Climate twins of Boise City, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Boise City'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: Boise City vs its climate twin
Top match: Uniontown, WA
| Month | Boise City | Uniontown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.8°F | 25.5°F | 1.41 in | 42.1°F | 30.3°F | 1.13 in |
| February | 46.0°F | 29.0°F | 1.00 in | 47.0°F | 31.7°F | 1.04 in |
| March | 55.5°F | 34.9°F | 1.33 in | 55.1°F | 35.7°F | 1.30 in |
| April | 62.3°F | 39.6°F | 1.23 in | 62.3°F | 40.7°F | 1.44 in |
| May | 72.3°F | 47.5°F | 1.45 in | 72.0°F | 48.1°F | 1.69 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 54.1°F | 0.75 in | 79.0°F | 54.0°F | 1.25 in |
| July | 92.7°F | 61.9°F | 0.21 in | 90.8°F | 60.9°F | 0.47 in |
| August | 90.7°F | 60.8°F | 0.17 in | 90.1°F | 60.3°F | 0.51 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 52.6°F | 0.43 in | 79.5°F | 52.3°F | 0.60 in |
| October | 64.8°F | 41.5°F | 0.81 in | 63.0°F | 42.0°F | 1.08 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 31.7°F | 1.18 in | 48.7°F | 34.5°F | 1.23 in |
| December | 38.8°F | 25.4°F | 1.54 in | 40.8°F | 29.5°F | 1.13 in |
Cities that consider Boise City their climate twin
These US cities have Boise City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Boise City would feel familiar.
- Asotin, WA (ranks Boise City #3)
- Lapwai, ID (ranks Boise City #3)
- Lewiston, ID (ranks Boise City #3)
- Clarkston, WA (ranks Boise City #3)
- Uniontown, WA (ranks Boise City #3)
- Oak City, UT (ranks Boise City #3)
- Leamington, UT (ranks Boise City #3)
- Lynndyl, UT (ranks Boise City #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 →