Climate twins of Carbondale, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carbondale'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: Carbondale vs its climate twin
Top match: Payson, UT
| Month | Carbondale | Payson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.5°F | 14.8°F | 1.66 in | 37.4°F | 19.8°F | 1.83 in |
| February | 42.5°F | 20.4°F | 1.59 in | 42.3°F | 23.8°F | 1.63 in |
| March | 53.4°F | 28.1°F | 1.33 in | 52.2°F | 31.1°F | 1.94 in |
| April | 61.5°F | 35.1°F | 2.34 in | 58.9°F | 36.4°F | 2.20 in |
| May | 71.2°F | 43.7°F | 2.10 in | 69.2°F | 44.4°F | 1.91 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 51.2°F | 0.99 in | 80.9°F | 53.4°F | 0.91 in |
| July | 89.2°F | 59.3°F | 1.03 in | 90.0°F | 62.5°F | 0.73 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 57.8°F | 1.52 in | 88.2°F | 60.8°F | 0.76 in |
| September | 79.2°F | 50.3°F | 2.17 in | 78.1°F | 50.8°F | 1.19 in |
| October | 65.1°F | 38.0°F | 2.08 in | 63.7°F | 38.4°F | 1.80 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 27.1°F | 1.74 in | 48.7°F | 28.3°F | 1.53 in |
| December | 35.8°F | 15.7°F | 1.48 in | 37.6°F | 20.1°F | 1.92 in |
Cities that consider Carbondale their climate twin
These US cities have Carbondale in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Carbondale would feel familiar.
- Payson, UT (ranks Carbondale #2)
- Goshen, UT (ranks Carbondale #2)
- Santaquin, UT (ranks Carbondale #2)
- Rocky Ridge, UT (ranks Carbondale #2)
- Genola, UT (ranks Carbondale #2)
- River Heights, UT (ranks Carbondale #2)
- Providence, UT (ranks Carbondale #2)
- North Logan, UT (ranks Carbondale #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 →