Climate twins of Cambridge, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cambridge'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: Cambridge vs its climate twin
Top match: Shelton, CT
| Month | Cambridge | Shelton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.0°F | 19.4°F | 3.87 in | 36.0°F | 18.4°F | 3.95 in |
| February | 39.6°F | 21.0°F | 3.59 in | 38.1°F | 18.9°F | 3.62 in |
| March | 46.6°F | 28.4°F | 4.49 in | 46.8°F | 27.4°F | 4.72 in |
| April | 58.8°F | 38.1°F | 4.32 in | 58.2°F | 37.5°F | 4.72 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 48.2°F | 3.64 in | 69.0°F | 47.2°F | 4.04 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 57.9°F | 4.18 in | 77.3°F | 57.9°F | 3.93 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 64.0°F | 3.49 in | 82.0°F | 63.1°F | 4.30 in |
| August | 83.1°F | 62.5°F | 3.72 in | 82.0°F | 62.1°F | 4.56 in |
| September | 75.5°F | 54.9°F | 3.96 in | 75.0°F | 53.6°F | 4.38 in |
| October | 63.7°F | 43.0°F | 5.03 in | 63.3°F | 41.2°F | 5.00 in |
| November | 52.6°F | 34.2°F | 3.99 in | 51.6°F | 32.0°F | 4.24 in |
| December | 42.4°F | 25.7°F | 5.08 in | 41.2°F | 23.3°F | 4.57 in |
Cities that consider Cambridge their climate twin
These US cities have Cambridge in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cambridge would feel familiar.
- Shelton, CT (ranks Cambridge #2)
- Beacon, NY (ranks Cambridge #3)
- Cold Spring, NY (ranks Cambridge #3)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (ranks Cambridge #3)
- Harriman, NY (ranks Cambridge #3)
- Highland Falls, NY (ranks Cambridge #3)
- Kiryas Joel, NY (ranks Cambridge #3)
- Monroe, NY (ranks Cambridge #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 →