Climate twins of Cary, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cary'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: Cary vs its climate twin
Top match: Poquoson, VA
| Month | Cary | Poquoson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.9°F | 30.9°F | 3.65 in | 49.0°F | 32.1°F | 3.48 in |
| February | 54.4°F | 32.6°F | 3.00 in | 51.5°F | 33.8°F | 2.88 in |
| March | 61.9°F | 39.1°F | 4.08 in | 58.1°F | 39.8°F | 4.42 in |
| April | 71.6°F | 47.6°F | 3.63 in | 67.6°F | 48.6°F | 3.33 in |
| May | 78.7°F | 56.7°F | 3.83 in | 75.5°F | 58.0°F | 3.77 in |
| June | 85.7°F | 65.2°F | 4.33 in | 82.9°F | 67.1°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 89.0°F | 69.4°F | 5.07 in | 87.3°F | 71.2°F | 5.33 in |
| August | 87.4°F | 67.7°F | 4.64 in | 85.1°F | 70.5°F | 4.94 in |
| September | 81.5°F | 61.7°F | 5.27 in | 79.4°F | 65.0°F | 4.77 in |
| October | 71.8°F | 49.5°F | 3.71 in | 69.7°F | 52.9°F | 3.93 in |
| November | 62.2°F | 39.5°F | 3.45 in | 60.2°F | 41.9°F | 3.27 in |
| December | 53.9°F | 34.1°F | 3.67 in | 52.2°F | 35.5°F | 3.70 in |
Cities that consider Cary their climate twin
These US cities have Cary in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cary would feel familiar.
- Poquoson, VA (ranks Cary #1)
- Hampton, VA (ranks Cary #1)
- Urbanna, VA (ranks Cary #1)
- West Point, VA (ranks Cary #1)
- Windsor, VA (ranks Cary #1)
- Williamsburg, VA (ranks Cary #1)
- Virginia Beach, VA (ranks Cary #1)
- Suffolk, VA (ranks Cary #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 →