Climate twins of Cologne, MN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cologne'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: Cologne vs its climate twin
Top match: Fall Creek, WI
| Month | Cologne | Fall Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.6°F | 3.9°F | 0.85 in | 22.2°F | 3.8°F | 0.98 in |
| February | 27.2°F | 7.4°F | 0.90 in | 26.8°F | 6.3°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 40.2°F | 19.1°F | 1.66 in | 39.5°F | 19.4°F | 1.70 in |
| April | 55.5°F | 33.0°F | 3.24 in | 54.3°F | 32.8°F | 3.11 in |
| May | 68.0°F | 44.4°F | 4.41 in | 67.6°F | 45.3°F | 4.30 in |
| June | 78.0°F | 55.5°F | 5.28 in | 77.2°F | 55.6°F | 5.09 in |
| July | 82.6°F | 60.2°F | 4.10 in | 81.6°F | 58.9°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 80.3°F | 57.9°F | 4.58 in | 78.8°F | 56.9°F | 4.42 in |
| September | 73.3°F | 49.7°F | 3.26 in | 70.3°F | 48.4°F | 3.76 in |
| October | 58.3°F | 36.4°F | 2.84 in | 56.5°F | 35.3°F | 2.63 in |
| November | 41.4°F | 23.7°F | 1.65 in | 40.8°F | 23.9°F | 1.79 in |
| December | 28.0°F | 11.5°F | 1.32 in | 27.7°F | 11.3°F | 1.39 in |
Cities that consider Cologne their climate twin
These US cities have Cologne in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cologne would feel familiar.
- Fall Creek, WI (ranks Cologne #1)
- Osseo, WI (ranks Cologne #1)
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 →