Climate twins of Cedar City, UT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cedar 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: Cedar City vs its climate twin
Top match: Paonia, CO
| Month | Cedar City | Paonia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.3°F | 21.8°F | 0.79 in | 39.2°F | 15.7°F | 1.21 in |
| February | 45.2°F | 23.7°F | 1.09 in | 45.4°F | 21.5°F | 1.18 in |
| March | 53.6°F | 29.8°F | 1.42 in | 55.9°F | 28.7°F | 1.23 in |
| April | 60.5°F | 34.8°F | 1.20 in | 63.4°F | 34.1°F | 1.20 in |
| May | 70.1°F | 44.0°F | 1.00 in | 72.9°F | 42.5°F | 1.28 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 53.9°F | 0.50 in | 84.6°F | 50.7°F | 0.62 in |
| July | 87.5°F | 61.6°F | 1.32 in | 90.3°F | 57.3°F | 1.03 in |
| August | 85.5°F | 60.5°F | 1.28 in | 87.6°F | 56.0°F | 1.33 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 52.1°F | 0.87 in | 79.5°F | 48.1°F | 1.53 in |
| October | 65.3°F | 39.1°F | 1.34 in | 66.9°F | 37.1°F | 1.44 in |
| November | 52.1°F | 28.6°F | 1.05 in | 53.0°F | 26.7°F | 1.05 in |
| December | 41.2°F | 21.1°F | 1.14 in | 40.1°F | 16.8°F | 1.23 in |
Cities that consider Cedar City their climate twin
These US cities have Cedar City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cedar City would feel familiar.
- Crawford, CO (ranks Cedar City #2)
- Hotchkiss, CO (ranks Cedar City #2)
- Paonia, CO (ranks Cedar City #2)
- Blanding, UT (ranks Cedar 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 →