Climate twins of Florida City, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Florida City'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: Florida City vs its climate twin
Top match: Melbourne, FL
| Month | Florida City | Melbourne | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 77.5°F | 55.3°F | 1.70 in | 72.2°F | 50.5°F | 2.77 in |
| February | 79.5°F | 56.6°F | 2.01 in | 74.6°F | 52.8°F | 2.28 in |
| March | 81.8°F | 59.0°F | 2.05 in | 77.8°F | 56.2°F | 2.93 in |
| April | 85.5°F | 63.2°F | 2.92 in | 81.8°F | 61.4°F | 2.53 in |
| May | 88.4°F | 68.1°F | 5.77 in | 85.9°F | 67.4°F | 3.82 in |
| June | 90.8°F | 72.7°F | 9.34 in | 89.1°F | 71.7°F | 7.52 in |
| July | 92.0°F | 73.8°F | 7.14 in | 90.9°F | 72.9°F | 6.81 in |
| August | 92.1°F | 74.3°F | 10.17 in | 90.7°F | 73.4°F | 7.49 in |
| September | 91.0°F | 73.9°F | 8.63 in | 88.6°F | 72.9°F | 8.55 in |
| October | 87.5°F | 70.4°F | 5.86 in | 84.3°F | 68.0°F | 5.28 in |
| November | 82.5°F | 63.4°F | 2.34 in | 78.5°F | 59.9°F | 2.57 in |
| December | 79.2°F | 58.7°F | 1.97 in | 74.0°F | 54.1°F | 2.73 in |
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 →