Climate twins of Estes Park, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Estes Park'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: Estes Park vs its climate twin
Top match: Westcliffe, CO
| Month | Estes Park | Westcliffe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.1°F | 16.1°F | 0.82 in | 39.6°F | 8.3°F | 0.48 in |
| February | 37.5°F | 15.8°F | 0.68 in | 41.7°F | 12.1°F | 0.58 in |
| March | 45.0°F | 21.2°F | 1.58 in | 49.6°F | 19.6°F | 1.06 in |
| April | 51.5°F | 26.1°F | 2.26 in | 56.4°F | 25.7°F | 1.56 in |
| May | 61.2°F | 34.7°F | 2.27 in | 65.8°F | 33.3°F | 1.41 in |
| June | 73.9°F | 42.6°F | 1.37 in | 76.9°F | 40.6°F | 0.79 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 48.2°F | 2.55 in | 80.6°F | 44.9°F | 2.66 in |
| August | 77.7°F | 46.4°F | 1.71 in | 78.0°F | 44.1°F | 1.98 in |
| September | 69.6°F | 39.2°F | 1.65 in | 72.4°F | 37.0°F | 0.90 in |
| October | 56.6°F | 30.2°F | 1.12 in | 61.3°F | 26.1°F | 0.95 in |
| November | 44.1°F | 23.5°F | 0.74 in | 48.9°F | 16.7°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 36.2°F | 16.4°F | 0.67 in | 39.8°F | 8.0°F | 0.53 in |
Cities that consider Estes Park their climate twin
These US cities have Estes Park in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Estes Park would feel familiar.
- Silver Cliff, CO (ranks Estes Park #1)
- Westcliffe, CO (ranks Estes Park #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 →