Climate twins of Cottonwood, AZ
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cottonwood'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: Cottonwood vs its climate twin
Top match: Hatch, NM
| Month | Cottonwood | Hatch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 60.9°F | 29.8°F | 1.10 in | 58.7°F | 28.7°F | 0.49 in |
| February | 64.5°F | 32.7°F | 0.99 in | 64.5°F | 31.9°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 71.2°F | 37.6°F | 1.01 in | 71.9°F | 38.5°F | 0.25 in |
| April | 78.9°F | 43.0°F | 0.43 in | 79.2°F | 45.1°F | 0.32 in |
| May | 87.9°F | 50.8°F | 0.42 in | 87.6°F | 54.1°F | 0.41 in |
| June | 98.9°F | 59.3°F | 0.18 in | 97.4°F | 63.4°F | 0.69 in |
| July | 101.1°F | 66.8°F | 1.64 in | 97.5°F | 69.0°F | 1.88 in |
| August | 98.4°F | 65.5°F | 2.15 in | 95.0°F | 67.2°F | 2.01 in |
| September | 93.1°F | 58.4°F | 1.30 in | 89.4°F | 59.4°F | 1.80 in |
| October | 82.6°F | 46.7°F | 0.96 in | 80.2°F | 47.2°F | 1.01 in |
| November | 70.5°F | 36.0°F | 0.70 in | 68.2°F | 36.4°F | 0.60 in |
| December | 59.8°F | 29.4°F | 1.12 in | 58.3°F | 28.7°F | 0.66 in |
Cities that consider Cottonwood their climate twin
These US cities have Cottonwood in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cottonwood would feel familiar.
- Kingman, AZ (ranks Cottonwood #2)
- Marana, AZ (ranks Cottonwood #1)
- Oro Valley, AZ (ranks Cottonwood #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 →