Climate twins of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carmel-by-the-Sea'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: Carmel-by-the-Sea vs its climate twin
Top match: Goleta, CA
| Month | Carmel-by-the-Sea | Goleta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 60.2°F | 44.7°F | 4.35 in | 64.2°F | 41.3°F | 3.84 in |
| February | 61.1°F | 45.2°F | 3.99 in | 63.8°F | 43.6°F | 3.86 in |
| March | 62.7°F | 45.9°F | 3.32 in | 65.9°F | 46.2°F | 3.10 in |
| April | 63.3°F | 46.7°F | 1.48 in | 67.8°F | 48.1°F | 0.91 in |
| May | 63.7°F | 48.8°F | 0.60 in | 69.2°F | 51.3°F | 0.42 in |
| June | 66.1°F | 50.6°F | 0.15 in | 70.3°F | 54.5°F | 0.11 in |
| July | 67.2°F | 52.8°F | 0.05 in | 73.3°F | 58.1°F | 0.02 in |
| August | 68.7°F | 53.6°F | 0.06 in | 74.5°F | 58.0°F | 0.01 in |
| September | 70.9°F | 53.4°F | 0.09 in | 74.3°F | 55.7°F | 0.07 in |
| October | 70.8°F | 51.5°F | 0.91 in | 73.4°F | 50.9°F | 0.73 in |
| November | 64.4°F | 47.5°F | 1.80 in | 69.2°F | 44.3°F | 1.27 in |
| December | 58.7°F | 44.2°F | 3.62 in | 64.3°F | 40.4°F | 2.91 in |
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 →