Climate twins of Cortez, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cortez'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: Cortez vs its climate twin
Top match: Boulder, UT
| Month | Cortez | Boulder | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.9°F | 16.6°F | 1.06 in | 39.5°F | 21.3°F | 1.07 in |
| February | 47.2°F | 21.5°F | 0.96 in | 43.6°F | 24.5°F | 1.05 in |
| March | 56.0°F | 27.6°F | 0.86 in | 52.8°F | 30.7°F | 0.91 in |
| April | 63.5°F | 32.9°F | 0.72 in | 59.7°F | 35.8°F | 0.51 in |
| May | 73.4°F | 41.3°F | 0.93 in | 68.1°F | 44.6°F | 0.72 in |
| June | 85.3°F | 49.4°F | 0.37 in | 78.8°F | 54.4°F | 0.38 in |
| July | 90.5°F | 57.2°F | 1.25 in | 83.6°F | 61.2°F | 1.11 in |
| August | 87.7°F | 55.8°F | 1.34 in | 81.2°F | 59.6°F | 1.73 in |
| September | 80.1°F | 47.5°F | 1.48 in | 74.0°F | 52.0°F | 1.58 in |
| October | 67.4°F | 35.5°F | 1.08 in | 62.4°F | 40.5°F | 1.44 in |
| November | 54.1°F | 25.8°F | 0.85 in | 49.3°F | 29.6°F | 0.56 in |
| December | 43.2°F | 17.7°F | 0.89 in | 39.3°F | 21.1°F | 0.79 in |
Cities that consider Cortez their climate twin
These US cities have Cortez in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cortez would feel familiar.
- Boulder, UT (ranks Cortez #1)
- Escalante, UT (ranks Cortez #1)
- Enoch, UT (ranks Cortez #1)
- Circleville, UT (ranks Cortez #1)
- Junction, UT (ranks Cortez #1)
- Kingston, UT (ranks Cortez #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 →