY (ranks Billings #1)
- Guernsey, WY (ranks Billings #2)
- Mills, WY (ranks Billings #3)
- Casper, WY (ranks Billings #3)
- Evansville, WY (ranks Billings #3)
- Bar Nunn, WY (ranks Billings #3)
- Fort Laramie, WY (ranks Billings #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 →