Climate twins of Durham, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Durham'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: Durham vs its climate twin
Top match: Hildebran, NC
| Month | Durham | Hildebran | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.9°F | 27.9°F | 3.98 in | 49.1°F | 30.2°F | 3.81 in |
| February | 52.5°F | 30.3°F | 2.91 in | 53.2°F | 32.8°F | 3.21 in |
| March | 60.7°F | 37.2°F | 4.51 in | 60.7°F | 39.5°F | 4.08 in |
| April | 70.3°F | 46.0°F | 3.66 in | 70.0°F | 47.7°F | 4.08 in |
| May | 76.6°F | 55.4°F | 3.80 in | 77.4°F | 56.2°F | 3.86 in |
| June | 83.3°F | 64.2°F | 5.24 in | 84.3°F | 64.4°F | 4.35 in |
| July | 87.0°F | 68.8°F | 4.20 in | 87.4°F | 68.1°F | 4.29 in |
| August | 84.6°F | 67.2°F | 5.23 in | 85.7°F | 67.0°F | 4.58 in |
| September | 79.3°F | 60.9°F | 4.70 in | 79.8°F | 60.9°F | 3.93 in |
| October | 69.5°F | 48.0°F | 3.35 in | 70.2°F | 48.9°F | 3.49 in |
| November | 60.0°F | 37.1°F | 3.65 in | 59.9°F | 38.7°F | 3.62 in |
| December | 52.1°F | 32.2°F | 3.34 in | 51.5°F | 32.8°F | 3.85 in |
Cities that consider Durham their climate twin
These US cities have Durham in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Durham would feel familiar.
- Taylorsville, NC (ranks Durham #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 →