Climate twins of Durango, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Durango'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: Durango vs its climate twin
Top match: Alton, UT
| Month | Durango | Alton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.2°F | 13.0°F | 2.17 in | 41.3°F | 17.9°F | 2.03 in |
| February | 45.0°F | 18.6°F | 1.71 in | 43.4°F | 19.4°F | 2.07 in |
| March | 54.1°F | 25.1°F | 1.32 in | 51.5°F | 24.4°F | 1.51 in |
| April | 62.8°F | 30.0°F | 1.25 in | 60.0°F | 29.0°F | 0.82 in |
| May | 71.3°F | 37.2°F | 1.18 in | 69.4°F | 35.2°F | 0.87 in |
| June | 81.3°F | 45.6°F | 0.53 in | 80.5°F | 43.0°F | 0.41 in |
| July | 85.0°F | 52.9°F | 1.92 in | 85.3°F | 51.2°F | 1.17 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 51.5°F | 2.28 in | 83.1°F | 50.1°F | 1.87 in |
| September | 75.7°F | 44.5°F | 2.22 in | 75.9°F | 42.9°F | 1.70 in |
| October | 64.3°F | 32.9°F | 1.93 in | 64.1°F | 33.5°F | 1.80 in |
| November | 50.1°F | 22.7°F | 1.46 in | 51.2°F | 24.3°F | 1.22 in |
| December | 39.9°F | 13.4°F | 1.65 in | 41.0°F | 17.8°F | 1.83 in |
Cities that consider Durango their climate twin
These US cities have Durango in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Durango would feel familiar.
- Alton, UT (ranks Durango #3)
- Flagstaff, AZ (ranks Durango #2)
- Williams, AZ (ranks Durango #2)
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (ranks Durango #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 →